The use of olfactory stimuli and the provision of food are a common practice to prompt
artificial aggregations of emblematic wild species and ensure the economic viability of the …

Despite rapid growth in the marine tourism sector, the impacts of recreation on the marine
environment are generally not well understood. Most existing studies of marine recreation …

Wildlife provisioning, ie the provision of bait to generate aggregations of charismatic
megafauna as tourist attractions, occurs around the world. This practice is often promoted as …

Tourists approaching wild animals can potentially cause disturbance as a result of the
perceived predation risk. Risk effects arise when prey alter their behaviour in response to …

Tourism-related feeding of wildlife can result in detrimental, human-induced changes to the
spatial distribution, social behaviour and health of target species. The feeding of sharks as …

Shark diving tourism is a burgeoning, global industry. The growing perception that sharks
can be worth more alive for tourism than dead in a fish market has become one of the …

Wildlife provisioning is popular, economically valuable, and a rapidly growing part of marine
tourism, with great potential to benefit conservation. However, it remains controversial due to …

Shark populations globally are facing catastrophic declines. Ecotourism has been posited as
a potential solution to many of the issues facing shark conservation, yet increasingly studies …

Quantifying the drivers of population size in reef sharks is critical for the development of
appropriate conservation strategies. In north-west Australia, shark populations inhabit coral …

The whale shark is the world's largest fish that forms predictable aggregations across its
range, many of which support tourism industries. The largest non-captive provisioned whale …