Marine mammals
Subtitle: fisheries, tourism, and management issues
By: Nick Gales, Mark Hindell, and Roger Kirkwood, editors.
Contributors: Gales, Nick.; Hindell, Mark.; Kirkwood, Roger.
Publisher: CSIRO
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Collingwood, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
Subjects: Marine mammals.; Wildlife conservation.; Marine resources conservation.; Fisheries -- Environmental aspects.; Marine ecotourism.; Wildlife watching.
Description: Brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide an up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Strategies for conserving marine mammals / H. Marsh ... et al.; title: Marine mammals and fisheries : the role of science in the culling debate / D. Lavigne; title: Ecological consequences of Southern Ocean harvesting / S. Nicol and G. Robertson; title: Trophic interactions between marine mammals and Australian fisheries : an ecosystem approach / S. Goldsworthy ... et al.; title: Interactions between marine mammals and high seas fisheries in Patagonia : an integrated approach / S. Dans ... et al.; title: Management of Cape fur seals and fisheries in South Africa / J. David and P. Wickens; title: Pinnipeds, cetaceans and fisheries in Australia : a review of operational interactions / P. Shaughnessy ... et al.; title: Hector's dolphins and fisheries in New Zealand : a species at risk / F. Pichler ... et al.; title: Effects of fishing bycatch and the conservation status of the franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei / E. Secchi ... et al.; title: New Zealand sea lions and squid : managing fisheries impacts on a threatened marine mammal / I. Wilkinson...[et al.]; title: Aquaculture and marine mammals : co-existence or conflict? / C. Kemper...[et al.]; title: Evaluating the effects of nature-based tourism on cetaceans / L. Bejder and A. Samuels; title: Pinniped-focused tourism in the Southern Hemisphere. A review of the industry / R. Kirkwood...[et al.]; title: Swimming with wild cetaceans, with a special focus on the Southern Hemisphere / A. Samuels...[et al.]; title: The effects of provisioning on maternal care in wild bottlenose dolphins, Shark Bay, Australia / J. Mann and C. Kemps.; title: Ethics and marine mammal research / N. Gales ... et al.; title: Ecosystem monitoring : are seals a potential tool for monitoring change in marine systems? / M. Hindell ... et al.; title: Acoustics and marine mammals : introduction, importance, threats and potential as a research tool / R. McCauley and D. Cato; title: DNA surveys and surveillance of marine mammals : species identification, discovery and management / C.S. Baker ... et al.; title: A future for the dugong? / H. Marsh ... et al.; title: Pollution and marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere : potential or present threat? / K. Evans.