Our whale shark tour guides actually did brief everyone about the importance of not touching the whale sharks and keeping a good distance from them.
Whale shark tour guides are there to make sure you get the best possible sighting of a whale shark, but also to ensure you're abiding by the regulations and being respectful of the whale sharks.
Our whale shark tour guides briefed everyone about the importance of not touching the whale sharks and keeping a good distance from them, but otherwise failed to outline any of the other regulations.
Not exact matches
Once you're in Isla Mujeres you can easily find a
tour guide to find the spot where the
whale sharks are feeding.
Local
guides have been trained to give
tours that are as safe for the
whale sharks as they are for their human visitors.
The goals of the Regulations are to (i) protect the
whale sharks from over-exploitation; (ii) avoid conflict with other users of Gladden Spit such as commercial artesenal fishermen; (iii) protect the Gladden Spit marine environment; and (iv) provide a level playing field for local
guides and
tour operators to ensure an equal opportunity to participate in the benefits of
whale shark tourism.
The Southern Environmental Association (SEA), a local environmental / conservation organization that manages the marine reserves and parks off the Placencia coast, holds annual community meetings to discuss and fine tune
Whale Shark Interaction Regulations based on the experiences of local whale shark tour operators and tour guides, local fishermen and interested communty mem
Whale Shark Interaction Regulations based on the experiences of local whale shark tour operators and tour guides, local fishermen and interested communty mem
Shark Interaction Regulations based on the experiences of local
whale shark tour operators and tour guides, local fishermen and interested communty mem
whale shark tour operators and tour guides, local fishermen and interested communty mem
shark tour operators and
tour guides, local fishermen and interested communty members.
Three Islands
Whale Shark Dive always start the whale shark adventure with a guided snorkeling tour on Ningaloo
Whale Shark Dive always start the whale shark adventure with a guided snorkeling tour on Ningaloo
Shark Dive always start the
whale shark adventure with a guided snorkeling tour on Ningaloo
whale shark adventure with a guided snorkeling tour on Ningaloo
shark adventure with a
guided snorkeling
tour on Ningaloo Reef.
Persons conducting
whale shark tours must have a valid Belize
tour guide license, dive master certification for scuba diving or skin diver certification for snorkeling.