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Malcolm, Christopher Duncan.

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The current state and future prospects of whale-watching management, with special emphasis on whale-watching in British Columbia, Canada.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The current state and future prospects of whale-watching management, with special emphasis on whale-watching in British Columbia, Canada./
Author:	Malcolm, Christopher Duncan.
Description:	380 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-12, Section: A, page: 4672.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-12A.
Subject:	Geography. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NQ97511
ISBN:	0612975118

The current state and future prospects of whale-watching management, with special emphasis on whale-watching in British Columbia, Canada.
Malcolm, Christopher Duncan.

The current state and future prospects of whale-watching management, with special emphasis on whale-watching in British Columbia, Canada. - 380 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-12, Section: A, page: 4672.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria (Canada), 2004.

Commercial whale-watching has become an important aspect of global marine tourism. Rapid expansion during the 1990s has created a yearly US

ISBN: 0612975118Subjects--Topical Terms:

524010
Geography.

The current state and future prospects of whale-watching management, with special emphasis on whale-watching in British Columbia, Canada.
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520 $a Commercial whale-watching has become an important aspect of global marine tourism. Rapid expansion during the 1990s has created a yearly US $1 billion industry, in which approximately 10 million people go whale-watching in nearly 90 countries. While the economic importance of whale-watching is well documented, there remain questions regarding ecological impacts on cetacean populations and the veracity of assumed educational benefits. These two problems call into question the label of ecotourism that is currently applied to whale-watching.
520 $a Due to the knowledge gap regarding the ecological impact of whale-watching, science-based management of the activity is difficult. In some areas, whale-watching has become a vital aspect of the economy before managers have been able to participate in its development. In other areas, management has remained at arm's length, letting the industry grow without their participation. The objective of this dissertation is to critically review the current state of whale-watching management and its link to maintenance of sustainable cetacean populations. Research is mainly focussed on whale-watching in British Columbia, Canada.
520 $a This dissertation is composed of three separate studies that examine different aspects of whale-watching management: (1) an analysis of global whale-watching protocols and a comparison of cetacean-human versus terrestrial wildlife-human interaction research, (2) a case study of the historical development, current state and future possibilities of whale-watching management in B.C., where the activity has occurred since the early 1980s, and (3) a human dimensions case study of whale-watchers in B.C. to assess the utility of social science research for whale-watching management.
520 $a In the first study, whale-watching practices for 87 countries were examined. The first study also compared cetacean-human and terrestrial wildlife-human research papers (n = 47 for each). In the second study, federal, provincial and whale-watching industry documents, personal interviews and participant observation, were used to create a historical record for the development of the whale-watching industry and its management in British Columbia. In the third study, whale-watchers in British Columbia were surveyed at the three main whale-watching centres of Johnstone Strait, Tofino and Victoria (n = 1617). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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