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Whale Watching in the Pelagos Sanctuary: Status and Quality Assessment
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 In 2001 Italy, France, and Principality of Monaco instituted a protected area for marine mammals in northwestern Mediterranean Sea, named the Pelagos Sanctuary.
Paola Tepsich +5 more
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The Impact of Vessels on Humpback Whale Behavior: The Benefit of Added Whale Watching Guidelines
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The concurrent increase in marine tourism and vessel traffic around the world highlights the need for developing responsible whale watching guidelines. To determine the impact of vessel presence on humpback whale behaviors in Maui Nui, a land-based study
Jens J. Currie +4 more
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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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Whale Watching as Ecotourism: How Sustainable is it?
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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Challenges of Whale Watching and Swim With Dolphins in Mexico
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Mexico is one of the top 10 whale-watching destinations in the world. The target species for “whale watching” (WW) are the gray whale, blue whale, humpback whale, and fin whale; the target species for “swim with dolphins” (SWD) are the bottlenose dolphin,
R. Jorge Urbán, Lorena Viloria-Gómora
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Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Disturbance from whale watching can induce a wide range of behavioral responses in cetaceans, some of which can affect their energetic balance and, ultimately, their long-term fitness.
Cláudia Oliveira +5 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 As interest in tourism and conservation grows worldwide, whale-watching has become a popular means of educating the public about wildlife conservation.
Emma L. Ausen +4 more
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Impact of climate change on sustainable management of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) populations: Whale-watching and conservation [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2013 Some pods of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) breed every winter at three lagoons along the Baja California Peninsula and then migrate to feeding grounds on the Bering and Chukchi Seas. The number of whales arriving to the lagoons fluctuates yearly
Salvadeo Christian J. +5 more
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Humpback Whale Movements and Behavior in Response to Whale-Watching Vessels in Juneau, AK
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 The whale-watching industry in Juneau, Alaska relies primarily on the presence of North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). To meet demands from the rapidly growing tourism industry, the number of whale-watching vessels in this region has ...
Alicia R. Schuler +7 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The study and conservation of cetaceans benefit from systematic studies and non-systematic records about sightings and strandings. However, iEcology (internet ecology) was critical for numerous ecological studies and should be in the toolkit of cetacean ...
Pedro Morais +3 more
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