Site Pages
- ▸ Responsible Management
- ▸ The benefits and impacts of whale watching
- ▸ Management Strategies and tools
- ▸ Monitoring and Enforcement
- ▸ Guidelines and Regulations
- ▸ Stakeholder engagement and adaptive management
- ▸ Case Studies
- ▸ Preparing for a Trip
- ▸ What is responsible whale watching?
- ▸ Ways to watch Whales and Dolphins
- ▸ Questions you can ask when booking a tour
- ▸ Contributing to science and conservation
- ▸ Species Information
- ▸ Industry Support
- ▸ Benefits of responsible whale watching
- ▸ Offering the best possible experience
- ▸ Your business and the local Community
- ▸ Contributing to science and conservation
- ▸ Potential impacts of whale watching on whales & dolphins
- ▸ On –board education
- ▸ Common Research methods used to study whales and dolphins
- ▸ Abundance estimates and conservation status of large whale species
- ▸ Downloadable Resources
- ▸ PDF A4 Species Fact Sheets
- ▸ Resources for Managers
- ▸ Resources for Industry
- ▸ Resources for Guides and Educators
- ▸ Glossary of whale watching language
- ▸ Region-specific species ID guides
- ▸ Guidelines and regulations
- ▸ Searchable Database of Scientific Literature
- ▸ About the Handbook
- ▸ An evolving online resource
- ▸ The IWC's role in whale watching
- ▸ CMS and Whale Watching
Country Profiles
- ▸ Antarctica
- ▸ Argentina
- ▸ Australia
- ▸ Brazil
- ▸ Chile
- ▸ Colombia
- ▸ Costa Rica
- ▸ Dominican Republic
- ▸ Egypt
- ▸ France (Mainland and Overseas)
- ▸ Gabon
- ▸ India
- ▸ Ireland
- ▸ Italy
- ▸ Kenya
- ▸ Mexico
- ▸ New Zealand
- ▸ Norway
- ▸ Panama
- ▸ Peru
- ▸ Portugal
- ▸ Spain
- ▸ Sultanate of Oman
- ▸ Sri Lanka
- ▸ Slovenia
- ▸ South Africa
- ▸ Tonga
- ▸ United Kingdom
- ▸ United States of America
- ▸ Canada
- ▸ Denmark (Greenland)
- ▸ Ecuador
- ▸ Dominica
- ▸ Maldives
Case Studies
- ▸ Antarctic: Whale Watching
- ▸ Argentina: Península Valdés, Chubut
- ▸ Australia: Port Phillip Bay
- ▸ Portugal: The Azores
- ▸ Spain: The Canary Islands
- ▸ United States and Canada: The Whale Trail
- ▸ The Netherlands: Studio Bruinvis
- ▸ Mexico- Loreto Bay
- ▸ India: Chilika Lagoon
- ▸ United States of America - Gulf of Maine
- ▸ Egypt- Samadai Reef
- ▸ Australia- Great Barrier Reef
- ▸ New Zealand: Kaikoura
- ▸ Brazil: Praia do Forte
- ▸ Dominican Republic: Samaná Bay
- ▸ Kenya: Watamu
- ▸ United Kingdom: Scotland
- ▸ Tonga
- ▸ Panama: Bocas del Toro
- ▸ Canada: Mingan Island Cetacean Study
- ▸ Mexico: Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
- ▸ Enforcing whale watching regulations
- ▸ The ACCOBAMS High Quality Whale Watching® Certificate
Species Accounts
- ▸ Blue Whale
- ▸ Bottlenose Dolphin
- ▸ Bowhead Whale
- ▸ Bryde's Whale
- ▸ Common Dolphin
- ▸ Dusky Dolphin
- ▸ False Killer Whale
- ▸ Fin Whale
- ▸ Gray Whale
- ▸ Harbour porpoise
- ▸ Humpback Dolphin
- ▸ Humpback Whale
- ▸ Irrawaddy Dolphin
- ▸ Killer Whale
- ▸ Minke Whale
- ▸ Pilot Whale
- ▸ Right Whale
- ▸ Sei Whale
- ▸ Sperm Whale
- ▸ Spinner Dolphin
- ▸ Spotted Dolphin
- ▸ Striped Dolphin