Ocean Alliance

Description

Ocean Alliance studies whales. Why? Generally speaking, most people and countries around the world want to save whales – only a few countries still hunt whales. Commercial whaling, particularly during the 20th century, devastated whale populations and left many teetering on the verge of extinction. Only by the dedicated efforts of the Save the Whale movement, of which our Founder and President Dr. Roger Payne was a key part, were they saved. Many species have yet to recover from commercial whaling, and today they face a new barrage of threats including climate change, noise pollution, and chemical pollution. The problem is that we don’t know how best to protect them. They are difficult to study, and difficult to understand. The solution to this is conservation science – collecting data that will help us protect these animals. Only conservation science can help us better understand whales, so that we can more effectively protect them.