ARGENTINA: ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY SOUTHERN WHITE WHALE POPULATION IS ON THE INCREASE.

Record ID: 989818

  • Title: ARGENTINA: ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY SOUTHERN WHITE WHALE POPULATION IS ON THE INCREASE.
  • Date: 5th August 1998
  • Summary: VALDES PENINSULA, ARGENTINA (RECENT) RTRS 1. LV: VIEW OF BEACH ALONG VALDES PENINSULA. 0.06 2. GV: PEOPLE WHALE WATCHING. 0.10 3. GV: VARIOUS OF WHALES AT SEA. (2 SHOTS) 0.44 4. CU: ALEJANDRO ARIAS, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE WILD LIFE FOUNDATION, SAYS "THE WHALE POPULATION IS GROWING, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE WHALES SIGHTINGS ALONG THE VALDES PENINSULA. WHY IS THIS PHENOMENON HAPPENING? PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE MEASURES ADOPTED IN 1931, WHEN CAPTURING THESE WHALES BECAME ILLEGAL, ESPECIALLY THIS SPECIES. AFTER THIS PROTECTIVE MEASURE WAS PASSES, DESPITE THE ILLEGAL HUNTING THAT TOOK PLACE UP UNTIL 1984, THE FORMERLY DWINDLING POPULATION BEGAN TO SLOWLY RECUPERATE, APPROXIMATELY 7 PERCENT." (SPANISH) 1.29 5. LV: VARIOUS OF WHALES SWIMMING IN OCEAN. 1.34 6. GV: TOURISTS ON BOAT WHALE-WATCHING. 1.40 7. MV/GV: WHALES SWIMMING IN OCEAN. (2 SHOTS) 2.00 8. CU: ARIAS SAYS "THIS AREA IS A VERY POPULAR BREEDING GROUND BECAUSE THE AREA IS PROTECTED FROM HEAVY RAINS AND STORMS. PATAGONIA IS CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH WINDS. THERE IS ALSO TRANSPARENCY AND CALM IN THESE WATERS, THE BEACHES ARE NOT TOO DEEP. THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT A GOOD PLACE TO RAISE THEIR BABIES." (SPANISH) 2.27 9. GV/MV: VARIOUS OF WHALES IN THE OCEAN. (4 SHOTS) 3.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: VALDES PENINSULA, ARGENTINA
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  • Country: Argentina
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