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REPORTS, GUIDES & BOOK CHAPTERS
The Performing Orca - The Performing Orca EH.pdf
104-page WDCS investigative report by Erich Hoyt exploring the
capture and captivity of cetaceans, primarily orcas, for entertainment
in places such as SeaWorld.
Whale Watching in Europe - Europewwguide.pdf
Popular WDCS guide to some of the best whale watching in Europe:
land-based sites, tour operators and recommended best practice.
Toward a New Ethic for Whale Watching - NewEthicWWHoyt.pdf
Chapter by Erich Hoyt published in the 2003 book Between Species:
Celebrating the Dolphin-Human Bond (edited by T Frohoff and B Peterson).
Whale Watching 2001 - Hoyt WW 2001 Report.pdf
158-page IFAW report on the socioeconomics of whale watching
country-by-country around the world. Whale watching is a USD $1.25
billion industry with more than 10 million participants annually.
Whale Watching Encyclopedia article - Whale Watching-EH.pdf
5-page article on whale watching in the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
(edited by WF Perrin, B Würsig and JGM Thewissen).
Marine Ecotourism in Russia - Whale Watching in Russia.pdf
84-page WDCS report on the potential for whale watching and marine
ecotourism in Russia – a guide for companies, conservation groups and
individuals setting up marine ecotours in Russia, published May 2006,
bilingual edition in Russian and English.
A Blueprint for Dolphin and Whale Watching Development
WW Blueprint-English.pdf or WW Blueprint-Spanish.pdf
28-page Humane Society International manual by Erich Hoyt, Feb. 2007.
The State of Whale Watching in Latin America - English.pdf Spanish.pdf
French.pdf. The latest 2008 socioeconomic report covering a region with rapid
growth and solid community benefits, 60 pages.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Marine Ecotourism and MPAs on Atlantic Islands — 100498.pdf
Scientific paper in Biology and Environment, Proceedings Royal Irish
Academy, Nov 2005, by Erich Hoyt, on socioeconomics of high quality
whale watching and the link between marine ecotourism and MPAs
in the Atlantic islands region.
Whale Watching vs. Whaling, Caribbean case study — cmg-p381-399.pdf
Paper for Coastal Management weighing the compatibility of
whale watching and whaling, using the Caribbean as a case study,
written by Erich Hoyt and Glen Hvenegaard.
Status of orcas in Kamchatka, Russia — Tarasyan (Keys for the status of).pdf
Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP) scientific paper on killer whale
status in Avacha Gulf, Kamchatka.
Resident and transient-type killer whales in Kamchatka, Russia — SC56SM15.pdf
FEROP paper on resident and transient-type killer whales in southeast Kamchatka presented at the IWC Scientific Committee in 2004.
Using a mobile hydrophone stereo system for real-time acoustic localization of killer whales — Filatova_et_al 2006.pdf
FEROP paper on building and using a mobile hydrophone stereo system for monitoring and recording whales and dolphins.
The structure of the discrete call repertoire of killer whales Orcinus orca from southeast Kamchatka — (03)Filatova.pdf
FEROP paper in BioAcoustics 2007 uncovering a new acoustic relationship among communities of killer whales.
Status of killer whales in Kamchatka, Russia based on Photo-ID and Acoustic Studies. Preliminary results. — SC59SM4.pdf
FEROP paper presented at the IWC Scientific Committee in 2007.
The Killer Whales of Eastern Kamchatka
157-page book published Dec. 2006 by Alaska SeaLife Centre containing catalog of killer whale dorsal fins from eastern Kamchatka, Russia, with color portfolio of images, acoustic catalog and introductions to Russian orca status, research history and other findings. In English and Russian. Written and produced by Alexander Burdin, Erich Hoyt, Hal Sato and Olga Filatova; introduction by Shannon Atkinson. [ISBN: 0-9785436-2-9] To obtain a pdf copy, you will need to download 4 files:
1. Killer Whale cover 11-17.pdf (1 MB)
2. Killer Whales of Kamchatka 1.pdf (5.1 MB)
3. Pages from Killer Whales of Kamchatka 2.pdf (4.3 MB)
4. Pages from Killer Whales of Kamchatka 3.pdf (6.9 MB)
For enquiries about buying a hard copy, click here.
AUDIO
A sample of the sounds of killer whales or orcas. This .wav file plays the dialect of the Avacha orca clan from southeastern Kamchatka, Russia, in the main FEROP study area. To listen, click on Avacha_clan.wav.
MAP POSTER
World Marine Protected Areas Poster Map - Marine Protected Areas.pdf
This A1 and A0-size poster from WDCS, produced by Lesley Frampton and Erich Hoyt with illustrations by Pieter Folkens, is for sale in a printed version in single or multiple copies, but you can download a copy here for free.
Favorite Links
These sites are highly recommended:
cetaceanhabitat.org: Marine protected areas (MPAs) for whales, dolphins & porpoises: www.cetaceanhabitat.org
Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP): www.russianorca.com
MarineBio.org: www.marinebio.org
earthOCEAN: www.earthOCEAN.tv
Cetacean Society International: www.csiwhalesalive.org
whales-online.org: www.whales-online.org
The Oceania Project: www.oceania.org.au
Scottish Seabird Centre: www.seabird.org
Team Russia (Volvo Ocean Race): www.teamrussia.org
WhaleNet: http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
We Sail for the Whale: www.whales.org
WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: www.wdcs.org
WDCS is Registered Charity No. 1014705. For more information, click on the link below. FEROP and cetaceanhabitat.org are partly sponsored by WDCS. Whales.org is the WDCS website for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2007. WDCS is the environmental partner of Team Russia.
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