View the dusky dolphin tourism report

Full report (PDF, 4802K)

The report has also been split into smaller sections as follows:

Cover (PDF, 485K)

Contents and Executive summary (PDF, 335K)

Chapter 1: Background and research rationale (PDF, 686K)

Chapter 2: Effects of tourism on behaviour and movement patterns of dusky dolphin groups monitored from shore stations (PDF, 533K)

Chapter 3: Dolphin-tour interactions off Kaikoura - observations from the research vessel (PDF, 847K)

Chapter 4: Dolphin-tour interactions off Kaikoura - observations from tour vessels (PDF, 706K)

Chapter 5: Distribution and abundance of dusky dolphins between the Haumuri Bluffs and the Waiau River (PDF, 465K)

Chapter 6: Dusky dolphin interactions with tourism off Kaikoura - an ecological multi-platform synthesis (PDF, 1065K)

Chapter 7: Present status and future prospects of dusky dolphin tourism - conclusions and recommendations for Kaikoura (PDF, 687K)

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