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Whales And Whaling In North Carolina
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Harvesting of whales off North Carolina's coast was at its maximum in the mid-19th century and then declined. Protection from over-harvesting of whale populations was established in 1972 with the Marine Mammal Protection Act. In 2004, the death of a monitored whale known as 'Stumpy" by scientists enabled research leading to changes in speed limits for preventing whales from being killed by boats. the skeleton for the whale is now in the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
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