An assessment of the framework, legislation and monitoring required to develop genuinely sustainable whalewatching

Marine Ecotourism: Issues and Experiences

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 66-78

  Berrow, Simon D ^a  

^a Kilrush Co   (Ireland)

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