Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins in their natural habitat.
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17 Facts About Whale watching
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In 1955 the first water-based whale watching commenced in the same area, charging customers $1 per trip to view the whales at closer quarters.
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Whale watching tours are available in various locations and climates.
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Boat-based whale watching is a popular tourist attraction in a number of other coastal towns in South Africa, such as Plettenberg Bay, where the industry is linked to conservation and education efforts through Plettenberg Bay-based volunteer marine conservation organisations.
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In Spain whale watching is available along the Strait of Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, and in the Bay of Biscay.
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Tarifa is the most important whale watching town in the Strait of Gibraltar; this gateway to the Mediterranean Sea is a central point in between the colder waters to the North and the tropical waters off of Africa: a good route for migrating cetaceans.
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The towns offering whale watching are Dalvik, Hauganes, Husavik, Akureyri, Holmavik, Grundarfjorður and Reykjavik.
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Principal whale watching activities are done in Samana Bay in the Dominican Republic, a known breeding ground for humpbacks.
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Caribwhale and the Caribbean Whale Watch Association include operators engaged in sustainable whale watching activity, as well as experts, conservationists and research groups, such as the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Dalhousie University and Association Evasion Tropicale.
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Whale watching is possible within as well as outside the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
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China's dolphin Whale watching is almost entirely focussed on Sanniang Bay in Guangxi.
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Recently the sperm whale watching at Kaikoura has developed rapidly and now it is an industry leader, arguably the most developed in the world.
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Whale watching happens in the Saint Lawrence River, western Hudson's Bay near Churchill, and British Columbia.
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Researchers have suggested the hunting areas would benefit more from whale watching than hunting since hunting takes more resources than it earns.
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Enjoyment of observing live cetaceans is rather separated from the domestic whaling industry in Norway; however, whale watching has become a popular national tourist attraction in recent years, especially in Andfjorden and around Tromsø.
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Russian whale watching involves orcas off the Kamchatka peninsula on the edge of the Sea of Okhotsk.
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