Derrin Davis

TL;DR: The whale shark is the largest fish in the ocean and a tourism industry based on interacting with whale sharks has developed recently in Ningaloo Marine Park, off the coast of Western Australia as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, surveys of participants in the "whale shark experience" undertaken in 1995 and 1996 are reported, with a focus on management questions relating to human-to-shark separation distances, swimmers making contact with sharks, satisfaction with the experience, and the numbers of swimmers in the water.

TL;DR: The results of the monitoring of diver behaviour in the underwater environment, and of surveys of Australian recreational scuba divers and dive retail outlets are reported in this paper, where comparisons are made between the Australia-wide diver survey results and the results of a regional survey using the same questionnaire.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between biological and amenity values is reviewed, as well as ideas about carrying capacities and biological thresholds at dive sites and possible approaches to managing heavily used dive sites, and to reallocating diver activity away from those sites to lesser used areas, are examined.