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Journal articles on the topic "Shark and ray tourism"

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Venables, Stephanie, Frazer McGregor, Lesley Brain, and Mike van Keulen. "Manta ray tourism management, precautionary strategies for a growing industry: a case study from the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia." Pacific Conservation Biology 22, no. 4 (2016): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc16003.

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Localised population declines and increased pressure from fisheries have prompted the promotion of manta ray interaction tourism as a non-consumptive, yet economically attractive, alternative to the unsustainable harvesting of these animals. Unfortunately, however, wildlife tourism activities have the potential to adversely impact focal species. In order to be sustainable, operations must be managed to mitigate negative impacts. A preliminary assessment of reef manta ray, Manta alfredi, behaviour identified short-term behavioural responses during a third of tourism interactions in the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. Although it remains unknown whether these responses translate to biologically significant impacts on the population as a whole, it is proposed that the precautionary principle be used to guide management intervention in the absence of conclusive evidence of the magnitude of tourism impacts. The principle supports the implementation of precautionary strategies to protect species and their environment from harm, even when the extent of the harm is yet to be confirmed. An increase in the level of industry management is recommended, including the implementation of a licensing system and adherence of all operators to a mandatory code of conduct during manta ray interactions. Considering the well designed and precautionary-driven management program of the Ningaloo whale shark tourism industry operating within the same marine park, a management program with the same underlying principles and objectives is deemed to be an ideal framework to build a comprehensive management plan for the manta ray interaction industry.
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Brunnschweiler, Juerg M., and Christine A. Ward-Paige. "Shark fishing and tourism." Oryx 48, no. 4 (February 14, 2014): 486–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605313001312.

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Mukharror, Darmawan Ahmad, Dewi Susiloningtyas, and Tuty Handayani. "Blacktip Reefshark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Movement Displays During Interaction with Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus Diver in Morotai Waters, Maluku Utara, Indonesia." Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 17, no. 2 (February 1, 2020): 1266–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2020.8799.

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Shark diving tourism as one of the conservation tools has been growing progressively in the recent decades. Shark diving is among the popular attraction for the marine tourism in Indonesia that plays major role—as rank fourth in the shark tourism world-for the coastal development in the eastern part of Indonesia. Morotai, as well as Derawan, Gorontalo, Biak, Raja Ampat, Nabire and Teluk Cenderawasih, Lombok, Komodo, and Banda Sea, is well known for its shark diving site. Despite its prominent status as a tourism appeal, little is known about the behavior of blacktip reefshark during the interaction with SCUBA diver. The knowledge of shark behavior during interaction with Self- Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diver is important for developing safer diving practice, ecological assessment, and shark tourism carrying capacity. This research involves DOV (Diver Operated Video) to capture the movement patterns of shark while interacting with SCUBA Diver. Analysis of hundreds of movement displays of the Carcharhinus melanopterus during SCUBA diving shows that this shark is having a specific and consistent movement displays while engaging with SCUBA divers.
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McKeon, Mallory G., and Joshua A. Drew. "Community dynamics in Fijian coral reef fish communities vary with conservation and shark-based tourism." Pacific Conservation Biology 25, no. 4 (2019): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc18045.

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Marine protected areas (MPAs) effectively improve the biomass and diversity in heavily exploited marine systems, but often fail to reach their full potential because they require more space, time, and consistency of regulation. Recently, shark-based tourism, which utilises some of the remaining shark strongholds as tourism hotspots, has brought about increased awareness to exploited reef systems. In Fiji, specifically, shark diving companies include local community members in their operations to promote better understanding of their reefs. We seek to investigate whether seemingly denser shark populations during feeding times influence community composition and structure. Visual census data were collected from 50-m belt transects at four different reefs in Fiji: two MPAs with shark-based ecotourism with food provisioning, one MPA without shark-based ecotourism, and one unprotected area without shark-based tourism. Paradoxically, indices of evenness and diversity were highest in the non-protected site. However, there was significantly higher fish abundance and species diversity within reserves than outside of reserves. Within reserves, sites with shark feeding had lower fish abundance and higher richness, diversity, and evenness. Mean trophic level was highest at sites with shark feeding. Use of chum increased average fish abundance and diversity within shark-dive sites. These results indicate that there are evident differences between MPAs that do and do not offer trophic supplementation for shark-based ecotourism. Thus, tourism may be facilitating a shift of ecosystem composition in such areas. Furthermore, the results suggest that feeding methods may augment the impacts of shark-based tourism on the reef at large.
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Catlin, James, Roy Jones, Tod Jones, Brad Norman, and David Wood. "Discovering wildlife tourism: a whale shark tourism case study." Current Issues in Tourism 13, no. 4 (July 2010): 351–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500903019418.

