Tonga has limited whale watching and swimming licences for the 2020 whale watching season for the management, protection and conservation of whales, effective on 25 February, after record number of applications for licences was received.
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Results for Tonga Whales
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 10 May 2016
Noumea, New Caledonia
Raising awareness to protect Pacific whales in the face of emerging threats is part of a regional campaign ‘Protect Pacific Whales’ recently launched by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
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Tuesday 25 August 2015
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has been included in the first destinations to be analyzed with the potential to become Whale Heritage Sites.
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Thursday 3 April 2014
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Government of Japan has stated that it will abide by a ruling from the International Court of Justice to end the country’s whaling program in the Southern Ocean.
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