Compliance of dolphin ecotours to marine mammal viewing guidelines

Hooper, Lindsay; Moore, Reny B. Tyson; Boucquey, Noëlle; McHugh, Katherine; Fuentes, Mariana M. P. B.

doi:10.1080/09669582.2021.1900206

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“…95 Compliance of BND-watching tour boats were assessed in Southwest Florida in 2019, with results showing that tour captains violated an average of 44% of NOAA mammal viewing guidelines. 96 The sustainable management of dolphin-watching tourism in developing countries poses further challenges, with the rapid growth of the industry often meaning local people lack the capacity, framework and institutions to manage the industry sustainably. 97 Meanwhile, management solutions for controversial activities such as feeding and swimming with dolphins should be considered 92 on a case-by-case basis.…”

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Human-bottlenose dolphin interactions within wildlife tourism, ocean recreation and fisheries

Barnhill

Scott

Clark

et al. 2022

Coastal Studies & Society

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Bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus and Tursiops aduncus; BND) live in coastal waters, prompting frequent contact with humans. Interaction with BND can be either planned (e.g. swim-with-dolphin experiences) or chance (e.g. BND surfing on boat wakes). These charismatic cetaceans are common in many forms of wildlife tourism, including marine wildlife tours, swim-with-dolphin experiences and hand feeding. BND also interact with humans by chance during ocean recreation activities, such as surfing, swimming and boating. Within fisheries, there is both cooperation and conflict between humans and BND. Through a literature review, this paper highlights the effects such interactions cause to both BND and humans with a focus on wildlife tourism, ocean recreation and fisheries.

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confidence: 99%