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Gallagher, Austin J., and Charlie P. M. Huveneers. "Emerging challenges to shark-diving tourism." Marine Policy 96 (October 2018): 9–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.07.009.

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Mukharror, Darmawan A., and Salim Ibrahim. "Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) Movement Behavior toward Diver in Banda Waters, Maluku." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1119, no. 1 (December 1, 2022): 012029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1119/1/012029.

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Abstract Shark diving tourism opens opportunities to study shark behavior towards diver. As one of the popular attractions for the marine tourism in Indonesia, shark diving play significant role for the conservation in the eastern part of Indonesia. Banda Sea, as well as Morotai, Derawan, Raja Ampat, Nabire and Teluk Cenderawasih, Bali, Lombok, Komodo, and Gorontalo, is famous for its shark diving attraction. Despite its famous status as a tourism attraction, little is known about the behavior of scalloped hammerhead shark during the interaction with Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diver. The information of scalloped hammerhead shark movement behavior during interaction with SCUBA diver is important for developing ecological assessment, safe diving practice, and shark tourism carrying capacity. This research involves DOV (Diver Operated Video) to record the movement patterns of shark while interacting with SCUBA Diver. Evaluation of approximately 457 photos and 32 videos of the Sphyrna lewini during 14 days of observations has been analyzed during SCUBA diving shows the most common shark agonistic display: pectoral fins depression - apart from other displays such as tail slapping, flank displaying, charging, snout raise, and jaw gapping. It also reveals three (3) new shark agonistic postures which were never been recorded previously: charging, snout raise, and jaw gapping. This study showed that there are consistent behaviors observed while meeting with SCUBA divers and this may be beneficial for development of safety diving management, as well as conservation efforts.
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Lucrezi, Serena, Filippo Bargnesi, and Francois Burman. ""I Would Die to See One": A Study to Evaluate Safety Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Among Shark Scuba Divers." Tourism in Marine Environments 15, no. 3 (October 14, 2020): 127–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427320x15779149069752.

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Shark diving tourism is an activity that can contribute significantly to coastal economies, while also offering tremendous help to shark conservation efforts. Nevertheless, like any form of wildlife-based tourism, shark diving poses management challenges revolving around ethical and safety considerations. Safety in shark diving normally focuses on operational self-efficacy and adherence to shark diving codes of conduct to prevent incidents such as shark bites and to minimize ecological harm. However, safety issues in shark diving can arise from personal choices to exceed standard certification limits. Any detrimental results are capable of casting doubts on the sustainability of shark diving, thus jeopardizing its future as well as shark conservation. This study addressed compliance with shark diving codes of conduct and standard diving safety by examining the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of people who engage in free scuba diving with predatory sharks. The research made use of mixed methods of data collection, including interviews with shark divers at two popular shark diving destinations in Southeast Africa (n = 86) and an online questionnaire survey among shark divers (n = 89). The results showed that divers had positive attitudes towards sharks and shark diving. However, a notable proportion declared that they had exceeded certification limits and broken codes of conduct during shark diving. In particular, diving experience and being a professional diver were correlated significantly with poor safety attitudes and behavior. The results highlight the need to create an understanding among scuba divers of the connection between shark diving safety and conservation, including the negative implications of safety breaches, whether big or small, for the future of shark diving tourism and of sharks.
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Simpfendorfer, Colin A., and Bradley Wetherbee. "Shark and ray life history." Marine and Freshwater Research 66, no. 4 (2015): i. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mfv66n4_ed.

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Braccini, Matias, and Hilario Murua. "Quantifying shark and ray discards in Western Australia’s shark fisheries." Marine and Freshwater Research 73, no. 3 (November 9, 2021): 283–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf21159.

