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