Social science as a vehicle to improve dolphin-swim tour operation compliance?

Marine Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-47

  Filby, Nicole E ^a,b   Stockin, Karen A ^b   Scarpaci, Carol ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compliance; Conservation; Human dimensions of wildlife watching; Interpretation; Swim with dolphins; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DOLPHIN; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOTOURISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LEISURE INDUSTRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84905917773     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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