Regulating whale watching: A common agency analysis

Mallard, Graham

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2019.04.011

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“…Across the diverse spheres of wildlife tourism, whale and dolphin watching has grown more rapidly and globally in popularity than most, and since the first decade of the 21st century, most coastal cetacean populations have been exposed to some form of whale-watching (e.g., O 'Connor et al, 2009;Mallard, 2019). This growth has been driven by the recovery, and therefore the availability, of the great whales following the end of large-scale commercial whaling, their emblematic status in the developing green movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and by the popularity of dolphins arising from widespread change in attitudes in western countries through popular media and assertions regarding dolphin intelligence (Lavigne et al, 1999;Simmonds, 2011;Wearing et al, 2011).…”

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Dolphins and Boats: When Is a Disturbance, Disturbing?

2020

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Globally, the exploitation of marine mammals has shifted from hunting to viewing over the last few decades. While refraining from actively killing animals may have a positive effect on marine mammal populations, whale and dolphin watching can induce changes such as displacement from preferred habitat and disruption of foraging that may also have severe fitness costs. Under some circumstances, this non-lethal disturbance may affect populations in a manner similar to directed mortality. Here, we focus on inshore dolphin populations that are known to show short-term behavioral responses to boat approaches. Long-term fitness effects have only been clearly identified in a small number of these populations, and all share certain characteristics, i.e., closed, small and food-limited. This raises the question of importance of context when considering the long-term effects of disturbance, since many dolphin populations may be open, large, and/or free from resource restriction. We explored the effect of disturbance based on the characteristics of populations using the population consequences of disturbance (PCoD) framework. PCoD was developed to link short-term changes in individual behavior and physiology to presumed long-term effects on population dynamics. To ensure our scenarios were biologically plausible, they reflected the ecological context of four well-studied populations of dolphins,

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Dolphins and Boats: When Is a Disturbance, Disturbing?

2020

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“…Research has found that tourists , as opposed to government agencies, are the best enforcers of environmental policies (Mallard, 2019), meaning that areas with high support for conservation may result in self‐enforced, low‐impact wildlife tourism. Community‐based codes of conduct (CoC) are an effective way to ensure that marine tourism does not negatively impact the target species and can help communities develop sustainable ecotourism (Woods‐Ballard et al, 2003).…”

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Basking shark tourism in Donegal, Ireland – a case‐study of public interest and support for shark conservation

Gray

Peters‐Burton

Smith

et al. 2022

Aquatic Conservation

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1. Basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) visit the coastal waters of Ireland annually, and while protected in Northern Ireland, they are not protected by domestic legislation in Ireland. In Ireland, basking shark conservation relies heavily on publicly reported sightings to assess population size and migration patterns. 2. While basking shark tourism is popular in nearby Scotland, Irish tourism materials rarely feature basking sharks. 3. In order to determine public awareness about basking sharks, public support for basking shark conservation and interest in shark tourism, 173 residents and visitors in Buncrana, Ireland were surveyed in July 2018. 4. The results indicated that public knowledge of basking sharks is low, whilst support for basking shark conservation and interest in tourism are high.5. Despite the fact that conservation groups rely on publicly reported sightings as a cost-effective research tool that is important for conservation policy, only 7% of survey respondents were aware that they could report a basking shark sighting to local research organizations (Irish Whale and Dolphin Group or Irish Basking Shark Group).6. Individuals who support conservation were significantly more likely to believe that others would be willing to pay to view basking sharks, indicating a link between tourism potential and support for conservation.7. This study showed that there may be an untapped tourism market for basking shark viewing in Donegal as well as public support for shark conservation.

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“…Se caracteriza por tener un impacto mínimo y crear conciencia en los turistas (Pace et al, 2015). El ecoturismo sostenible es una forma de hacer turismo centrado en el estado natural del ambiente mientras se educa y conserva; generalmente, la población local es quien lo impulsa y se ve beneficiada (Mallard, 2019). La OB en su entorno natural cae dentro del ecoturismo y se centra en una experiencia visual y de naturaleza educativa que anima a los turistas a apreciar y preservar (Pace et al, 2015).…”

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Motivaciones y expectativas de los turistas y desempeño de los viajes de observación de ballenas en Bahía de Banderas

Rodríguez¹,

Dagóstino²

2023

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La observación de ballenas (OB) es una importante actividad turística a nivel mundial. En México está regulada por la NOM-131-SEMARNAT-2010. En Bahía de Banderas, el número de permisos para la OB ha aumentado, reflejo de la demanda del servicio. El incremento de turistas y la demanda de la actividad podría afectar negativamente a las poblaciones de ballenas, las comunidades costeras y la experiencia del turista. El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar los motivos de los turistas para contratar un viaje de OB, sus expectativas y el desempeño de la actividad. Se aplicaron 511 encuestas a turistas que adquirieron un viaje para OB en 11 diferentes empresas, durante tres temporadas. Se encontró que poco más de la mitad fueron extranjeros, la OB no es el motivo principal del viaje, la mayoría no había visto ballenas, y desconocen la especie a observar y las regulaciones vigentes. Los turistas desean ver muchas ballenas a una distancia de 5 metros y por un tiempo no mayor a 30 minutos; el 73.4 % de los turistas prefieren que el viaje se conduzca de manera respetuosa con las ballenas. Al finalizar la actividad, los visitantes expresaron satisfacción con la cantidad de ballenas observadas, distancia y tiempo de observación. En contraparte, el análisis de expectativa-desempeño refleja que las expectativas de los turistas no fueron cumplidas. Los turistas percibieron de moderadas a muchas embarcaciones. Estos resultados pueden incidir en la toma de decisiones y en la identificación de áreas de oportunidad en materia de regulación y calidad del servicio.

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Regulating whale watching: A common agency analysis

Cited by 21 publications

References 52 publications

Dolphins and Boats: When Is a Disturbance, Disturbing?

Dolphins and Boats: When Is a Disturbance, Disturbing?

Basking shark tourism in Donegal, Ireland – a case‐study of public interest and support for shark conservation

Motivaciones y expectativas de los turistas y desempeño de los viajes de observación de ballenas en Bahía de Banderas

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