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whale in the bay...mulege

Bob and Susan - 3-4-2014 at 06:24 PM

a whale in the bay today...we drove over to investigate

video here...
http://youtu.be/2YC1l_ue0qI

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Udo - 3-4-2014 at 06:37 PM

Thanks for sharing your renegade whale...too bad your dog was unhappy with it!

Russ - 3-4-2014 at 07:11 PM

How FUN! Nice video

Wonderful!!

Mulegena - 3-4-2014 at 07:17 PM

Fun little video, too. Good stuff. Thanks.
Keep us posted with further sightings, please!

Your dog

captkw - 3-4-2014 at 07:22 PM

Hola,,Good looking dog,,what breed/type ???.//...K&T:cool:

Wiles - 3-5-2014 at 08:51 AM

Humpback

ncampion - 3-5-2014 at 05:15 PM

Just an FYI we know some people here in Loreto who got in some fairly big trouble going out in their small boat to watch a blue whale who was just North of town. They got busted for "operating a whale watching tour without a permit" and going too close to a whale (harassing the whale). They took the two women off the boat and into the police station and the men had to go "bail them out". They are still working out all the fines and there is still talk of them taking the boat. We were told at the marine that you can't go within 200 meters of a whale. Maybe just local enforcement, but who knows.

rhintransit - 3-5-2014 at 05:56 PM

was out with a panga (Loreto), local guide said the same thing about not going within 200 meters.

David K - 3-5-2014 at 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by ncampion
Just an FYI we know some people here in Loreto who got in some fairly big trouble going out in their small boat to watch a blue whale who was just North of town. They got busted for "operating a whale watching tour without a permit" and going too close to a whale (harassing the whale). They took the two women off the boat and into the police station and the men had to go "bail them out". They are still working out all the fines and there is still talk of them taking the boat. We were told at the marine that you can't go within 200 meters of a whale. Maybe just local enforcement, but who knows.


Sounds like a case of too much government. The whale can freely swim away from boats.

capt. mike - 3-8-2014 at 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by captkw
Hola,,Good looking dog,,what breed/type ???.//...K&T:cool:


yip yaps. i see them weekly in the Playa Frambes funny papers.

Bob and Susan - 3-8-2014 at 02:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ncampion
Just an FYI we know some people here in Loreto who got in some fairly big trouble going out in their small boat to watch a blue whale who was just North of town. They got busted for "operating a whale watching tour without a permit" and going too close to a whale (harassing the whale). They took the two women off the boat and into the police station and the men had to go "bail them out". They are still working out all the fines and there is still talk of them taking the boat. We were told at the marine that you can't go within 200 meters of a whale. Maybe just local enforcement, but who knows.


you do have to be licensed to take tourists out and accept money but...
your own boat...and 200 meters...in the ocean?
how do people that go on tours pet the whales???

maybe you left out part of the "story"

David K - 3-8-2014 at 04:40 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by captkw
Hola,,Good looking dog,,what breed/type ???.//...K&T:cool:


Here is THAT same dog (I think) attacking me for my Pacifico...

ncampion - 3-8-2014 at 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
Quote:
Originally posted by ncampion
Just an FYI we know some people here in Loreto who got in some fairly big trouble going out in their small boat to watch a blue whale who was just North of town. They got busted for "operating a whale watching tour without a permit" and going too close to a whale (harassing the whale). They took the two women off the boat and into the police station and the men had to go "bail them out". They are still working out all the fines and there is still talk of them taking the boat. We were told at the marine that you can't go within 200 meters of a whale. Maybe just local enforcement, but who knows.


you do have to be licensed to take tourists out and accept money but...
your own boat...and 200 meters...in the ocean?
how do people that go on tours pet the whales???

maybe you left out part of the "story"


We're talking about Blue Whales in the SOC, not the Gray Whales in the Pacific. Different whales, different rules I guess. Spoke to the guy yesterday and he may still lose his boat. He has to go to La Paz to settle the issue as the local agents do not have the authority. That's the story.

Pompano - 3-8-2014 at 05:26 PM

Whales! Whales? Where?

In the winter of about 1994 or so, a few of us from Conception Bay went camping & fishing down in Mag Bay. There was an established whale-watching enterprise doing some business...and we knew the rules of tourists and whale-watching. That is...in order to watch the whales you had to go with a paid guide.

We were interested in catching fish (namely snook) amongst the mangroves and really had little interest in whale-watching, although we saw them daily while crossing the large part of the bay.

Coming back to shore one afternoon, and having just cruised past a whale 5 minutes earlier, we were pulled over by a patrol boat. The official checked our fishing licenses, etc..and then said..."Senors, have you seen any whales?" We all said..."Whales? Whales? Where? Are there whales here, too?"

We moved on... :rolleyes:

capt. mike - 3-9-2014 at 01:03 PM

at the preserves for greys on pac side, the pangeros get legally close to a whale and then the whale comes to them. works every time. the boats never chase a whale. it all is ruled by mex guvmint ecological division.

basautter - 3-9-2014 at 04:06 PM

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

DawnPatrol - 3-10-2014 at 08:06 AM

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Originally posted by David K
Quote:
Originally posted by captkw
Hola,,Good looking dog,,what breed/type ???.//...K&T:cool:


Here is THAT same dog (I think) attacking me for my Pacifico...



That looks like a Blue Heeler / Dauchsund mix??

micah202 - 3-10-2014 at 08:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by ncampion
Just an FYI we know some people here in Loreto who got in some fairly big trouble going out in their small boat to watch a blue whale who was just North of town. They got busted for "operating a whale watching tour without a permit" and going too close to a whale (harassing the whale). They took the two women off the boat and into the police station and the men had to go "bail them out". They are still working out all the fines and there is still talk of them taking the boat. We were told at the marine that you can't go within 200 meters of a whale. Maybe just local enforcement, but who knows.


...would make sense if it was allright to be closer if whale approaches -you-.....otherwise a good law which avoids harassing whales