White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity?
This paper explores the Western Australian Government's decision to disallow white shark tourism operations within the State. This policy was made during a time of an unprecedented number of shark bite fatalities in the region. We argue that the Government's verdict was reactive due to thi...
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| author | Catlin, James Hughes, M. Jones, Tod Jones, Roy |
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| description | This paper explores the Western Australian Government's decision to disallow white shark tourism operations within the State. This policy was made during a time of an unprecedented number of shark bite fatalities in the region. We argue that the Government's verdict was reactive due to this abnormality and did not take a balanced and considered approach. White sharks are an important key stone species with a high conservation value, but a particularly negative popular image. Therefore, we contend that dismissing the prospect of tourism also dismissed the prospect of creating a more realistic representation of the species. In addition, economic benefits to a regional area and research opportunities on the species were also lost. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-276602017-09-13T15:06:34Z White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? Catlin, James Hughes, M. Jones, Tod Jones, Roy wildlife tourism politics and tourism nature-based tourism This paper explores the Western Australian Government's decision to disallow white shark tourism operations within the State. This policy was made during a time of an unprecedented number of shark bite fatalities in the region. We argue that the Government's verdict was reactive due to this abnormality and did not take a balanced and considered approach. White sharks are an important key stone species with a high conservation value, but a particularly negative popular image. Therefore, we contend that dismissing the prospect of tourism also dismissed the prospect of creating a more realistic representation of the species. In addition, economic benefits to a regional area and research opportunities on the species were also lost. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27660 10.1080/14724049.2015.1007868 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | wildlife tourism politics and tourism nature-based tourism Catlin, James Hughes, M. Jones, Tod Jones, Roy White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? |
| title | White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? |
| title_full | White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? |
| title_fullStr | White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? |
| title_full_unstemmed | White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? |
| title_short | White sharks in Western Australia: threat or opportunity? |
| title_sort | white sharks in western australia: threat or opportunity? |
| topic | wildlife tourism politics and tourism nature-based tourism |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27660 |