Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues : Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues

Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs. The book examines how we have fared conserving the world's marine mammal populations, with a focus on the key issues of fisheries and tourism. From a unique southern hemisphere perspective, the authors consider how science informs the culling debate, how wild fisheries and aquaculture interact with marine mammal populations and how we might manage the effects of whale, dolphin and seal watching industries. The authors also address other issues such as the way in which ethics, genetics, acoustics, ecosystem models and pollution influence the management and conservation of marine mammals. Marine Mammals is an invaluable and accessible resource for all those involved with marine mammals, including scientists, managers, policy makers, industry representatives and students. Winner of a 2004 Whitley Award. Contents 6 Preface 8 Acknowledgments 10 Contributors 11 1 Strategies for conserving marine mammals 14 2 Marine mammals and fisheries: The role of science in the culling debate 44 3 Ecological consequences of Southern Ocean harvesting 61 4 Trophic interactions between marine mammals and Australian fisheries: An ecosystem approach 75 5 Interactions between marine mammals and High Seas fisheries in Patagonia: An integrated approach 113 6 Management of Cape fur seals and fisheries in South Africa 129 7 Pinnipeds, cetaceans and fisheries in Australia: A review of operational interactions 149 8 Hector’s dolphins and fisheries in New Zealand: A species at risk 166 9 Effects of fishing bycatch and the conservation status of the franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei 187 10 New Zealand sea lions and squid: Managing fisheries impacts on a threatened marine mammal 205 11 Aquaculture and marine mammals: Co-existence or conflict? 221 12 Evaluating the effects of nature-based tourism on cetaceans 242 13 Pinniped-focused tourism in the Southern Hemisphere: A review of the industry 270 14 Swimming with wild cetaceans, with a special focus on the Southern Hemisphere 290 15 The effects of provisioning on maternal care in wild bottlenose dolphins, Shark Bay, Australia 317 16 Ethics and marine mammal research 334 17 Ecosystem monitoring: Are seals a potential tool for monitoring change in marine systems? 343 18 Acoustics and marine mammals: Introduction, importance, threats and potential as a research tool 357 19 DNA surveys and surveillance of marine mammals: Species identification, discovery and management 379 20 A future for the dugong? 396 21 Pollution and marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere: Potential or present threat? 413 Index 455 A 455 B 455 C 455 D 456 E 456 F 456 G 456 H 456 I 457 J 457 K 457 L 457 M 457 N 457 O 458 P 458 R 458 S 458 T 459 V 459 W 459 Z 459

Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs. The book examines how we have fared conserving the world's marine mammal populations, with a focus on the key issues of fisheries and tourism.

From a unique southern hemisphere perspective, the authors consider how science informs the culling debate, how wild fisheries and aquaculture interact with marine mammal populations and how we might manage the effects of whale, dolphin and seal watching industries. The authors also address other issues such as the way in which ethics, genetics, acoustics, ecosystem models and pollution influence the management and conservation of marine mammals.

Marine Mammals is an invaluable and accessible resource for all those involved with marine mammals, including scientists, managers, policy makers, industry representatives and students.

Winner of a 2004 Whitley Award.

Reviews conservation and management issues for the world's marine mammal populations, with a focus on fisheries and tourism.