APPENDIX B

General Principles for Whale Watching

Recommended by the Scientific Committee to the International Whaling Commission, and adopted at its 48th annual meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland, 24-28 June, 1996, document IWC/48/4.

(1) Manage the development of whale watching to minimise the risk of adverse impacts:

(2) Design, maintain and operate platforms to minimise the risk of adverse effects on cetaceans, including disturbance from noise:

(3) Allow the cetaceans to control the nature and duration of interactions:


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