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Commercial fisheries can discard a considerable volume of sharks and rays, which, as a group, are of high conservation concern. In Western Australia (WA), commercial shark fishing commenced in the 1940s; however, catch time series are not available for discarded species. The present study quantified catch (i.e. dead individuals) time series of discarded sharks and rays in WA’s shark fisheries using on-board observer information collected since 1993 and testing assumptions through sensitivity analysis. Overall, 18 shark and ray taxonomic groups were discarded, comprising ~20% of the observed catch by number. Port Jackson shark, southern eagle ray and spurdogs were the most commonly discarded elasmobranchs, followed by western wobbegong, angel sharks, stingrays, and guitarfish and shovelnose rays. For the base case scenario, the catch of these species was small, peaking at 12.6, 5.6, 1.3, 1.8, 4, 1.3 and 2.7 tonnes (Mg) respectively, given their low post-release mortality (PRM). Current catch levels were even lower (e.g. <5 Mg for Port Jackson shark). Other discarded elasmobranchs were rarely caught. Assuming 100% PRM resulted in higher annual catches, highlighting the need for further research on the PRM of sharks and rays. The reconstructed catch series will be used in risk assessments to determine the sustainability of discarded species.
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Pires, Natalia de Medeiros. "Economy of the island of eco-tourism: the role of shark-diving and shark harvesting." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2015. http://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/20503.

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Beyond its importance in maintaining ecosystems, sharks provide services that play important socioeconomic roles. The rise in their exploitation as a tourism resource in recent years has highlighted economic potential of non-destructive uses of sharks and the extent of economic losses associated to declines in their population. In this work, we present estimates for use value of sharks in Fernando de Noronha Island - the only ecotouristic site offering shark diving experience in the Atlantic coast of South America. Through the Travel Cost Method we estimate the total touristic use value aggregated to Noronha Island by the travel cost was up to USD 312 million annually, of which USD 91.1 million are transferred to the local economy. Interviewing people from five different economic sectors, we show shark-diving contribute with USD 2.5 million per year to Noronha?s economy, representing 19% of the island?s GDP. Shark-diving provides USD 128.5 thousand of income to employed islanders, USD 72.6 thousand to government in taxes and USD 5.3 thousand to fishers due to the increase in fish consumption demanded by shark divers. We discover, though, that fishers who actually are still involved in shark fishing earn more by catching sharks than selling other fish for consumption by shark divers. We conclude, however, that the non-consumptive use of sharks is most likely to benefit large number of people by generating and money flow if compared to the shark fishing, providing economic arguments to promote the conservation of these species.
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Catlin, James. "Development and change in the whale shark tourism industry at Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2367.

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Popular demand for tourism experiences in the natural environment, and in particular for human-wildlife interactions, is increasing. Whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Marine Park on the North West Cape of Western Australia is one such wildlife interaction activity that has grown in popularity in recent years. From the late 1980s, when it was a little known specialist activity in a remote location, whale shark tourism has grown into an iconic tourism industry that now attracts up to 10,000 tourists seasonally. The research conducted for this thesis examined various aspects of the industry with a particular focus on the changes that have taken place over the course of the industry‘s development.To achieve this objective, data was primarily gathered through a series of participant questionnaires administered over several whale shark seasons. This information was integrated with content analyses of official documentation, tour operator feedback, and field observations. This elicited a rounded perspective of the industry which was contextualised using a theoretical framework for non-consumptive wildlife tourism devised by Duffus and DeardenThe growth in this tourism industry has been accompanied, over a relatively short period, by a shift in the nature of the participants. Originally specialist wildlife and nature based tourists exclusively focused on the opportunity to swim with whale sharks partook in the tours. Now a much wider cross section, sourced from the general tourist population in the region, wish to swim with the whale sharks. This shift in specialisation was also found to have decreased the amount expended in the region per capita. The specialised tourists, who originally dominated the industry, were significantly higher spenders; so much so that, despite the large increase in participant numbers, the total amount expended in the region by whale shark tourists has remained essentially unchanged.In addition to this focus on specialisation and expenditure other issues related to the implications of change in this industry over time were investigated. The main means by which tourists found out about the industry were informal marketing mechanisms such as word of mouth despite the industry being established for over a decade. Furthermore, even in such a remote tourism region, the major constraint on participating in whale shark tours remained financial.Finally changes in the licence conditions for operating the tours over time were researched through content analyses of the State government‘s expression of interest processes and responses from tour operators. This approach highlighted both the increasing regulatory demands and the commercial pressures experienced by the tour operators. This suggested that there is a delicate balance between the environmental and economic dimensions of regulation.Overall the insights gathered from the research revealed the consistently dynamic nature of this tourism system. The results also permitted some development and expansion of the wildlife tourism theory developed by Duffus and Dearden while in turn highlighting the usefulness of this framework in assisting in the management and planning of wildlife tourism industries.
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Gerrard, Cedric Aron. "Dugong-watching tourism and encounter response of the dugong, Dugong dugon, in Shark Bay, Western Australia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0018/MQ49615.pdf.

