HIKI NŌ Episode 822 - Top Story: Commercial dolphin tours
Season 8 Episode 22 | 27m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Students from Wai‘anae High School in West O‘ahu tackle the controversy of dolphin tours.
On August 23, 2016, NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) published a regulation prohibiting tour boats from being within 50 yards of a spinner dolphin, including swimming with them. This regulation has caused a major downturn in business for ocean tour companies such Sea Hawaii, which claims it has seen a 90% decrease in revenues. This story and more in this episode.
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HIKI NŌ is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i
HIKI NŌ Episode 822 - Top Story: Commercial dolphin tours
Season 8 Episode 22 | 27m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
On August 23, 2016, NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) published a regulation prohibiting tour boats from being within 50 yards of a spinner dolphin, including swimming with them. This regulation has caused a major downturn in business for ocean tour companies such Sea Hawaii, which claims it has seen a 90% decrease in revenues. This story and more in this episode.
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