Swim encounters with killer whales (<i>Orcinus orca</i>) off Northern Norway: interactive behaviours directed towards human divers and snorkellers obtained from opportunistic underwater video recordings

Pagel, C; Scheer, M.; Lück, Michael

doi:10.1080/14724049.2016.1273939

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“…As stated in the research note by Pagel et al (2016), in the period of time when the fieldwork was conducted (January 2015), the amount of people snorkelling in the presence of whales was increasing and the Authors mention 11 commercial operators in 2016/2017 (p. 3).…”

Section: The Relevance Of the Empirical Context Where The Fieldwork Omentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The overall impression is that Pagel et al (2016) use the concepts of sustainability and ecotourism in quite a superficial way. These concepts seem to be adopted partially and not to be contextualized and problematized in relation to the specific form of tourism and the empirical part of the study.…”

Section: The Concepts Of Sustainability and Ecotourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As mentioned above, we are quite familiar with the specific context. We consider that the provided description and probably understanding of the fieldwork context by Pagel et al (2016) is partial.…”

Section: The Relevance Of the Empirical Context Where The Fieldwork Omentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We comment on each of these aspects and discuss them in the attempt to clarify research challenges, propose some reflection points and possible alternative approaches for improving research quality in wildlife tourism. Pagel et al (2016) qualify swim-with-whale/dolphin-programmes (SWPs) as potentially «sustainable and environmentally friendly» (p. 2). This expression is quite unclear as it suggests that the environmental aspect is not viewed as an integrated part of the concept of sustainability.…”

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Reply to ‘Swim encounters with Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) off Northern Norway: interactive behaviours directed towards Human Divers and Snorkellers obtained from opportunistic underwater video recordings’

Bertella

Acquarone

2017

Journal of Ecotourism

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This is a reply to the research note "Swim Encounters with Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) off Northern Norway: Interactive Behaviours directed towards Human Divers and Snorkellers obtained from Opportunistic Underwater Video Recordings" by Pagel, C., Scheer, M. & Lück, M. published on the Journal of Ecotourism in the December 2016 issue. This research note gives us the opportunity to reflect on the following aspects: 1) the concepts of sustainability and ecotourism, 2) the researchers' position in terms of animal ethics, 3) the relevance of the empirical context where the fieldwork occurs and the related research ethics aspect, 4) the difficulty of evaluating risk of injury. We comment on each of these aspects and discuss them in the attempt to clarify research challenges, propose some reflection points and possible alternative approaches for improving research quality in wildlife tourism.

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Section: The Relevance Of the Empirical Context Where The Fieldwork Omentioning

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Section: The Concepts Of Sustainability and Ecotourismmentioning

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Section: The Relevance Of the Empirical Context Where The Fieldwork Omentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Bertella

Acquarone

2017

Journal of Ecotourism

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“…Santos & Barreiros ; Pagel et al . ). Animal‐attached tags, however, allow behavioural states to be inferred (Shepard et al .…”

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Activity budgets for the sedentary Argentine sea bass Acanthistius patachonicus inferred from accelerometer data loggers

et al. 2018

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The amount of energy an animal uses to move may constitute a significant fraction of its energy budget, so detailed descriptions of wild animal activity budgets can help to understand the ecology of a species, both at the individual and at the population levels. The rocky-reef fishes inhabiting the northern Patagonian gulfs of Argentina are important economic and recreational resources for which no activity or energy budgets are available. This fish assemblage may reach high aggregated biomasses (exceeding several hundreds of kilogrammes of fish distributed along a few hundred metres of linear reef ledges) and is not clear how such biomasses can be supported by the low productivity of the Patagonian coastal waters. We used animal-attached accelerometers to characterise the behaviours and activity budgets for the most abundant and ubiquitous species of this assemblage, the Argentine sea bass or 'Mero' Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840; Osteichthyes: Serranidae). Sixteen individuals were tagged (two in captivity and 14 free-living) and an ethogram was generated from acceleration recordings in varying environmental conditions. Two algorithms were used to classify the behaviours of wild fish. Both showed generally similar results during the cold-water season (8-10°C), but differed slightly in the warm-water season (16-18°C). Overall, sea bass were more active during warm season (mean time spent engaged in active behaviours; 46%, range; 24-60%). In contrast, during cold season fish only spent a mean of 29% of their time in active behaviours (range; 15-49%). No clear response to tidal state or ambient light was found, but some fish were more active during the night in the cold water season. Here, we provide the first activity budgets for the conspicuous Argentine sea bass, which contribute to our understanding of rocky-reef fish behaviour in Patagonia.Abstract in French is available with online material.

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The harmful effects of captivity and chronic stress on the well-being of orcas (Orcinus orca)

Marino

Rose

Visser³

et al. 2020

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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Swim encounters with killer whales (Orcinus orca) off Northern Norway: interactive behaviours directed towards human divers and snorkellers obtained from opportunistic underwater video recordings

Cited by 15 publications

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Reply to ‘Swim encounters with Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) off Northern Norway: interactive behaviours directed towards Human Divers and Snorkellers obtained from opportunistic underwater video recordings’

Activity budgets for the sedentary Argentine sea bass Acanthistius patachonicus inferred from accelerometer data loggers

The harmful effects of captivity and chronic stress on the well-being of orcas (Orcinus orca)

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