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Colangelo, Jenna. "Diving Beneath the Surface: A Phenomenological Exploration of Shark Ecotourism and Environmental Interpretation from the Perspective of Tourists." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32579.

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Wildlife ecotourism is becoming a well-established industry due to its ability to contribute to local economies and the growing tourist demand for opportunities to observe endangered or rare species. Wildlife ecotourism is also recognized for its ability to provide free choice-learning settings for visitors, through the use of environmental interpretation programs. The process of environmental interpretation is a communication phenomenon thought to hold the potential to contribute to conservation by educating and raising awareness amongst tourists about environmental issues. Using a qualitative phenomenological research design, this research examined the environmental interpretation programs of great white shark ecotourism operators in Gansbaai, South Africa, from the perspective of tourists. Findings indicated that while tourists did not primarily choose to embark on shark tourism excursions to learn more about the species, many participants became slightly more informed about great whites and the surrounding environment after their experience. It was also found that most participants did not experience nervousness or fear when in the water with great whites, but instead felt an emotional connection and appreciation for the animal, causing a shift towards pro-conservation attitudes.
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Moriel, Robles Lois. "Socio-economic driversinfluencing sustainability in asocial-ecological system : Insights from whale shark tourismin northern Quintana Roo, Mexico." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-50958.

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Wildlife tourism is promoted as a livelihood alternative activity to extractiveuse, such as the case of whale shark interaction in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Whale sharksseasonally aggregate (from May to September) northeast Yucatan peninsula, where theyannually attract about 20000 visitors.This study analyzes the socio-economic drivers, influencing the sustainability of thisrecreational activity, through semi-structured (n=44) and in-depth (n=4) interviews tolocal stakeholders, tourists surveys (n=262), and a cost-benefit analysis.Results indicate that intermediaries put pressure on the optimization of the operation, aswell as it decreases the economic return to local operators (licensees). Local operatorsare not aware of the real costs of operations, and additionally tourists are poorlyinformed of (1) the species, (2) the code of conduct (regulations) and (3) how to supportlocal community’s development. In conclusion, those factors along with the lack ofsurveillance threaten whale shark tourism sustainability. Inclusion of all stakeholders inmanagement and planning of wildlife tourism is necessary in order to obtain desirablepractices, as well as investment in environmental education.
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Mabaleka, Nolwazi Milliscent. "The contribution of shark cage diving tourism to coastal economies: a case study of a coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3103.

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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020
Coastal and Marine Tourism (CMT) is a sector which continues to draw visitors from different countries to South Africa. This is attributable to the long coastline and abundance of marine wildlife found in South African waters. Despite the strong interest in visiting South Africa’s marine environment, there is limited information on the economic contribution of CMT in South Africa. Shark cage diving offered in Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa draws a large number of visitors globally, thereby providing benefits to visiting tourists and socio-economic benefits to the area. This study focuses on determining the profile of visitors who engage in shark cage diving in Gansbaai and expenditure patterns related to shark cage diving in respect of the Gansbaai economy, as well as the role that shark cage diving plays in tourists’ (domestic and international) decisions to visit South Africa. The study applied a quantitative research approach, with self-administered survey questionnaires (face to face) distributed to visitors after a shark cage diving experience in Gansbaai. A proportionate sampling approach was adopted for the study; this sampling method was suited to this research as it excluded locals from the sampling, thus randomly selecting visitors from outside the Gansbaai region. In total, 378 survey questionnaires were collected, analysed and interpreted. In terms of profiling, the study revealed that the majority of visitors participating in shark cage diving in Gansbaai are international visitors, with a reasonable disposable income, as the activity proved costly. Of these international visitors, the majority were day visitors to Gansbaai, thus restricting spending in the area. With regard to expenditure patterns, the relatively few overnight visits to Gansbaai make it difficult to exploit the maximum socio-economic benefits associated with shark cage diving, as the local economy is heavily dependent on this activity. Furthermore, the study also revealed that shark cage diving in Gansbaai was a factor in international visitors’ decisions to visit South Africa, with the activity not holding as much attraction for South Africans. As the study uncovered an interest in marine-based activities and a growing appeal in nature-based activities, it recommends that the development of a more diverse offering in Gansbaai will contribute to greater economic spend in the area. This has the potential to appeal to the domestic market to participate in shark cage diving. Package tours and discounted prices for domestic visitors could assist in highlighting other attractions in the Gansbaai region and increase domestic participation in such activities. These package tours will in return encourage economic activity in the area which will result in greater expenditure by visitors. Further studies on this activity are underscored as a lack of understanding may have serious implications for tourists, tourism in the area, tourism destination planners, tour operators, and tourism establishments in Gansbaai.
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Ryan, Trevor J. "Keniny Kaadadijiny: Restoring and developing dance for Noongar Boodjar." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2022. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2602.

