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Official 2006 Approved Vessel Listing
 Below is a complete listing of the approved vessels for the 2007/2008 Whale Watching Season. This list has been provided by the Mexican Federal Department of Natural Resources.
Before booking your whale watching tour, please ensure that your tour company and/or their vessel is on this list. If the company name and/or the name of the boat is not listed here, that company does NOT hold an official permit for whale watching on the Bay of Banderas. However, some companies such as Ocean Friendly, Open Air (Cielo Abierto) and Ecotours de México are authorized to conduct tours from any vessel.
Also, ensure that your boat is flying the purple whale watching flag and that the boat or company is listed below - anyone can make a flag. This flag is given only to those operators that have been approved by the Mexican government to conduct whale watching tours on Banderas Bay. If you happen to see a yellow flag, this indicates that authorized scientific investigations are occurring onboard the vessel. It is possible that you might see these vessels operating outside of the official regulations this is OK. But, you will never see yellow flags flying with tourists on board.
The owners of the tour companies and vessels will normally have trained naturalists and/or oceanographers on board at all times and will always operate within the Official Mexican Whale Watching Regulations.
The 2007/2008 official whale watching season runs from December 8, 2007 - March 23, 2007. It is illegal to operate whale watching tours outside of these dates. If anyone offers you a whale watching tour that does not fall within these dates, please report the violation.
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