Compliance with regulations by "swim-with-dolphins" operations in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-347

  Scarpaci, Carol ^a,c   Dayanthi, Nugegoda ^a   Corkeron, Peter J ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Swim with dolphin operations; Tursiops sp.

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

TOURIST OPERATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COMPLIANCE; DOLPHIN; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LICENSING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; RECREATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS; VICTORIA;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECREATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 0038382934     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2799-z     Document Type: Article

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