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As Noongar people, we have a strong spiritual connection to boodjar, or Country, which relates to everything within landscapes that give us meaning and purpose. It is our law and culture to care for the natural environment and places of significance. Performing on-Country is a key part of maintaining it. Country is everything—weather, land, sea, sky, flora, fauna, groundwater—and song, dance, and Country are fundamentally connected; expressing Country through performance is part of Country as a living thing. In a Noongar context, it is not just “performance” in the sense of a fiction or purely symbolic act; Noongar performance makes manifest and maintains ever-present relationships that sustain Country, humans, and biota. However, along with other factors, the increasing irregularity and restriction of longstanding Noongar performance practices directly coincides with increased environmental degradation. In response, Aboriginal people signal the pressing need to restore languages and performance traditions decimated by the settler colonial project. Therefore, there is a need to better understand and appreciate how Aboriginal performance cultures contribute to humanity’s ability to coexist with nature. This thesis explores the development of a series of novel Noongar dances which represent spiritual, cultural, and hence environmental affective values associated with Country, with a view to re-invigorating both cultural practice and links to Country itself, for Noongar and non-Noongar. My experience as a Noongar dancer, actor, drama teacher and cultural tour guide has led me to ask the following questions that I personally feel need to be answered. How can we as Noongar performers express our understandings of Country within movement? What kind of dances can we create for species and landscapes that are endangered on-Country and within performance traditions? And how can we share this, so to pass on and sustain across generations and communities for a deeper connection to Country? The development of these dances was supported by a steering committee of Noongar elders who came from Noongar boodjar and hence were able to give cultural advice, guidance, authority; and further supplemented and supported by experts in the humanities and in environmental science and ethics from the local region. With the importance of recreating these Noongar dances within Country we reached out to the community to be involved and to participate in this amazing journey of development and discovery towards forming an ensemble to perform these new dances within Noongar country, which came to be known as the Mayakeniny “sound dancing” Dancer Group. Our knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation through stories, song, language, dance, and art. Although settler-colonial practices have adversely impacted maintenance of this knowledge, as Noongar people we still have a responsibility to look after Country. In the past, Noongar performance repertoire helped us fulfill this responsibility. Given the considerable changes to Country and developments in technology from the early colonial period onwards, it is important to consider how we can create on-Country performances today that reach contemporary Noongar and non-Noongar audiences in meaningful and lasting ways.
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Wade, Richard Peter. "A systematics for interpreting past structures with possible cosmic references in Sub-Saharan Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05052009-174557/.

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Ziegler, Jackie. "Conservation outcomes and sustainability of whale shark tourism in the Philippines." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/10819.

