Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2011-2012
Year
2012
Journal
Tourism in Marine Environments
Volume
8
Issue
295
Pages
207-217
Keywords
code of conduct, Mangrove, marine protected area, protected area, regulations, review, whale watching, whaling
Abstract
Whale-watching research encompasses a wide variety of disciplines and fields of study, including monitoring the biological impacts of whale-watching activities on cetaceans and assessments of the effectiveness of whale-watching management and regulations, to the sociological and economic aspects of whale watching on communities hosting such activities. This article is the latest in a series of annual digests, which describes the variety and findings of whale-watching studies published over the past year, since June 2011.
