European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Watching fun for tourists gain for scientists by Kay Bartlett associated Pressi can t find a darned thing Oul a disconsolate voice squawks Over the radio of a whate watching boil of prov Mceown mass. A Lois in the Lilly flotilla of nautical sightseers pipe up Wilh a contemporary version of "thar1 she blows they have spoiled Fin whales dolphins and share their findings. They Exchange longitudes of their sightings. Soon Iho complainant s voice returns sounding happier we re Rollen with whales now at Soa shoe s cooperation. On Shore the boats seem fiercely comic Lilivon offering various lures one serves portuguese food kids up to age 3 ride free on another prices Range from $22 fora ride from Boston Harbor to of for a Sunset cruise from province Crown whale watching a tourist attraction from Hawaii to new England is big business in the Gul of Maine where whales feed near Iho Stellwagen Bank and Jeffrey s ledge a business often run by people whose forebears slaughtered the very whales the modern Day captains show off to thew customers. It s also a business thai has contributed enormously to the scientific knowledge of whales now in sold hat thai humpbacks return to the same spots in the Summers in the Northern longitudes but we Learned that through the Early whale watching boats says Charles Stormy Mayo of inc Center Lor coastal research. To also Learned the frequency of calving from the whale watching boats and now we re finding the exceptions to that Rule Mayo says Humpback whales normally calve every to to i Roe years but this year Tor Only the second hmm. A Humpback produced a calf two years in a Row Only the second time that has been observed 1 scientists forget that to did t know that before inc whale watching boats provided us Wilh such a density of ii Ito Mahon on individual whales " Mayo says the Peak year for the whale watching in Ino Cape cod area was 1qs5, largely due to Ideal weather when business hit the i4 million Mark in Cati Lorma whee whale watching has been going on for about 30 years bushmen is even belter the current whalers move choir boats slowly into the midst of feeding whales Aspa Inq cars snap away with camera1 a or explains what kind of the1, arc a Erin re and some of thai information is shared Mth so noun research charts until about 107? 7/v it included a passengers aboard a whale watching boat Oft Cape cod gets dose tip View of a Humpback. Recipe Tor whale meat As the final enl Roo vast bul Las of the seafood Section today save the whales is a National cry in the United states and almost an International one. Although some nations still engage in limited whaling which they say is Tot scientific research and conservationist s say is an excuse Lor commercial whaling americana Are fascinated by the Behemoth a Back in 1985, the plight of a 45 Ion Humpback a Shaio named Humphrey became Page one news for Nealy a month As he Ai Indef d no and Down the 5acfarni? or or eventually volunteers and Humphrey a i or Mio san a mrs 0 1 Pacific hi1, sighting Carl a year Al r . Err of other humpbacks n in Pacific was also happily noted. Reports of whale standings a phenomenon that aroused the curiosity of ars Lolle More than two Millonis ago. Usual in brings hundreds of would be rescuers to Ihu scene risking limb and hypothermia to shove the Nuge mammals Bock into inc water. The whales now fully protected for 200 Miles Olf the u s shores were important to America s Economy from Tho gig Early an expert on standings of whales for the Nev England aquarium in Boston ays that some of the first settlers slopped where they re i a cause to spin of by ached whales which translate Cal nto easy pickings the 3. A a t pot1i d to Loci i cd 5 cod Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday october 18