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Biodiversity loss is one of the major environmental threats facing the planet. Incentive-based conservation is one means to reduce human pressure on wildlife by providing economic incentives for resource-dependent people to protect the environment. Marine wildlife tourism is one of the fastest growing tourism sectors globally and is viewed as an important incentive-based approach for achieving marine conservation goals. However, few studies have linked participation in the provisioning of marine wildlife tourism activities with positive social and ecological conservation outcomes. The goal of this dissertation is to provide greater understanding of the conservation value of marine wildlife tourism using whale shark tourism as a case study with a main focus on social conservation outcomes amongst tourism providers. Positive changes in perceptions, attitudes and values towards target species and their environments can be an important element of incentive-based conservation. The study has the following objectives: (1) to assess the status of the global whale shark tourism industry, including types (e.g., captive, non-captive), real and potential impacts, conservation value and management challenges and best practices; (2) to examine the ethics of provisioning whale sharks in Oslob, Philippines, the largest, non-captive viewing site in the world; (3) to determine if working in ecotourism changed the attitudes and behaviours of locals towards whale sharks and the ocean, and if tourism type affects those outcomes; (4) to assess the marine wildlife value orientations of locals working in whale shark tourism to achieve greater understanding of the factors influencing their conservation attitudes and behaviours; (5) to explore the potential long-term impacts of poorly conceived incentive-based conservation projects on social and ecological conservation outcomes; and (6) to re-examine and update the conceptual and theoretical background for wildlife tourism in light of the findings of this study. Methods include a comprehensive literature review, tourist surveys, social media content analysis, and interviews with locals working in whale shark tourism at four sites in the Philippines. Results suggest that marine wildlife tourism can play an important role in changing locals’ attitudes and behaviours towards the focal species and habitat; however, smaller-scale, more established sites had greater conservation value than the mass tourism or failed sites suggesting that small-scale, community-based ecotourism is the best approach to meeting conservation goals of marine wildlife tourism. Yet, few tourism sites meet these standards. Global standards are needed to ensure whale shark tourism activities meet desired conservation goals. Such standards should include management requirements (e.g., licensing, mandatory education program) and interaction guidelines (e.g. minimum viewing distances, limits on the number of swimmers/boats, etc.). The findings also emphasise that economics should not be the only or primary metric used to measure conservation success; rather, the focus should be on assessing a more comprehensive range of social and ecological conservation outcomes of these activities.
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Ziegler, Jackie. "Assessing the sustainability of whale shark tourism: a case study of Isla Holbox, Mexico." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3191.

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Sharks are among the most threatened taxonomic groups worldwide. Shark tourism is viewed as a potential means of protecting threatened species, while also providing a sustainable livelihood for local communities. Whale sharks are one such species. Whale shark tourism has grown rapidly in the last twenty years. It is worth an estimated US$66 million and is available in over 15 countries worldwide. However, the management of this industry varies greatly from site to site, from little to no regulations in Thailand to license caps and interaction guidelines in Australia. Further, the long-term sustainability of whale shark tourism is dependent not only on local scale management, but also global scale issues affecting the targeted species. This study assesses the current status and future sustainability of the whale shark tourism industry on Isla Holbox, Mexico. Specific areas of focus include: (1) tourist motivations and satisfaction with the environmental and tour features offered, (2) shark tourist specialization, (3) a comprehensive assessment of the site’s sustainability using Duffus & Dearden’s (1990) Wildlife Tourism Model, and (4) an assessment of the whale sharks’ vulnerability to global scale threats (e.g. marine pollution; global climate change). Methods included a questionnaire provided to whale shark tour participants on Isla Holbox from June to September, 2008 (n=392, response rate=90%), in-water observation of human-whale shark interactions, and the application of a semi-quantitative climate change vulnerability framework. Results suggest that the industry on Holbox is reaching its tipping point if changes are not made to improve its management policies and design. Industry issues include: (1) crowding due to poor control of the industry’s growth (visitation and number of operators), (2) significant impacts on the whale shark population due to poor compliance with interaction guidelines, and (3) the inequitable distribution of benefits within the community, including significant economic leakages. The results of the vulnerability assessment to large-scale threats suggest that global climate change could have a significant impact on the size and distribution of whale shark aggregations in the future. Thus, the majority of whale shark tourism activities, which are based on whale sharks aggregating in vulnerable habitats, may be unsustainable in the long-term regardless of management approach. The type of users and format of tours on Holbox further supports an increased vulnerability to climate change. This study provides a significant contribution to understanding the sustainability of marine wildlife tourism activities targeting threatened species within critical habitats through the assessment of whale shark tourism sustainability using an integrated, multidisciplinary model that addresses both the social and biological dimensions of sustainability. It also includes the first comprehensive assessment of whale shark vulnerability to global climate change based on habitat type and its implications for whale shark tourism activities targeting this species at seasonal aggregation sites. In addition, this study also provides a greater understanding of tourist motivation and satisfaction within marine wildlife tourism, and shark tourism in particular and a first look at shark tourist specialization and its links to environmental impacts and management preferences.
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Books on the topic "Shark and ray tourism"

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Shark and ray. Milwaukee: Raintree Childrens Books, 1985.

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Steve, Parker. Earsplitters! the world's loudest noises. Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press, 2009.

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South Africa's Great White Shark. Struik Publishers, 2007.

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World Wildlife Fund. Philippine Program., ed. Donsol: Whale shark tourism and coastal resource management : a case study on the Philippines. [Quezon City, Philippines: WWF-Philippines, 2007.

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Bédoyère, Camilla De la. Would you rather ... have a shark for a sister or a ray for a brother? QEB Publishing Inc., 2015.

