The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary for quite long has been looking after humpback whale. But now, the Advisory Council has recommended that the focus of the sanctuary should be shifted from humpback whale to the whole ecosystem.
The Advisory Council is of the view that there is need to pay attention to the whole ecosystem so that the natural sources could be sustained and protected from being destroyed by men activity. The recommendations have been made while the advisory council was reviewing the management of the sanctuary.
It is expected that a review on the management of the sanctuary would be made public by 2013. It has been informed that the recommendations have been made after spending 2,000 hours over the review and through sheer hard work of 60 working groups.
While making the recommendation, the council Chair, Dr. Adam Pack, said: “These management recommendations are a monumental achievement and a first for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council”.
Meanwhile, a new study has revealed that the Humpback whales in the southern Indian Ocean have been singing a completely different song. The study was conducted by a team of American and Australian researchers.
The findings of the study have challenged the long assumption that songs based on similar themes are sung by whales of same ocean basin. It has been informed that the whales of the Madagascar and Western Australia shared a similar theme. While others sung a completely different themes of song.
The researchers are hopeful that the findings would help in study as to how the whale culture spreads. It has been unveiled that mostly male whales sing the songs, which include rising and falling wails, moans and shrieks. The whole song repeats for almost half an hour.