{"id":64115,"date":"2015-11-03T04:04:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T10:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=64115"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:51:29","slug":"tourists-to-swim-with-australias-humpback-whales-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/11\/03\/tourists-to-swim-with-australias-humpback-whales-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists to swim with Australia&#8217;s humpback whales soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_64116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64116\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/640px-Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64116\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/640px-Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo from Wikipedia)\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/640px-Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/640px-Humpback_stellwagen_edit-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humpback_whale\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SYDNEY\u2014Tourists will soon be able to swim with humpback whales of Western Australia in a trial program modelled on the successful whale shark tours at Australia&#8217;s Ningaloo Marine Park.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists can already swim with humpbacks off Mexico, Tonga and Queensland, however conservation efforts have seen the whale population increase to about 30,000 in the area since the end of commercial whaling in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/accelhealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/png\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/accelhealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/png\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the real conservation success stories of WA with the species now fully recovered,\u201d Western Australia Environment Minister Albert Jacob said on Monday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy priligy online <a href=\"https:\/\/accelhealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/png\/priligy.html\">https:\/\/accelhealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/png\/priligy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The trial tours, beginning next August at Coral Bay and Exmouth, 1,200 km north of Perth, will be modelled of the success of the whale shark tour program where only one group of maximum 10 people will be allowed within 300 meters of a whale at any given time, Jacob said.<\/p>\n<p>The overlapping whale shark and humpback migration season only increases the chances of genuine wildlife encounters and improved experiences for visitors, cementing Western Australia&#8217;s reputation as a world-class eco-tourism destination, Tourism Council of Western Australia chief Evan Hall said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lexapro online <a href=\"https:\/\/accelhealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/png\/lexapro.html\">https:\/\/accelhealth.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/png\/lexapro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY\u2014Tourists will soon be able to swim with humpback whales of Western Australia in a trial program modelled on the 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