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Acoustic interaction of humpback whales and whale-watching boats
Marine Environmental Research, 2000The underwater acoustic noise of five representative whale-watching boats used in the waters of west Maui was measured in order to study the effects of boat noise on humpback whales. The first set of measurements were performed on 9 and 10 March, close to the peak of the whale season.
W W, Au, M, Green
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Urgent Need for Empirical Research into Whaling and Whale Watching
Conservation Biology, 2006Recent International Whaling Commission (IWC) debate on the interaction of whale watching and whaling provides fertile ground for empirical research (International Whaling Commission 2005). Commentary to date on the relationship between whale watching and whaling has been largely anecdotal, rendering the potential effect whaling might have on whale ...
J E S, Higham, D, Lusseau
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Impact of Commercial Whale Watching on Whales
2022The purpose of this research is to explore whether very popular, billed-as-ecotourism whale watching is truly sustainable, in the sense that it is not harming the whales. The research objectives were to report the effects of whale watching on whales, considering the whale watching vessels’ noise levels and angle of approach.
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2008
The four whales slain that evening had died wide apart; one, far to windward; one, less distant, to leeward; one ahead; one astern. These last three were brought alongside ere nightfall; but the windward one could not be reached till morning; and the boat...
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The four whales slain that evening had died wide apart; one, far to windward; one, less distant, to leeward; one ahead; one astern. These last three were brought alongside ere nightfall; but the windward one could not be reached till morning; and the boat...
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Sustainable use of whales: whaling or whale watching?
1996An examination of the history of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) can offer valuable insights to those managing the exploitation of other wild mammals. To understand the many issues one must look further than the IWC’s past inability to manage whaling which resulted in the declaration of an indefinite moratorium on commercial whaling.
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The global potential for whale watching
Marine Policy, 2010Abstract Whaling as a commercial enterprise is now defunct, not least due to the moratorium placed on it by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) almost 20 years ago. However, two distinct groups, one in favor of ‘sustainable’ whaling and one completely opposed to any killing of whales, continue to argue at the IWC and other political arenas ...
A.M. Cisneros-Montemayor +3 more
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2022
Este estudo visa investigar o turismo de observação de cetáceos no Brasil, a partir de um levantamento de suas áreas de ocorrência, espécies-chave e normas e regulamentos vigentes. A metodologia inclui uma ampla revisão bibliográfica sobre áreas de ocorrência de cetáceos no Brasil, turismo de observação, instrumentos legais e códigos de ...
Gomes, Rosany Rossi Pereira +2 more
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Este estudo visa investigar o turismo de observação de cetáceos no Brasil, a partir de um levantamento de suas áreas de ocorrência, espécies-chave e normas e regulamentos vigentes. A metodologia inclui uma ampla revisão bibliográfica sobre áreas de ocorrência de cetáceos no Brasil, turismo de observação, instrumentos legais e códigos de ...
Gomes, Rosany Rossi Pereira +2 more
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Address to Whale Watch Kaikoura
2021An address to Whale Watch Kaikoura on 18 May 2010. The address provides an overview of a proposal before the International Whaling Commission to cap whaling over a period of 10 years and its implications for conservation and IWC productivity.
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Can whale-watching and whaling co-exist? Tourist perceptions in Iceland
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2013Both whaling and whale-watching tourism occur in Iceland, but these activities are considered incompatible by many, and previous studies have suggested that whale-watch tourists would boycott whale-watch destinations where whaling takes place. This study assessed the perceptions of and attitudes towards ongoing whaling amongst whale-watch tourists in ...
Bertulli, Chiara G. +3 more
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