Management implications for the changing interactions between people and whales in Ha'apai, Tonga

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 440-445

  Kessler, Megan ^a   Harcourt, Robert ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ha'apai; Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae); Swim with whales; Tonga

Indexed keywords

PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WHALE;

TONGA;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 80052530628     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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