Estimating the Impact of Whaling on Global Whale Watching [PDF]
Tourism Management, 2009 After a commercial whaling moratorium was enacted in 1986, whale watching became one of the fastest growing tourism industries worldwide. As whaling is regarded as an activity that is incompatible with whale watching, the possible resumption of ...
Chi-Chung Chen +2 more
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Whale Watching as Ecotourism: How Sustainable is it? [PDF]
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014 Australia has long tried to portray itself as an environmentally responsible state and has consistently been a strong supporter of Whale Watching as an alternative to the practice of commercial and ‘scientific’ whaling. This paper explores whale watching
Stephen Leslie Wearing +3 more
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MONICEPH project: Monitoring cephalopods during whale-watching activity in the Azores (2020-2024) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe study of oceanic cephalopods off the Azores Archipelago began decades ago with the analysis of stomach contents from sperm whales that were hunted for the whaling industry.
Stéphanie Suciu +2 more
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Whale watch or no watch: the Australian whale watching tourism industry and climate change [PDF]
Regional Environmental Change, 2016 Whale watching is a billion dollar industry worldwide. One of the most popular species for whale watching is the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). The migratory corridors, feeding, resting and calving sites which are used for whale watching may be influenced by changing ocean currents and water temperatures.
Jan-Olaf Meynecke +2 more
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The observation records from whale and dolphin watching inshore of Hualien, eastern Taiwan [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 The eastern waters of Taiwan have been lacking baseline and research data for several years. This study was initiated by Kuroshio Ocean Education Foundation (KOEF) in collaboration with the Turumoan whale-watching company since 1998, collecting long-term
Chieh-Hsi Hu +3 more
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MONICET: The Azores whale watching contribution to cetacean monitoring [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 The Azores islands have been historically linked to cetaceans, becoming an example of a successful transition from whaling to whale watching. Twenty-eight cetacean species have been sighted in these waters, making the archipelago one of the most ...
Laura González García +2 more
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Using Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data to Estimate Whale Watching Effort [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The growing concerns about the negative effects caused by whale watching on wild cetacean populations are evincing the need to measure whale watching effort more precisely.
Javier Almunia +2 more
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Ecotourism between Theory and Practice: Empirical Analysis of the Tourism Industry of Whale Watching in Húsavík (Iceland) [PDF]
Almatourism, 2016 Whale watching is a dynamic industry and, in particular in a country like Iceland, where tourism is currently playing a leading role in the national economy and where nature – understood in a broad sense – represents the main attraction for visitors ...
Enrico Nicosia, Perini Francesco
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Vessel noise levels drive behavioural responses of humpback whales with implications for whale-watching [PDF]
eLife, 2020 Disturbance from whale-watching can cause significant behavioural changes with fitness consequences for targeted whale populations. However, the sensory stimuli triggering these responses are unknown, preventing effective mitigation.
Kate R Sprogis +2 more
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Whale-Watching Management: Assessment of Sustainable Governance in Uramba Bahía Málaga National Natural Park, Valle del Cauca [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 As the growth of the whale-watching activity increases rapidly around the world, the challenge of responsible management and sustainability also rises.
Laura V. Soto-Cortés +3 more
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