| [00:00.000] | The South Pacific is on the face of it， still a healthy ocean. |
| [00:04.409] | We depend on it. |
| [00:05.628] | Over 60% of the world's fish catch comes from the Pacific. |
| [00:09.824] | But like all oceans, it has little or no protection,so it may not stay healthy much longer. |
| [00:16.864] | So what's being done，one to preserve its natural treasures? |
| [00:20.364] | And what does the future hold for this fragile paradise? |
| [00:24.938] | For the South Pacific, this is a critical time. |
| [00:29.308] | It's changing in ways that, if left unchecked,could develop into a global crisis. |
| [00:34.308] | Some of its residents have been through crisis before. |
| [00:38.407] | Humpback whales were hunted so relentlessly during the last century that their numbers crashed by 90%. |
| [00:45.403] | But recently, they've made a comeback, surging from 5,000 to 60,000 animals. |
| [00:52.003] | Their blubber is no longer boiled down，for oil. |
| [00:55.050] | Today, these whales are greeted by boats loaded not with harpoons, but with tourists. |
| [01:01.124] | The waters of Tonga are one of the few places in the world where it's legal to get in and meet the giants face to face. |
| [00:00.000] | The South Pacific is on the face of it, still a healthy ocean. |
| [00:04.409] | We depend on it. |
| [00:05.628] | Over 60 of the world' s fish catch comes from the Pacific. |
| [00:09.824] | But like all oceans, it has little or no protection, so it may not stay healthy much longer. |
| [00:16.864] | So what' s being done, one to preserve its natural treasures? |
| [00:20.364] | And what does the future hold for this fragile paradise? |
| [00:24.938] | For the South Pacific, this is a critical time. |
| [00:29.308] | It' s changing in ways that, if left unchecked, could develop into a global crisis. |
| [00:34.308] | Some of its residents have been through crisis before. |
| [00:38.407] | Humpback whales were hunted so relentlessly during the last century that their numbers crashed by 90. |
| [00:45.403] | But recently, they' ve made a comeback, surging from 5, 000 to 60, 000 animals. |
| [00:52.003] | Their blubber is no longer boiled down, for oil. |
| [00:55.050] | Today, these whales are greeted by boats loaded not with harpoons, but with tourists. |
| [01:01.124] | The waters of Tonga are one of the few places in the world where it' s legal to get in and meet the giants face to face. |
| [00:00.000] | The South Pacific is on the face of it, still a healthy ocean. |
| [00:04.409] | We depend on it. |
| [00:05.628] | Over 60 of the world' s fish catch comes from the Pacific. |
| [00:09.824] | But like all oceans, it has little or no protection, so it may not stay healthy much longer. |
| [00:16.864] | So what' s being done, one to preserve its natural treasures? |
| [00:20.364] | And what does the future hold for this fragile paradise? |
| [00:24.938] | For the South Pacific, this is a critical time. |
| [00:29.308] | It' s changing in ways that, if left unchecked, could develop into a global crisis. |
| [00:34.308] | Some of its residents have been through crisis before. |
| [00:38.407] | Humpback whales were hunted so relentlessly during the last century that their numbers crashed by 90. |
| [00:45.403] | But recently, they' ve made a comeback, surging from 5, 000 to 60, 000 animals. |
| [00:52.003] | Their blubber is no longer boiled down, for oil. |
| [00:55.050] | Today, these whales are greeted by boats loaded not with harpoons, but with tourists. |
| [01:01.124] | The waters of Tonga are one of the few places in the world where it' s legal to get in and meet the giants face to face. |
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