Watch out on the water - its Whale season

6:15 AM Wed 16 Jun 2010 GMT

With the first sightings of migrating whales for 2010 off Queensland's east coast, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) is reminding vessel operators to take care, watch out for whales and know the approach distances. From May through until around September each year migrating humpback whales can be seen in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Having left the colder southern oceans they undertake an annual migration to warmer northern waters - to court, mate, give birth or rear their young. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Manager Species Conservation Dr Mark Read said it was important to ...

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Watch out on the water - its Whale season

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