Unsustainable dolphin-watching tourism in Fiordland, New Zealand

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Lusseau, David ^a,b   Slooten, Liz ^a   Currey, Rohan J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation management procedure; Regulations; Sanctuaries; Sustainability; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248338799     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427306779435184     Document Type: Article

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