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Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Material things have long encouraged intergenerational learning in museums. Beyond passive objects, things provide opportunities for children and adults to explore and engage in intriguing encounters, provoking shared storytelling and renewing relationships.
Lois Peach, Lisa Kervin
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Data of expectation and satisfaction questionnaires about whale watching activity
This study examines the alignment between whale-watching (WW) experiences and tourist expectations in three North Atlantic destinations. As marine wildlife tourism, above all whale watching, gains popularity, it is vital to strike the right balance ...
Hurtado-Pampín, Claudia
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Comparative review of entanglement risk assessments for cetacean conservation and management
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Cetacean entanglement in fishing gear remains a major global threat that exposes persistent gaps in how fisheries management frameworks manage risk to nontarget species. Ecological risk assessment (ERA) offers a structured way to link exposure and consequences to an explicit statement of risk, but entanglement risk assessments vary widely in ...
Laura Joan Feyrer +2 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Robust estimates of the magnitude of protected species bycatch are essential for effective fisheries management and marine conservation. Existing bycatch estimation methods typically struggle to accurately and precisely estimate the bycatch of rare species as a result of the statistical assumptions necessary to overcome infrequent encounters ...
Christopher Long +3 more
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Integrating migratory connectivity data into the conservation of Australian sharks and rays
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Understanding migratory connectivity is important for conserving highly mobile marine species facing escalating threats. Establishing baseline information on migratory connectivity is necessary for identifying species and regions requiring transboundary cooperation for their conservation.
Diego F. Bezerra +9 more
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Economic development options for island states: the case of whale-watching
, 2008 This paper explores the consequences of whale-watching tourism with reference to the Kingdom of Tonga. Whale-watching tourism has been proposed as a viable development option for small island states.
Evans, Mike, Moyle, Brendan J
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Reducing whale–vessel strikes through multiobjective vessel traffic routing
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Vessel strikes threaten many large whale species. Managers employ several mitigation measures to reduce vessel strike risk, including establishing or modifying vessel routing measures, such as shipping lanes. However, most studies utilized to inform the configuration of shipping lanes only consider a limited number of potential lanes, and in ...
Lisa Neyman, Nathan Crum
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Fair marketing: Icelandic Whale Watching [PDF]
The thesis objective is to find out how the case company can improve it's fair marketing policy to customers, while promoting fairer marketing within the whale watching industry in Iceland. The purpose of the thesis is to explore Whale Watching Akureyri,
Davies, Jack
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An agent‐based approach for designing effective protection for endangered species
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.The main threat to New Zealand dolphins is entanglement in fishing nets. This agent‐based model shows that current protection is not achieving national or international goals for reducing bycatch. Abstract The main threat to New Zealand dolphins is entanglement in fishing nets.
Elisabeth Slooten +2 more
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Ethology, EarlyView.Corpses are repositories of information about the cause of death. The distress of the bereaved acts as an honest signal drawing conspecifics to the body, enabling them to learn quickly about the death, adapt their behaviour, and spread knowledge of threats across multiple social levels.
Jacob Dembitzer, Dror Ben‐Ami
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