Swimming with humans: biotelemetry reveals effects of “gold standard” regulated tourism on whale sharks

SD Reynolds, J Redcliffe, BM Norman… - Journal of …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Wildlife tourism can benefit conservation of target species, however, it can have detrimental
effects on animal behaviour and physiology. Whale shark Rhincodon typus tourism has …

Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management

F Womersley, J Hancock, CT Perry… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Wound healing is important for marine taxa such as elasmobranchs, which can incur a
range of natural and anthropogenic wounds throughout their life history. There is evidence …

Exposure to whale watching vessels affects dive ascents and resting behavior in sperm whales

C Oliveira, S Pérez-Jorge, R Prieto, I Cascão… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Disturbance from whale watching can induce a wide range of behavioral responses in
cetaceans, some of which can affect their energetic balance and, ultimately, their long-term …

Shark ecotourism in Mexico: Scientific research, conservation, and contribution to a Blue Economy

AM Cisneros-Montemayor, EE Becerril-García… - Advances in marine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Shark ecotourism has the potential to contribute significantly to local and national
economies and conservation, though this depends on a concerted effort to implement …

The impact of injury on apparent survival of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in South Ari Atoll Marine Protected Area, Maldives

J Harvey-Carroll, JD Stewart, D Carroll, B Mohamed… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is an endangered species with a declining global
population. The South Ari Atoll Marine Protected Area (SAMPA), Maldives, is one of few …

COVID-19 Restrictions in a Nature Reserve Reveal the Costs of Human Presence for the Threatened Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana)

Y Zukerman, Z Sigal, O Berger-Tal - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The increasing pressure of ecotourism on wildlife in their natural habitats leads many wild
animals to alter their behaviors. The restrictions issued in many places due to COVID-19 …

Whale shark tourism as an incentive-based conservation approach

J Ziegler, P Dearden - Whale sharks: Biology, ecology, and …, 2021 - books.google.com
10.2. 2 Provisioned Sites 10.2. 3 Seapen Tourism 10.2. 4 Aquarium Tourism 10.3 Economic
Valuation of Whale Shark Tourism 10.4 Whale Sharks and Ecotourism 10.4. 1 Impacts of …

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish

AN Montero-Quintana, CF Ocampo-Valdez… - Journal of Ethology, 2021 - Springer
Whale sharks are known to feed primarily on zooplankton all over the world; however, recent
findings suggest that they also prey on fish using behaviors that have not been fully …

Quantifying the behavioural consequences of shark ecotourism

JH Gayford, WD Pearse, R De La Parra Venegas… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Shark populations globally are facing catastrophic declines. Ecotourism has been posited as
a potential solution to many of the issues facing shark conservation, yet increasingly studies …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of overlap** habitat use of juvenile white shark and human recreational water users along southern California beaches

PT Rex, JH May III, EK Pierce, CG Lowe - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Juvenile white sharks (JWS) of the Northeastern Pacific population are present in nearshore
southern California waters and form mixed size class (~ 1.5–3 m) aggregations for weeks to …