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Concern for whales ends cruises
Survival Center stops sponsoring tours
Bv Pal Malm h
l merald Reporter
University students will have
to 1 <kik sinneplai e besides the
Survival ( inter to join v\ hale
vx all hing tours along the 1 )rr
J40n i oast this year
rile possibility that noise
from tourhoat engines disturbs
the whales has prompted the
Survival ( enter to discontinue
its whale-waiding priigram
"How could we consciously
endorse whale w,itching when
it i ould he disturbing their sou
ii hearing patterns, mating and
migration." asked Brian Hoop.
Survival (lentei member
The Sur\ ival (lenter i anceled
its program at the end id last
spring's migration season alter
several students expressed con
i ern that the tours were iletri
mental to the whales
I'he Siuy ival (lentei had or
gani/ed car pools to the toast
and arranged lor group dis
counts tor lours through New
port Sports lushing.
I he w h.ile-w all lung i oordi
natur i ame forward and said lie
just couldn't do it anymore,'1
I loop said.
Survival f lentei member I’ris
cilia Willhourn said some stu
dents told hei the w h.de \\.111 h
ing tours had been a negative
experieni e bei ause they tell
they had been chasing the
whales
Willhourn added that sports
fishermen who lead the tours
might not have the r\ hales' in
I crests at heart
l Ireenpeai e and the ( begun
Natural Resources ( loum il ills
agiee yy ith the Stiry w al I len
tei s i ontentions ami both
groups i outinut: to ottei whale
watt Iting i rinses
(Ireenpeai e offers the i I tnses
In help people to (letter .tppre
I iitte .mil uriilerst.md marine
lit'', said kat Mi Milieu ol the
Seattle (Ireenpe.ii e office
\\ e respe< I (the u hales) and
make sure vve stay within the
guidelines tm ohserv ing
them." Mi Milieu said
She aihleit that (ireenpem e
uses small Imats ami suui tour
guides are i.uelul to prevent
littering ami other ineppropn
ale .n turns during the i ruises
( ertainh there are people
that abuse the situation ami do
not respei I the whales
Mi Milieu said I low evei she
added (hat ll the t noses are
done i orrei lly they are a posi
II vi- ni I: \ 11\
Linda I nnon of the Marine
Si lent e (a-ntei Aquarium
agreed that in most eases,
w hale u all long toms are not
harmful to the u hales At this
point they aren't being dis
turlied as long as boats stay
within the guidelines she
said
II whale watching continues
to grow in popularity l.utioyy
said she could see ivhofe ll
might bei ome a problem
Lite ()\K( began organi/ing
louts about tom years ago to
help educate people about
i oaslai issues, said Michael
t at 11 gall ( )\K< employ ee
We do it to raise awareness
ol threats to the coast through
ottshore drilling, mineral min
mg and over dry elopmeiil
( al l igall said
\buut KM) people partii ip.it
ed m the tom i rinses ottered
last u ee Lend t larrig.m said
We have been getting an e\
i ellent response " he said
Whales use then hearing to
navigate as they migrate along
the i oast. Lunoyy said I he
whales listen lor the sound ol
tllf surf in nrilfl to remain
u ithin three miles nt the i oust
Iinr during their entire journex
I Ih' whales migrate txviie ,i
Visir 111 Si■}>ti• mln•> till' xvh.til’s
loux i' llii' u liters north of Mas
k.i .mil migrate to southern wu
teis near Me\u o. u here thex
spend much of the u inter mat
mg and Inrthiiig 1 ultoxv said
At the beginning of March
the whales start then trip bui k
In Alaska uheie tliex do most
ot their leedlng l.uium said
this p.irtu ulai migration pat
tern has been going on lot mil
lions of \ ears
\uyone wauling l(i go on a
w hale u all h mg cruise should
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