The Shark Watching Industry and its Potential Contribution to Shark Conservation

By K. Topelko, P. Dearden. 2005

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Shark and ray provisioning: functional insights into behavioral, ecological and physiological responses across multiple scales (2015, background): “They are also assumed to increase environmental awareness and enhance positive attitudes toward this threatened taxon, thereby promoting its conservation (Topelko & Dearden 2005).”
Variation in depth of whitetip reef sharks: does provisioning ecotourism change their behaviour? (2011, background): “Shark tourism generates millions of dollars annually in a number of regions around the world (Topelko and Dearden 2005).”
Business partner or simple catch? The economic value of the sicklefin lemon shark in French Polynesia (2011, unknown): “The calculation of the economic value of sharks will help demonstrate that non-consumptive wildlife tourism better assists the conservation of vulnerable and endangered species, by attaching economic value to wildlife, which speaks to decision makers, and by educating tourists about the need for con”
Social behaviour in sharks and rays: analysis, patterns and implications for conservation (2012, background): “Whether tourism offers a sufficient economic alternative to fishing for some communities is still open to debate (Topelko and Dearden 2005) and is, to a large extent, dictated by culture-driven consumer demand, particularly within the Far Eastern markets where shark products are prized as…”
Behavioural response of sicklefin lemon sharks Negaprion acutidens to underwater feeding for ecotourism purposes (2010, unknown): “The last decade has seen tremendous development of ecotourism based on the sighting of top marine predators (Orams 2002, Topelko & Dearden 2005).”
Global economic value of shark ecotourism: implications for conservation (2013, background): “…charismatic species such as whale sharks Rhincodon typus, elasmobranchs (cartilaginous fish) as a group have historically been overlooked in conservation, largely because of a lack of scientific data (Vannuccini, 1999) and a generally negative public image (Topelko & Dearden, 2005; Maniguet, 2007).”
Global shark currency: the distribution, frequency, and economic value of shark ecotourism (2011, background): “In recent years, there has been a surge in shark-directed ecotourism, presenting users with opportunities to observe, photograph, and interact with these marine predators (Orams, 2002; Topelko & Dearden, 2005; Figure 1(b)).”
Socio-economic value and community benefits from shark-diving tourism in Palau: A sustainable use of reef shark populations (2012, unknown): “worldwide (Topelko and Dearden, 2005).”
Biological effects, conservation potential, and research priorities of shark diving tourism. (2015, background): “Three studies provided a global view of certain aspects of the industry: Topelko and Dearden (2005) introduced shark diving tourism as a worldwide industry and was the first study to formally discuss shark diving tourism as a potential benefit for shark conservation; Gallagher and Hammerschlag…”
The effects of shark cage-diving operations on the behaviour and movements of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at the Neptune Islands, South Australia (2013, background): “Marine-based animal tourism is an expanding industry worldwide and shark tourism has shown significant growth over the last few decades (Topelko and Dearden 2005; Hammerschlag et al. 2012).”