Their numbers had more than tripled since the day before. Heather looked across the large group of protesters, whose ranks now reached close to one hundred. They had migrated south from Los Angeles and San Francisco for the International Whaling Commission and the Marine Mammal Conference activities, and more of them were reported to be on the way. They were lined up on the wooden boardwalk near the G Street Pier on San Diego Bay. Their enemy, the American Tuna Boat Association, was located in a small building adjacent to the pier. The protesters held banners and shouted slogans toward the waterfront. “Stop the s*******r! Stop the s*******r!” “How original,” Heather said to herself. Despite being imported from other cities, the new arrivals appeared identical to the San Diego factio