A humpback whale jumps at a whale watching point, off Okinawa, southwestern Japan, Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Like other large whales, the humpback was and is a target for the whaling industry. Due to over-hunting, its population fell by an estimated 90 percent before a whaling moratorium was introduced in 1966. Stocks of the species have since partially recovered.
(Photo: AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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