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Report of the Workshop on the Scientific Aspects of Managing Whale Watching


APPENDIX 3, LIST OF WORKING PAPERS

C. Carlson
A review of whale-watching guidelines and regulations around the world. MWW/95/1

R. Gambell
The IWC and Whalewatching. MWW/95/2

J. Darling
How to regulate for and protect friendly whales and bow-riding dolphins. MWW/95/3

J. & S. Heimlich-Boran
Swimming with whales in the wild. MWW/95/4

I. Bonnelly de Calventi
The Dominican experience in humpback whale watching minimum distances. MWW/95/5

V. Cockcroft
Possible implications of human cetacean interaction during cetacean watching: considerations for research and monitoring. MWW/95/6

D. Duffus
What can we learn about disturbance from research on other large mammals? MWW/95/7

P. Thompson
Science and management: do researchers and managers have the same expectations? MWW/95/8

P. Thompson
Proposals for managing dolphin watching in the Moray Firth: a UK case study. MWW/95/9

P. Thompson
How have existing whale-watching regulations been applied to activities centred on a lone whale or dolphin in an inshore situation? MWW/95/10

K. Payne
Notes on management of whale watching. MWW/95/11

B. Würsig
Suggestions on research protocol to minimize disturbance to whales, dolphins and porpoises. MWW/95/12

B. Würsig
Dolphin watching and swim-with-dolphin tours. MWW/95/13

D. Wiley & J. Jahoda
Can education programmes effectively control whale harassment by recreational boaters? MWW/95/14

J. Darling
An assessment of the impacts of human activities on the killer whales of Robson Bight ecological reserve with management guidelines. MWW/95/15

C. Campagna, M. M. Rivarola & A Tagliorette
Assessing appropriate whale-watching regulations for right whales: a perspective from Patagonia. MWW/95/16

T. Franklin
The evolving management program in Hervey Bay from the perspective of a permitted operator. MWW/95/17

D. Wiley, E. Pomfret & D. Beach
Conflicts between commercial whale watching and other human activities in and around Massachusetts Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. MWW/95/18

K. Mori
Effect of land-based whale watching. MWW/95/19

K. Mori
Summary of the Cetacean Watching in Japan and its Rules. MWW/95/20

J. Ford
A review of studies on the effects of vessels on killer whales in British Columbia. MWW/95/21

M. Donoghue & A. Baxter
Scientific aspects of the management of whale and dolphin watching in New Zealand. MWW/95/22

D. Wiley & E. Pomfret
Plotting the number and distribution of boats around whales. MWW/95/23

D. Herzing
Situation 1 - Lone dolphins and whales in the bay/harbour. The need for instant regulations.
Situation 2 - Swimming with whales and dolphins in the wild, including solitary dolphins. MWW/95/24

C. Carlson
Summary - A review of whale-watching guidelines and regulations around the world. MWW/95/25

P. Evans
Some thoughts on regulating whale-watching activities. MWW/95/27

E. Hoyt
Behaviour of cetaceans in the presence and absence of boats. A review. MWW/95/28

A. Arias, G. A. Colombo, D. Garciarena
Observations on short-term reactions of right whales (Eubalaena australis) to approaches by whale- watching boats. MWW/95/29

A. Arias, G. A. Colombo, D. Garciarena
A possible effect of whale-watching activities on the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis). MWW/95/30

J. Gordon
Investigating potential disruptive effects of whale watching on cetaceans: the importance of acoustic considerations. MWW/95/31

J. Gordon
Investigating potential disruptive effects of whale watching: some concerns on methodology. MWW/95/32

G. Notarbartolo di Sciara
The Ligurian Sea fin whales: a rare learning opportunity through the use of precaution. MWW/95/33

IFAW
Whale watching: a project of IFAW to develop the basis for the promotion and management of whale watching as a benign sustainable use of cetaceans. MWW/95/35

R. Payne
What will we lose if we overprotect whales? MWW/95/37

P. Corkeron
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hervey Bay, Queensland. Impact of whale watching and the utilisation of the bay by whales. MWW/95/38

P. Corkeron
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Hervey Bay, Queensland. Behaviour and responses to whale watching vessels. MWW/95/39

M. Payne, M. Bohan, D. Beach
The Development of whale-watching policy in the United States. MWW/95/40

R. Constantine
Monitoring commercial swim-with-dolphin operations in the Bay of islands (New Zealand). A summary of humanldolphin interactions. MWW/95/41

C. Mayo
Notes on the proceedings of the workshop to review and evaluate whale-watching programs and management needs. MWW/95/42

J. Darling
Possible conflicts between whale watching and other uses of the sea area (scientific research, photography, fishing). MWW/95/43

D. Duffus, J. Ford
Public participation in management: the case of Johnstone Strait killer whales. MWW/95/44

D. Duffus
The summer ecology and management of gray whales in Southern Clayoquot Sound. MWW/95/44bis

C. Mayo, B. Bowman, R. Osborne, W. Richardson, P. Tyack, G. Vequist
Report of the panel on the effects of whale watching. MWW/95/45

P. Forestell
Ensuring scientific proposals for rules are practicable. MWW/95/46

R. Sears
Whale watching in Eastern Canadian waters with emphasis on the St. Lawrence estuary and gulf. MWW/95/47


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