Kia Ora TRINETters after a wonderful conference here in Auckland, we are happy to announce that the proceedings of the 5th International Coastal & Marine Tourism Congress (CMT'07) are now available for purchase for your personal use, and/or for libraries. The proceedings are properly bound in "journal size" and contain all abstracts, full and working papers, as well as abstracts of posters and workshop presentations on 658 pages. Please find the table of contents at the end of this mail. Cost for the proceedings is $NZ 50 including shipping. For orders please do not hesitate to contact me: mlueck@aut.ac.nz All the Best! micha Contents Conference Programme................................................................................................ i Editors’ Preface Michael Lück, Alice Gräupl, Jan Auyong, Marc L. Miller & Mark B. Orams............. vi Acknowledgements.................................................................................................... vii International Steering Committee............................................................................. xi Conference Welcome Jan Auyong................................................................................................................... x Keynote Addresses Ignorance of insight? An integrated and adaptive model for the long term sustainable management of tourist interactions with marine wildlife James Higham.............................................................................................................. 2 The leap of faith: Will ethics in tourism go gently (or rage) into that good night? David A. Fennell........................................................................................................... 3 Developing Lifeguard Services for Tourist Resorts: Legal, Training and Quality Service Considerations Jeff Wilks...................................................................................................................... 4 Extreme marines: the rise of high risk marine tourism Mark B. Orams............................................................................................................. 5 Ludic challenges of coastal and marine tourism Marc L. Miller............................................................................................................... 6 Conference Papers Theme 1: Marine Wildlife Tourism Origin and development of whalewatching in the state of Aragua, Venezuela: Laying the groundwork for sustainability Jaime Bolaños-Jiménez, Auristela Villarroel-Marin, E.C.M. Parsons, & Naomi A. Rose........................................................................................................ 16 When and where? The whale-watching industry and the future Rochelle Constantine & Lars Bejder.......................................................................... 28 Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) occurrence patterns near Kaikoura, New Zealand: Observations from tour boats 1995-2006 Adrian Dahood, Bernd Würsig, Zach Vernon, Ian Bradshaw, Dennis Buurman & Lynette Buurman.................................................................................................... 32 ‘Jaws or Jawsome’? Exploring the shark-diving experience John Dobson............................................................................................................... 37 Marine wildlife tourism opportunities in Baja California Sara M. Earhart, Maile C. Sullivan & Marc L. Miller................................................ 50 The sustainabale development of the whale watching industry: A case study approach Sophia Foley & Marian Binkley.................................................................................. 58 Speaking from Experience: Whale and Dolphin Watching Boats as Venues for Marine Conservation Education Paul Forestell & Gregory Kaufman........................................................................... 63 The growth of whale and dolphin watching tourism in Oceania LydiaGibson, Simon O’Connor & Tania Duratovic.................................................. 68 Grunion Greeters in California: Beach Spawning Fish, Coastal Stewardship, Management and Ecotourism Karen Martin, Andrew Staines, Melissa Studer, Chris Stivers, Cassadie Moravek, Phillip Johnson & Jennifer Flannery1........................................................................ 73 Dolphin watch tourism: A cross-case comparison of two differing examples of sustainable practices and pro-environmental outcomes Gayle Mayes & Harold Richins................................................................................... 87 Watching endangered orcas: The role of communication in balancing marine tourism and sustainability Tema Milstein........................................................................................................... 104 Sustainable versus UnSustainable Dolphin tourism in the Caribbean: A case study in the Dominican Republic E.C.M. Parsons & Naomi A. Rose............................................................................ 114 A wildlife tourism auditing framework…can we build it? Kate Rodger, David Newsome & Amanda Smith..................................................... 128 Adaptive Management for a Recovering Humpback Whale Population in the Great Barrier ReefMarine ParkSarah Salmon & Kirstin Dobbs................................................................................ 132 Meeting Flipper in the wild: Managing swim with dolphin tourism in Australia Heather Zeppel......................................................................................................... 146 Theme 2: Marine Protected Areas Quantifying community perceptions of marine environments for Marine Protected Area planning: When is the Reef too crowded? Barbara Bollard-Breen & Daniel Breen.................................................................... 168 Tourism as basis for sustainable development in protected coastal areas? Svein Frisvoll & Katrina Rønningen........................................................................ 180 The law and policy regulating marine parks in the Asia Pacific – de legere ferenda Mary George............................................................................................................. 