So the whale has its home in the ocean: lives there, feeds there, breeds there and cannot live on land and I believe we should respect this. I remember I was kayaking up near Seattle a while back in what I think was a channel. A few whales came into that section that was separated a bit from the vast ocean. Called a pod I think. Of course I back paddled and then just watched from a safe distance. Not sure why they came in and maybe it was food or something that they like. I just don’t know. There were boats trying to cross this channel where the whales were swimming past. Obviously the boats had to stop and from what I understood they were OK with that. I heard that every so often it appeared to be a common occurrence. An example of man trying to live within and accepting nature instead of man trying to bend nature to fit mans own desires or needs.