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About the Handbook

This Handbook is designed to support managers, regulators, operators and anyone interested in whale watching. It is a flexible and evolving tool incorporating international best practice, educational resources and a summary of the latest, relevant scientific information.  Content has been drafted and sourced in consultation with IWC and CMS affiliated scientists and managers from around the world, and is reviewed each year at the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission.

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Impact of whale-watching on Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) in Patagonia: Assessing the effects from its beginnings in the context of population growth

Authors

Arias, Magdalena; Coscarella, Mariano A.; Romero, M. Alejandra; Svendsen, Guillermo M.; Reinaldo, Matias Ocampo; Curcio, Nadia S.; Crespo, Enrique A.; González, Raúl A. C.

Year

2018

Journal

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volume

27

Issue

Pages

1-9

ISBN

2211-9736

Keywords

Argentina, Eubalaena australis, impact, management, Mother-Calf, Patagonia, right whale, Southern right whale, whale watching

Abstract

Southern Right Whales are expanding their range to San Antonio Bay in Patagonia. This expansion allowed the settlement of new whale-watching operations. Whale-watching is focused in the least vulnerable groups. At distances of >50 m most groups sighted respond remaining neutral. At close distances the reaction depended on the maneuver type and the group type.

Links

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211973618300345
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