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The workshop addressed many issues related to swimming with wild dolphins and the report includes abstracts/summaries of presentations on the following subjects: Interactions between the public and wild dolphins in the United States: Biological Concerns and the Marine Mammal Protection Act; Interactions between humans and bottlenose dolphins near Panama City, FLConcerns about Hawaiian spinner dolphins in HawaiiManagement Policies in New Zealand regarding wild dolphin swim programmesManagement of commercial swim with dolphin programmes in AustraliaMinimizing Impact and maximizing research during human dolphin interactions in the BahamasVessel and human impact monitoring of the dolphins of Little Bahamas BankWhale and Dolphin watching and associated research programs in the Ogasawara Islands, Japanan Example Approach the dolphin swimming/watching programs around Mikura Island, JapanIncomplete history of spinner dolphin research in HawaiiThe Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris: effects of tourismSwimming with wild dolphins in New Zealand: a multispecies research exampleLearning dolphin "etiquette" by understanding their rules of behaviour and interactionConducting research on human-dolphin interactions: captive dolphins, free-ranging dolphins, solitary dolphins and dolphin groupsObservations of a lone sociable dolphin in BelizeApproaching wild dolphins in Brazil: potential risks in a near futureConsequences of swimming with a lone female bottlenose dolphin in the gulf of Eilat/AqabaStudying the human/dolphin interactions from a cliff-side in Kaikura, New ZealandBehavior and ecology of common dolphins and the impact of tourism in the Coromandel Bay of Plenty region, New ZealandResearch on Hawaiian Spinner dolphins in Kealakekua Bay, HawaiiA study of the Hawaiian spinner dolphins around OahuUnderwater research of dolphins in BelizeThe number of dolphin watching boats limited per day, according to a treaty about dolphin watching in Mikura Island watersBibliography of Human/Dolphin Interactions (19pp)