PWF in The Media

PWF in The Media

Pacific Whale Foundation

Tourist on this Planet
March 6, 2012
Making the Scene
The Maui News
 

After two weeks traipsing through exotic, faraway worlds, I knew I was back on Maui when a baby whale breached off the side of the boat as Marty Dread sang, “It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day.”
 
The sun was sinking into the sea in the vicinity of Lahaina. Assorted baby whales and their mothers played lazily in the water as Marty did his weekly gig on behalf of Pacific Whale Foundation. His sunset cruises during whale season (www.pacificwhale.org/ content/island rhythmsstarlight-cruise-marty-dread 2) are one of those things that make me glad to get visitors from the Mainland each year 

 

 

February 14, 2012
The Maui News
 
What a great feeling it was one day recently to pull out of Lahaina Harbor on Ocean Discovery, the Pacific Whale Foundation catamaran, leaving cares behind on a whale watch. Everyone was happy as we passed through the narrow channel, perilously close to the reef, in search of our great annual cetacean visitors...
 

Meeting Ecuador's largest tourists

July 5, 2011
The Miami Herald

Josefina came to Ecuador in 2002.  She returned in 2004 and over the course of a month toured the central coast of Ecuador in Machalilla National Park and visited Salinas.  She came back again in 2005.  Though we can say Josefina probably likes Ecuador, she is not your typical tourist.  She is one of the thousands of humpback whales that arrive in the waters of Ecuador every year between June and September - part of a yearly migration to mate and give birth in warm equatorial waters.

Josefina, along with other whales like  Clarita, Clementina, and Tres Rayos (Three Stripes) are all part of the national register of the Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF)...(http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/meeting-ecuadors-largest-tourists...)

Rare Humpback Feeding Behaviour Spotted off NSW

9/29/10    
Australian Geographic    

The 2010 whale watching season at Eden, in southern New South Wales, has begun in spectacular fashion with sightings of many humpback pods and, occasionally, the more predatory, killer whales…    

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/killer-whales-and-lunge-f...

National Parks loses sight of tangled whale calf    

10/13/10    
Eden Magnet (OZ)

A two-month-old humpback whale calf entangled in polyurethane fishing net with buoys attached, was being monitored by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service late on Wednesday in waters south of Eden…

http://www.edenmagnet.com.au/news/local/news/general/national-parks-lose...

Whale Watching in Hawaii

Cruise Critic

We first saw her "blow" -- the misty vapor plume that results when a whale exhales at the surface. Then we saw her body -- a massive pewter wall rising slowly above the surface of the sea on the starboard side of the boat. The captain killed the engines; by law, we couldn't approach within 100 yards of her…

http://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/article.cfm?ID=215

Pacific Whale Foundation Whale-Watching Cruises: Inexpensive and Educational Fun

11/23/10
Maui Travel Examiner

It's late November, the whales are back, and Maui's got 'em! It's the time of year when Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) who have been feeding in cold Alaskan waters for the last six months return to Hawaii to mate, give birth to their young, and prepare the newborn calves for the long, hard journey back to Alaska….

http://www.examiner.com/travel-in-honolulu/pacific-whale-foundation-whal...

Welcome Home the Whales Celebration

11/25/10    
Maui Weekly    

Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) members and supporters are invited to celebrate the nonprofit’s 30th anniversary and kick-off the Maui Whale Festival with a weekend of family-friendly events Friday through Sunday, Nov. 26 to 28…

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/502436/Welcome-Home-the...
 

 

Maui Whale Festival

Pacific Whale Foundation Kicks Off Maui Whale Festival    

11/23/10
Digital Journal    

To honor the presence of humpback whales in Maui, Pacific Whale Foundation will host its annual Maui Whale Festival from Friday, November 26, 2010 through Sunday, May 15, 2011. Last year, more than 25,000 people attended Maui Whale Festival…

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/169115

Whale Festival returns to Maui    

11/23/10    
eTurboNews.com

To honor the presence of humpback whales in Maui, Pacific Whale Foundation will host its annual Maui Whale Festival from Friday, November 26, 2010 through Sunday, May 15, 2011…

http://www.eturbonews.com/19724/whale-festival-returns-maui

Aloha Kohola!

12/9/10    
Maui Weekly

From now through May, island residents and visitors will delight in the sights and sounds of one of nature’s most precious creatures—the koholā, Hawai‘i’s humpback whales…

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/502480/Aloha-Kohola-.ht...

Maui Whale Festival Celebrates Return of Hawaii's Humpbacks, Now Through May

12/15/10    
HawaiiMagazine.com

Some folks wait for Santa during the holiday season. But here in Hawaii, we wait almost as patiently to catch a glimpse of another annual winter season visitor—more than 10,000 of them actually…

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2010/12/15/Maui_Whale_F...