Hakai on the economics of whale-watching and the challenges of managing the commons: "In the Azores, off Portugal, past which some of the humpbacks in Tromsø migrate, the number of whale watching boats allowed at sea is strictly limited by a license system. In Iceland, as in Norway, all you need is a licensed seaworthy ship and skipper, preferably sober, to join the crowd."
In Norway, Whale Watchers Churn a “Soup of Chaos” | Hakai Magazine
It’s amazing no one has died.
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