The Maritime Executive, 23 Oct 2015.

Why is it important to get to know whales as individuals? Ted Cheeseman, of Antarctic tour operators Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris, says: “Like most large whale species, humpbacks were heavily exploited by whaling throughout their range, but happily most populations have rebounded since receiving protection in the 1970's. The primary method through which this recovery is being measured is photo-identification, where the sighting histories of individually-recognizable individuals are used to estimate population-level trends.” Read the full story in the The Maritime Executive.