Humpback Whale Population Makes Spectacular Recovery Off Brazil’s Coast

Thanks to a global commercial whaling moratorium implemented in 1986, humpback whales have made a remarkable comeback in the South Atlantic, drawing scientists and tourists to Brazil’s Abrolhos archipelago.

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'They were legends': Humpback whales make spectacular comeback off Brazil's coast

Once driven to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have thrived in the South Atlantic since a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling came into force in 1986, offering a bonanza to scientists who come each year to Brazil's Abrolhos archipelago to record and study the cetaceans.

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