Whale watching has grown quite rapidly.

Whale watching has become an important part of Iceland's economy since 1997.

A series of objectives, principles and guidelines have been adopted for managing whale watching.

The Commission's activities relate mostly to the conservation of cetaceans and the sustainable use of whale stocks through consumptive or non consumptive use (such as whale watching).

The International Whaling Commission has been involved since the early 1990s in aspects of whale watching as a sustainable use of cetacean resources.

Whaling and whale falls (sunken whale carcasses)

Whale watching in particular has become a major tourism attraction, and source of income, for certain communities, many of which are in remote and disadvantaged locations.

The 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling provides the International Whaling Commission with the dual mandate of both conserving whale stocks and managing whaling.

Whales

It also considered whale killing methods, animal welfare issues and aboriginal subsistence whaling scientific permits socio economic implications and small type whaling and biological impacts of whale watching on whales.

In 1991, about 4 million people in 31 countries watching whales and other cetaceans generated 317.9 million.

No, four of them!

You going whaling?

Away now! Cut loose!

watch her horses. .

Enjoy!

A million views? !

See the world

Except for the sperm whale, most toothed whales are smaller than the baleen whales.

Unlike fins and blues, which disperse into the temperate and tropical oceans, the humpbacked whales congregate in local traditional breeding grounds, so they can make a sound that's a little higher in frequency, broader band and more complicated.

Whales feed on small fish.

These humpback whales were getting killed.

International Whaling Commission

Do you see that whale now?

laid open the haunts of the whale.

CRUlSE IN A WHALE BOAT.

The Japanese government called off their whaling expedition.

What takes thee whaling?

Humpbacks, when they develop the ability to sing this song, they're listening to other whales and modifying what they sing based on what they're hearing, just like song birds or the dolphin whistles I described.

It's fun to watch the race.

You can watch television.

He likes to watch TV.

I like movies.

Would you like to watch TV?

You see the pattern.

(Laughter).

I like to look at the stars.

Sightseeing.

Would you like to visit the house?

In addition, the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling regulates the conservation and utilization of whale resources.

It's actually about humpback whales.

We emptied the ocean of the whales at that time.

Now after I play back these humpback calls,

looking at the impact of shipping on whales.

I love it because it wires you up.