Dr Carole Carlson Dir Research and Education Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown _____ From: Dr. Carole Carlson [mailto:science@whalewatch.com] Sent: 08.01.18 07:58 To: 'marmam-bounces@lists.uvic.ca' Subject: Request for data on whale watching sites Dear MARMAM Members, This spring an IWC-sponsored workshop will be held to develop a large-scale research design that considers multiple study areas and species in a comparable fashion. Helpful to this process would be a list of areas, with associated criteria, where whalewatching occurs, or is likely to develop in the near future. For those of you working in such areas, we would like to request that you review and fill out the questionnaire below (before 1 March) and email it to: Carole Carlson: science@whalewatch.com Or mail to: Carole Carlson PO Box 32 Provincetown MA USA 02657 We would greatly appreciate your help in this effort. Thank you, in advance for your consideration. Sincerely, Carole Carlson On behalf of the workshop steering committee AREAS WHERE WHALEWATCHING OCCURS * LOCATION: * START OF INDUSTRY: year * NUMBER OF VESSELS: current * VESSEL SIZE: <10m; <20m; <30m; >30 * NUMBER OF RECREATIONAL VESSELS (i.e. pleasure craft, sport fishing, jet skis):<25; <50; <100; >100 * SEASON: months * TARGET SPECIES: * HABITAT USE: feeding; breeding; migratory; resident * RESEARCH ON TARGET SPECIES: species studied * DURATION OF RESEARCH: years * CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SANCTUARY OR NON-WHALEWATCHING AREA?: yes; no * CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AREA SUITABLE FOR LAND-BASED OBSERVATIONS?: yes; no * REGUALATIONS/GUIDELINES/CODES?; R; G; C * IF R, G OR C- APPROACH DISTANCES?: in meters * IF REGULATION, IS THERE AN ALLOWANCE FOR EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES?: yes; no AREAS WITH POTENTIAL FOR WHALEWATCHING DEVELOPMENT * LOCATION: * OCCURRENCE OF NON-COMMERCIAL WHALEWATCHING?: yes; no * LIKELYHOOD OF INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN NEXT 5 YEARS: minimal; moderate; high * NUMBER OF RECREATIONAL VESSELS (i.e. pleasure craft, sport fishing, jet skis):<25; <50; <100; >100 * POTENTIAL TARGET SPECIES: species * HABITAT USE: feeding; breeding; migratory; resident * RESEARCH ON TARGET SPECIES?: species studied * DURATION OF RESEARCH: years * CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AREA SUITABLE FOR LAND-BASED OBSERVATIONS?: yes; no * IF INDUSTRY DEVELOPS, LIKELYHOOD OF NON-WHALEWATCHING AREA (OR SANCTUARY): minimal; moderate; high Dr Carole Carlson Dir Research and Education Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown