In the mid 1700’s when the slaughter of whales began there were about 20,000 southern right whales migrating to Africa’s coast that’s 7x as many as today. There are two eras in history when whales were hunted. One was called “open-boat” and the other was modern whaling. Open-boat was in the days of mody dick, these were big men in small boat with nothing but the wind to help them go after the whales. …showed first 75 words of 313 total…

…showed last 75 words of 313 total…recognizable whale is increasing by 12%. They return every year to breeding grounds giving birth as often as once every 24 months. While the southern right whale is increasing at a 7% rate. The sperm whale are recovering too but the chances of seeing one still remains small. IWC (International whaling Commission) stopped whaling station worldwide in 1986. Whale watching brings in big bucks to help organization. Ships patrol the edges of South Africa where whales go to breed.