2015•Tourism in Marine EnvironmentsRequires access

Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2013–2014

Carol Scarpaci, E. C. M. Parsons

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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 between June 2013 and May 2014.

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Key concepts: Whale, Variety (cybernetics), Minke whale, Tourism, Nature tourism, Fishery, Geography, Environmental resource management