186 Quantifying community perceptions of marine environments for Marine Protected Area planning: When is the Reef too crowded? Nina Hall & Jim Sillitoe............................................................................................ 201 Impacts of the 2004 Tsunami Disaster on Thailand’s Marine Park Tourism: What Did We Learn? Somrudee (Meprasert) Jitpraphai1 & James W. Good............................................ 213 Tourism in the marine national park of Gujarat Prabha Ranade......................................................................................................... 219 Theme 3: The Cruise Ship Industry Cruise Ship Tourism Research: A Critical Review Brigid Casey.............................................................................................................. 236 Protecting paradise: Minimizing the downside of cruise tourism Ross A. Klein............................................................................................................. 242 The socio-economic impacts of cruise tourism: A case study of Croatian destinations Zrinka Marusic, Sinisa Horak & Renata Tomljenovic............................................. 258 Development of a supply chain model for the cruise industry Funda Yercan & Frank Bates................................................................................... 275 Theme 4: Coral Reefs and Scuba Diving/Snorkeling Keeping and I (and 1.9 million others) on the reef: The sustainability of tourism on the Great Barrier Reef Alexandra Coghlan & Bruce Prideaux..................................................................... 293 Fishers, divers, scientists, lawyers, and Marine Protected Areas: The U.S. experience in protecting coral reefs Robin Kundis Craig.................................................................................................. 307 Why Dive? And Why Here? A study of recreational diver enjoyment at a Fijian eco-tourist resort Clare Fitzsimmons.................................................................................................... 322 Upgrading to a better model - a new style of planning in the Great Barrier ReefMarine Park Sally Peut & Peter McGinnity.................................................................................. 342 Keeping the Great Barrier Reef Great – The development of an innovative sustainable tourism partnership Lorelle Schluter, Sally Peut & Lisha Mulqueeny...................................................... 346 Loose lips and sinking ships: Analysing the role of intergovernmental relations in the creation of artificial reefs for sustainable scuba diving tourism in Australia Paul Stolk................................................................................................................. 349 Theme 5: Guides, Interpretation and Education The role and presence of a guide: Preliminary findings from swim with seal programmes and land-based seal viewing in New Zealand Laura Boren, Neil Gemmell1 & Kerry Barton.......................................................... 366 Educating visitors to the Pacific coast of Washington State: Information dissemination and marine management Rachel More Gregg................................................................................................... 381 Designing and Assessing Marine Educational Signage with a Marine Environmental Philosophy: Pilot Studies in Puget Sound, Washington StateKatrina A. Lassiter & Marc L. Miller....................................................................... 388 Whale watching tour guides: Communicating conservation effectively Sheila E Peake.......................................................................................................... 404 Environmental education on Rangitoto Island: What do visitors learn from Auckland’s Marine volcano? Christian Wittlich...................................................................................................... 423 Marine wildlife tourism: Education and conservation benefits Heather Zeppel & Sue Muloin.................................................................................. 430 Theme 6: Marine Adventure and Sports Tourism Dropping in: A case study approach to understanding the socio-economic impact of recreational surfing and its value to the tourism industry Neil Lazarow, Marc L. Miller & Boyd Blackwell...................................................... 448 Family Sailing in the Archipelago Sea, between Finland and Sweden Ole Rud Nielsen......................................................................................................... 462 A geography of charter boat operators in New Zealand Hamish G. Rennie & Jill Thomson............................................................................ 467 Theme 7: Marine Festivals, Events, and Heritage Coastal and Marine Heritage for Tourism: Examples from the North Atlantic Carl Cater & Erlet Cater......................................................................................... 487 Interest in “virtual” and “real” shrimp related experiences among coastal and shrimp festival tourists in South Carolina, USA Laura W. Jodice & William C. Norman.................................................................... 492 Salt and maritime heritage in the Canary Islands Juan Manuel Santana-Pérez..................................................................................... 509 Environmental impacts and indicators for marine-based sporting events Vikki Schaffer, David Foster & Meredith Lawley.................................................... 519 Theme 8: Coastal and Island Tourism Developing a Strategic Tourism Plan for Northeast Iceland: Highlands, Whales and the Yulelads John Hull................................................................................................................... 540 The role of physical planning in linking disaster risk reduction to the Development Process: Coastal Tourism Reconstruction in Grand Anse, Grenada Roché Mahon............................................................................................................ 