Biological effects, conservation potential, and research priorities of shark diving tourism

AJ Gallagher, GMS Vianna, YP Papastamatiou… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Are we killing them with kindness? Evaluation of sustainable marine wildlife tourism

C Trave, J Brunnschweiler, M Sheaves, A Diedrich… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing popularity of marine wildlife tourism (MWT) worldwide calls for assessment of
its conservation outcomes and the development of appropriate management frameworks to …

Socio-economic value and community benefits from shark-diving tourism in Palau: a sustainable use of reef shark populations

GMS Vianna, MG Meekan, DJ Pannell, SP Marsh… - Biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Arguments for conservation of sharks based on their role in the maintenance of healthy
marine ecosystems have failed to halt the worldwide decline in populations. Instead, the …

Are negative effects of tourist activities on wildlife over-reported? A review of assessment methods and empirical results

PW Bateman, PA Fleming - Biological Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a general assumption that animal species that face anthropogenic disturbance
through tourism suffer some negative impacts as a result. We carried out a meta-analysis of …

From sea monsters to charismatic megafauna: changes in perception and use of large marine animals

C Mazzoldi, G Bearzi, C Brito, I Carvalho, E Desiderà… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Marine megafauna has always elicited contrasting feelings. In the past, large marine
animals were often depicted as fantastic mythological creatures and dangerous monsters …

Turning wildlife experiences into conservation action: Can white shark cage-dive tourism influence conservation behaviour?

K Apps, K Dimmock, C Huveneers - Marine Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Wildlife tourism is often promoted as an activity which supports conservation by enhancing
environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour through interpretative messaging and …

Don't bite the hand that feeds: assessing ecological impacts of provisioning ecotourism on an apex marine predator

N Hammerschlag, AJ Gallagher, J Wester… - Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
There has been considerable debate over the past decade with respect to wildlife
provisioning, especially resultant behavioural changes that may impact the ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the energetic cost of whale shark tourism

C Barry, C Legaspi, TM Clarke, G Araujo… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildlife tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, where feeding
animals is often applied to increase the probability of up-close encounters. However, directly …

Residency and spatial use by reef sharks of an isolated seamount and its implications for conservation

A Barnett, KG Abrantes, J Seymour, R Fitzpatrick - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Although marine protected areas (MPAs) are a common conservation strategy, these areas
are often designed with little prior knowledge of the spatial behaviour of the species they are …

Shark depredation in commercial and recreational fisheries

JD Mitchell, DL McLean, SP Collin… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2018 - Springer
Shark depredation, where a shark partially or completely consumes an animal caught by
fishing gear before it can be retrieved to the fishing vessel, occurs in commercial and …