Whales Alive is a Pacific based Non-Profit Organisation dedicated to the Protection + Celebration Of Whales + their fragile Marine Habitat.
Our offices in Australia and Tonga are working in a number of different areas on behalf of the whales. Through advocacy, education, training and vital research we are working to educate people about the whales fascinating natural history and what threatens their survival.
Whales Alive acts as a bridge between current marine mammal research and the community in Australia and the Pacific region. We:
Whales Alive has been working in the South Pacific for the sustainable development of whale watching nature tourism, and the development of national and regional whale sanctuaries. This work is largely in partnership with regional governments, IFAW (the International Fund For Animal Welfare) and SPREP (South Pacific Regional Environment Programme) under the framework of the RMMCP (Regional Marine Mammal Conservation Prorgamme).
Whales Alive have assisted Governments in Niue, Vanuatu, and Samoa to develop legislation for national whale sanctuaries which now cover 12 million square km of Pacific Ocean.
Whales Alive have facilitated workshops for Government and industry in Tonga, Niue, Vanuatu an Samoa to develop guidelines for interactions with marine mammals.
Whales Alive works to promote whale watching as an economic alternative to whaling and the need to preserve the pacific island region’s fragile population of migratory whales.
Campaigning at the International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Whales Alive has attended the IWC meetings since 1993