Hawaii Island (CNN) — On the west coast of Hawaii Island, the sun rises over tall volcanoes and glints off the vast blue Pacific in Honokohau Harbor near Kailua-Kona. And around the island, spinner dolphins seem just as curious about people as we are about them. A study completed in 2016 estimates that the direct annual revenue from spinner dolphins off the Kailua-Kona region of Hawaii Island is $44 million. Around Hawaii Island, spinner dolphins seem just as curious about humans as we are about them -- but that may not always be in the animals' best interest. From an enforcement perspective, many people think it would be easier to implement timed area closures in the spinner dolphins' main resting bays off Hawaii Island.

Source: CNN November 27, 2019 15:00 UTC