Curious whales give boost to Mexican fishermen

"The whales came to us, we didn't come to them," said the thin 68 year-old, a smile spreading across his weathered face.
Mayoral and his family run one of seven rustic base camps, using eco-tourism practices, such as solar and wind power and compost toilets, which welcome up to 3,000 visitors in a whale-watching season lasting around three months at the start of each year.
Their camp ironically lies at the site that locals say was used by whalers to fry blubber, when grey whales were killed for commercial uses in the 19th century.
Although a debate rages among some whaling nations about whether to begin limited hunting again, the Pacific gray whales have been protected since 1947, and are at the centre of a growing whale-watching industry.
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