Sentences with phrase «of shark tourism»

While diving to see sharks has its abstract value, many tour operators and volunteer organizations are taking advantage of shark tourism to directly benefit conservation.

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The research advancement, which occurred in Indonesia's remote Cendrawasih Bay, has significant implications for unlocking the mysteries surrounding the overall health of whale sharks — including the potential impacts of tourism on their health.

Declining populations of native aquatic fauna such as euryhaline bull sharks, sawfish and tarpon, important for sport fishing and tourism, could also suffer.

In Cenderawasih Bay, the whale sharks» reliable year - round presence makes them the focus of a small but growing tourism industry.

Fusion's shark correspondent Madison Stewart travels to Darwin, to speak to the operators of one of the country's few shark tourism operations and learn about the benefits of saving the region's sharks.

By speaking with tourism operators, conservationists and local residents, Stewart shows us how Fiji became one of the few places on the planet where sharks aren't just protected, but also play a vital role in the economic success of the region.

The move comes as Egyptian tourism continues to recover from a spate of shark attacks in the popular resort of Sharm - el - Sheikh earlier this year.

Whale shark tourism can interrupt their feeding and tour operators need to be aware of proximity to whale sharks as well.

All of Splash Dive Centers scuba diving and snorkelling staff are PADI professionals and registered with the Belizean Tourism Operators association, and for our Whale shark tours, they are educated and licensed for proper interaction with Whale sharks, so you get the most from your encounter and trip to Gladden Spit when the Whale sharks are in season.

Splash Dive Centers is committed to long term sustainable tourism and diving practices, and to create opportunities for the community of Placencia for the short and long term, and also to protect the Belize Barrier reef, the Whale sharks of Gladden Spit and all the other aquatic life that we are so privileged to be able to show our scuba divers and snorkelers.

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.

Shark's Bay is a shining example of sustainable, heavy tourism with a picturesque setting and a beautiful coral reef that is well preserved.

Safe shark diving is good for tourism; a live shark can be worth «tens of thousands of dollars» compared to the «hundreds» that can be made by selling its fins.

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One of my Pace University communication students, Martin Totlandt, spent much of the summer in South Africa and filed this «Your Dot» dispatch about the controversy over the process of chumming — luring sharks with a fishy, bloody brew spooned overboard — something done both for science and for adventure tourism cage diving operations.

Shark tourism is a driving force behind the economies of Isla Holbox in Mexico, Hermanus, South Africa, and in the Maldives, Palau and the Bahamas.

For instance, Belize began whale shark tourism to find that the enthusiasm of swimmers were making the sharks shy away, at the risk of losing their chance to feed.

Isla Holbox is working on building up whale shark tourism, but hopes that the restrictions placed on the tourism operations, such as each boat requiring a license, that each boat can only carry a certain number of individuals, and that only one boat at a time can be next to a whale shark.

Today's announcement protects the Maldives» tourism industry from the the ravages of the shark fin trade.

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the University of Western Australia found that a single reef shark can contribute as much as $ 2 million over its lifetime to the economy of Palau because it is an attraction to shark divers and tourists, and it helps keep reefs healthy which is a benefit for both tourism and fishing.