Cruise Ship Tourists Horrified

Tourist on the Fantasea Tours on a whale and dolphin watch were enjoying the playfulness of four orca whales in a pod last week (Apr 4th 2017) in Barrouallie, St Vincent. It was an incredible sighting which caused the tourists to be very excited. Then a whaling boat showed up with 3 whale fishermen. The Whaling boat was actually a small fishing
canoe (the Carib Indians make out of hollowed out trees). Attached to the canoe was a modified shot gun (for speed) with a harpoon.
The fishermen fired the harpoon into the body of the whale, using the power of the shot gun. It made a booming noise, which got the attention of the tourists who realized the fishermen were killing the whale. They quickly attached a buoy to the whale to prevent it from sinking, as it would surely drown. This did not help. The whale was slaughtered in the presence of the tourists and was later taken to the market to be sold as food.

The tourists considered the whaling as outrageous and the tour operated has cancelled all of its whale watching tours. Despite calls for the Ban on whaling, Whaling is still legal in St Vincent.


The head of the Orca after being chopped up for meat.


Whale meat is cut into strips and hung up to dry in the sun.

Vendors cut the whale fat into cubes, and when fried are called Crisps.

Whale blubber which is being boiled in cut of drums, to make whale oil, a fuel such as kerosene, it is used to fuel lamps. It was a very popular source of fuel before crude oil was discovered. The top part of the blubber is used to make butter and margarine.

Photo credits Adam Gravel

This amateur video shows the fishing and cutting in of a humpback whale in St Vincent 3 weeks ago in Bequia, a small island belonging to St Vincent.