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Clasen, Mathias. Never Go Swimming Again. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190666507.003.0010.

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Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) terrified audiences through its convincing depiction of shark attacks off the coast of the New England island Amity. A great white shark terrorizes bathers, but local politicians refuse to acknowledge the danger, fearing a drop in tourism. The protagonist, Chief Brody, faces the truth and unselfishly attempts to save his community from the danger. This chapter argues that the power of Jaws to engage and disturb audiences comes from its success in immersing viewers in a primal scenario of predation by a malevolent monster, the shark, which meets the input specifications of evolved anti-predatory mechanisms in the human mind. The monster film compounds the fear of predation with the anxiety of uncertainty and sympathetic fear for protagonists in peril. We never know when the shark will strike, but we are alerted ahead of characters through aesthetic means, such as the film’s soundtrack.
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Last, Peter, William White, Marcelo de Carvalho, Bernard Séret, Matthias Stehmann, and Gavin Naylor, eds. Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643109148.

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Rays are among the largest fishes and evolved from shark-like ancestors nearly 200 million years ago. They share with sharks many life history traits: all species are carnivores or scavengers; all reproduce by internal fertilisation; and all have similar morphological and anatomical characteristics, such as skeletons built of cartilage. Rays of the World is the first complete pictorial atlas of the world’s ray fauna and includes information on many species only recently discovered by scientists while undertaking research for the book. It includes all 26 families and 633 valid named species of rays, but additional undescribed species exist for many groups. Rays of the World features a unique collection of paintings of all living species by Australian natural history artist Lindsay Marshall, compiled as part of a multinational research initiative, the Chondrichthyan Tree of Life Project. Images sourced from around the planet were used by the artist to illustrate the fauna. This comprehensive overview of the world’s ray fauna summarises information such as general identifying features and distributional information about these iconic, but surprisingly poorly known, fishes. It will enable readers to gain a better understanding of the rich diversity of rays and promote wider public interest in the group. Rays of the World is an ideal reference for a wide range of readers, including conservationists, fishery managers, scientists, fishers, divers, students and book collectors.
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Book chapters on the topic "Shark and ray tourism"

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Papastamatiou, Yannis P., Johann Mourier, Catarina Vila Pouca, Tristan L. Guttridge, and David M. P. Jacoby. "Shark and Ray Social Lives." In Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, 545–66. 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003262190-17.

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Duffy, Sarah, Roger Layton, and Larry Dwyer. "Whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Reef." In Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management, 119–34. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315537320-9.

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McKay, Tracey. "Locating Great White Shark Tourism in Gansbaai, South Africa Within the Global Shark Tourism Economy." In New Directions in South African Tourism Geographies, 283–97. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29377-2_16.

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Dobson, John. "7. Fun, Fascination and Fear: Exploring the Construction and Consumption of Aquarium Shark Exhibits." In Zoos and Tourism, edited by Warwick Frost, 85–99. Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.21832/9781845411657-011.

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Ziegler, Jackie, and Philip Dearden. "Whale Shark Tourism as an Incentive-Based Conservation Approach." In Whale Sharks, 199–238. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b22502-10.

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Plata Zepeda, Yessica Miriam, Patricia Ramírez Romero, and Fabíola S. Sosa-Rodríguez. "Economic Assessment of Tourism Based on Shark-Seeing and Diving as a More Profitable Activity Than Commercial Fishing." In World Sustainability Series, 205–30. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73028-8_12.

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Sano, Y. "Structure and Surface Properties of Proteoglycan Complex From Shark Fin Cartilage by Neutron, X-ray and Laser Light Scattering Methods." In Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, 453–54. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0371-8_208.

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Sari Hani, Maulita. "Manta Ray Tourism." In Tourism [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93924.

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Manta rays are flagship species for marine conservation because of a number of threats including anthropogenic, overfishing, plastics (microplastics), over tourism, commercial trade (gills for medicine), and chaotic shipping lines where they often injured or killed. Because of these reasons, manta ray face risk of extinction and listed on the Red List of IUCN. A number of studies present the value of this fish estimated millions of dollars per year from tourism which show much greater valuable alive than dead. Responsible manta ray tourism encourages stakeholders to protect the species by generating incentives from tourism while develop conservations initiatives to protect the species. Desk study on current literatures were reviewed to identify the role of stakeholders in supporting the sustainable management of manta ray tourism. This chapter explored the operations of manta ray tourism in Indonesia as the study areas. In summary, to reach the positive contributions from manta ray tourism, there is an important role of co-management between stakeholders to ensure the sustainable operations and conservation of the ecology, economy, and socio-culture.
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Van Leuven, Holly. "Epilogue." In Ray Bolger, 208–16. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190639044.003.0012.

