The mission of the American Cetacean Society is to protect whales, dolphins, porpoises, and their habitats through public education, research grants, and conservation actions.
With the help of the scientists, educators, and yacht owners who volunteered to take people whale watching, ACS was launched on November 3, 1967.
During the past 30 years, more than two million children and thousands of adults have enjoyed whale watching trips sponsored by ACS.
The impact of these grassroots efforts can be measured by the increasing worldwide popularity of whale watching (a one billion dollar per year industry that now attracts nine million participants in 87 countries) and the growth of a global conservation movement that ACS helped to launch.
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