Meet kohola the humpback whale

Terry Lilley / Contributed photo

Kohola the Humpback Whale.

We have several whale species here in Hawaii and they are all called kohola but in old Hawaii the humpback whale was very rare in Hawaiian waters. The whaling towns that became famous in the 1800’s like Lahaina in Maui were only a stop over for the whaling ships from America that went all the way to Japan to hunt whales for their oil. The Hawaiian economy was stimulated by supplying the 100 plus whaling ships with fresh food for their long open ocean journey.

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