Recent Advances in Whale-watching Research: 2004-2005
Year
2006
Journal
Tourism in Marine Environments
Volume
2
Issue
11
Pages
119-132
Keywords
code of conduct, education, international Whaling Commission, management, marine protected area, regulation, Whale watching
Abstract
Whale-watching research encompasses a wide variety of disciplines from the biological aspects of the impacts of whale-watching tour boats on whales to the sociological and economic aspects of whale watching. The following is a digest of recent whale-watching research, initially produced for the members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Ulsan, Korea in May/June 2005. This article briefly describes the variety and findings of studies published recently on various aspects of research related to whale watching.