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After Bolger left Broadway, he took up permanent residence in his Beverly Hills home. New York became just a place to visit. He began touring the country’s social clubs with a dance-lecture he called “Ray Bolger’s World.” This allowed him to share his philosophy, nostalgia, and dancing talent in small, intimate settings. He realized he didn’t need the fuss of a big production, the grueling work, the personalities at odds. As Richard Rodgers, in his later years, had said of creating a musical, “I now realize that the whole business, from start to finish, is the most intense collaborative effort in the world, with the possible exception of running a war.”...
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Ramkissoon, Haywantee, and Vishnee Sowamber. "Local community support in tourism in Mauritius – the case of Ray of Light by LUX*." In Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Africa, 417–28. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351022545-38.

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Conference papers on the topic "Shark and ray tourism"

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Reeve-Arnold, Katie E., Joonas Kinni, Ross Newbigging, Simon J. Pierce, and Kim Roques. "Sustaining whale shark tourism in a diminishing population." In The 4th International Whale Shark Conference. Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.49.

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Michna, Frederick D., Bradley D. Santos, and Bradley M. Norman. "Democratic tourism service directory maps to help the whale shark." In The 4th International Whale Shark Conference. Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.35.

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Ramírez-Macías, Dení, and Georgina Saad. "Key elements for managing whale shark tourism in the Gulf of California." In The 4th International Whale Shark Conference. Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.47.

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Trujillo-Córdova, Jorge A., N. CÁrdenas Palomo, E. Mimila Herrera, and O. F. Reyes Mendoza. "Whale shark behavior with swimmers and boats present during tourism activities in the northern Mexican Caribbean." In The 4th International Whale Shark Conference. Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.63.

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Rob, Dani, and Peter Barnes. "Managing the impacts of tourism on the Ningaloo whale shark aggregation – asking the right people the right questions." In The 4th International Whale Shark Conference. Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2016.iwsc4.51.

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Stock, Stuart R., P. E. Morse, M. K. Stock, K. C. James, L. J. Natanson, H. Chen, P. V. Shevchenko, Evan Maxey, Olga Antipova, and J. S. Park. "3D tomography of shark vertebrae via energy dispersive diffraction." In Developments in X-Ray Tomography XIII, edited by Bert Müller and Ge Wang. SPIE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2595040.

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Sadooni, Fadhil N., Hamad Al-Saad Al-Kuwari, Ahmad Sakhaee-Pour, Wael S. Matter, and Indra Gunawan. "Lithologic Characterization and Micropore Structures of Gas Shale Strata: An example from the Midra Shale of Western Qatar." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2021.0024.

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Gas shale is the future hydrocarbon reservoir of Qatar. The Qatari geologic section has had important successions of gas shale at different geologic times including the Eocene Midra shale, the Cretaceous Ratawi and Nahr Umr, and the Paleozoic Qusaibah and Unayzah formations. Shale samples were collected from the outcrops of the Midra Shale in Dukhan and Umm Bab areas. Samples were subjected to geochemical analyses using XRD and RXF. Selected samples were examined under SEM and TEM microscopes. All the studied samples contain palygorskite as the main mineral and, in some cases, the only mineral present, as indicated by X-ray diffraction patterns. XRF analysis shows palygorskite range from ideal palygorskite (equal aluminum and magnesium content) to aluminous palygorskite where no magnesium is recorded. The most common other minor minerals are halite, quartz, calcite, and other clay minerals: illite, smectite and sepiolite. The palygorskite chain phyllo silicates results in a fibrous habit with channels running parallel to the fiber length. Images from Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) clearly show the presence of bundled lath-like crystals of palygorskite 5 to 20 nm in width and several micrometers in length. The Midra Shale was deposited in a shallow marine shelf that was subjected to clastic influx from the nearby land. Although, the Midra contains many elements that support deposition under marine conditions such as large foraminifera and shark teeth, the presence of fully developed shale horizons indicate a mixed marine-continental depositional setting. Most of the micropores are channels associated with the palygorskite laths as can be seen from the TEM images or some dissolution pores that resulted from halite and gypsum dissolution by meteoric water.
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