541 At the crossroads: Island tourism in Malaysia Badarussin Mohamed & Azizi Bahauddin................................................................. 558 Linking beach recreation to weather conditions. A case study in Zandvoort, Netherlands Alvaro Moreno, Bas Amelung & Lorena Santamarta.............................................. 565 Responisble environmental practices in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines John C. Gray............................................................................................................ 577An integrated coastal management strategy for a proposed marine tourism conservation estate at Nelson Mandela Bay, South AfricaPeter B. Myles........................................................................................................... 579 Obstacles to the Adaptive Management of Coastal and Marine Tourism Destinations Anna Palliser............................................................................................................ 587 Sexual harassment: Not just a coastal problem Jill Poulston.............................................................................................................. 588 Ecological footprint analysis of road transport related to tourism activity: The case of Lanzarote IslandRoberto Rendeiro Martín-Cejas................................................................................ 592 Evaporating the Essence: Towards an Understanding of sub-Antarctic Visitation Eric J. Shelton.......................................................................................................... 602 Impacts of the Proposed Red-Dead Canal on Sustainable Tourism Development at the Dead Sea Edith M. Szivas......................................................................................................... 611 Theme 9: Research, Sciences, and Marine Tourism Meeting obligations under the Marine Mammal Protection Regulations 1992 (MMPR) when scientific knowledge is limited Laura Allum.............................................................................................................. 616 Unifying ecological and social sciences into a management framework for wildlife based tourism: A case study of feeding stingrays as a marine tourism attraction in the Cayman islands Christina A.D. Semeniuk, Wolfgang Haider & Kristina D. Rothley......................... 621 Development of marine research tourism in Australia Peter Wood............................................................................................................... 627 Poster Abstracts Using fuzzy AHP to develop evaluation criteria for multifunctional development of fishing harbors Chung-Ling Chen..................................................................................................... 640 Proposal for the preservation and rational use of the salt mines from Eastern Venezuela MontserratEsteve & C. Romero.............................................................................. 641 Tourism representations of rurality and ‘trail by space’ in Norwegian rural communities Svein Frisvoll............................................................................................................ 642 Disappearing Hector’s and Maui dolphins – the last chance to see them? Jacqueline Geurts..................................................................................................... 643 Are we loving our whales to death? Ensuring the sustainability of a growing whale-watch industry Maryrose Gulesserian, Megan Kessler, Luciana Möller & Rob Harcourt................ 644 Variation in the Acoustic & Behavioural Responses of Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) to Different types of vessels Elizabeth R. Hawkins................................................................................................ 645 Responses of Hector’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori hectori) to vessel Activity in Akaroa, NZ Emmanuelle Martinez, Dianne H. Brunton & Mark B. Orams................................. 646 The value of threatened species to tourism in New Zealand Mark N.H. Seabrook-Davison, Dianne H. Brunton & Mark B. Orams.................... 647 Tourism affects the behavioural budget of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand Karen A Stockin, David Lusseau, Vicky Binedell, Nicky Wiseman & Mark Orams.......................................................................................................... 648 Workshop Presentation Abstracts Workshop I:Seafood Tourism and Aquaculture Northern Coastal Inspiration: Chefs Sharing Culinary Traditions Across the Northern Periphery John Hull................................................................................................................... 650 Introduction to seafood tourism Laura W. Jodice & William C. Norman.................................................................... 651 Workshop II: Interpretation and Education in the Marine Environment Marine Interpretation and Marine Guides ~ how can we make a difference? Deborah Benham...................................................................................................... 652 Guiding Effectively: experience, knowledge and decision making to reduce tourist impact on New Zealand Laura Boren.............................................................................................................. 653 Citizen Scientists as Docents Impact Policy Karen Martin............................................................................................................ 654 Guiding and the Challenges of Incorporating a Model for Creating Cognitive Dissonance in the Visitor Jonathon Spring........................................................................................................ 655 How to capture and captivate tourists to make them care, comprehend and change Caroline Thalund...................................................................................................... 656 Interpretation of Marine Research Peter Wood............................................................................................................... 657