Scarpaci Carol, Dayanthi Nugegoda, Corkeron Peter J
RMIT University, Australia, Department of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Bundoora Campus, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Environ Manage. 2003 Mar;31(3):342-7. doi: 10.1007/s00267-002-2799-z.
Managing the activities of commercial wildlife viewing tends to involve either restricting the number of industry participants and/or regulating the activities or industry participants. We report on operator compliance with regulations regarding humans swimming with free-ranging bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops sp.) in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. A total of 128 commercial dolphin-swim trips was studied between September 1998 and April 2000. Four permit conditions were investigated: approach type, swim time, time in proximity of dolphins, and presence of "fetal fold" calves. Results demonstrate noncompliance by operators to all of the four permit conditions studied. Compliance with temporal conditions was poorer than with other conditions. When conducting studies on the extent to which tourism affects cetaceans, investigators should consider whether tourist operations comply with existing regulations or guidelines.
管理商业性野生动物观赏活动往往涉及限制行业参与者的数量和/或规范活动或行业参与者。我们报告了澳大利亚维多利亚州菲利普港湾经营者对与野生宽吻海豚（宽吻海豚属）一起游泳的人类相关规定的遵守情况。在1998年9月至2000年4月期间，共研究了128次商业性海豚游泳之旅。调查了四个许可条件：接近方式、游泳时间、靠近海豚的时间以及“胎儿褶皱”幼崽的存在情况。结果表明，经营者对所研究的所有四个许可条件均未遵守。对时间条件的遵守情况比对其他条件的遵守情况更差。在研究旅游业对鲸类动物的影响程度时，调查人员应考虑旅游运营是否符合现有规定或准则。
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