The Potential of Whale Watching in the Caribbean: 1999+

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© 1999 Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) Alexander House James Street West Bath, England BA1 2BT United Kingdom Ph. (44) (0) 1225 334 511 • Fax (44) (0) 1225 480 097 web site: www.wdcs.org Registered Charity No. 1014705 ISBN: 1 901386 07 4 Citation: Hoyt, E. 1999. The Potential of Whale Watching in the Caribbean: 1999+. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Bath, UK, pp. 1-80. 2
CONTENTS Executive Summary 4 Author's Note 6 Introduction 7 Caribbean Profiles 10 1. The Bahamas 10 2. Cuba 16 3. Turks & Caicos Islands (UK) 18 4. Dominican Republic 21 5. Haiti 30 6. Jamaica 31 7. Cayman Islands (UK) 32 8. Puerto Rico (USA) 33 9. US Virgin Islands (USA) 37 10. British Virgin Islands (UK) 38 11. Anguilla (UK) 40 12. Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands), including St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao 41 13. St. Kitts-Nevis (UK) 45 14. Montserrat (UK) 46 15. Antigua and Barbuda (UK) 47 16. Guadeloupe & islands (France), including St.-Martin and St.-Barthélemy 48 17. Dominica 52 18. Martinique (France) 58 19. St. Lucia 60 20. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 65 21. Grenada 67 22. Barbados 69 23. Trinidad and Tobago 70 Conclusion 72 References 74 3
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Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTION Slightly larger in are
Page 9 and 10: Table 1. Checklist for starting, ex
Page 11 and 12: swim-with-dolphin excursions into B
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Page 15 and 16: Bahamian Dolphin Guidelines These g
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Page 21 and 22: Acknowledgments: Baker 1998, Dean B
Page 23 and 24: the high value that dedicated whale
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Page 43 and 44: Aruba Population: 89,000. Land area
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1998, Jonathan Gordon and his colle
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2. That it should be in the interes
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The following guidelines for whale
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February to April when the waters t
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tourism are distributed more evenly
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avoid any negative impacts on the p
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20. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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However, taking mothers and calves
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22. Barbados Population: 265,350. L
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frequency of Bryde's whale sighting
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Caribbean, as in most other parts o
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IFAW. 1996b. Cetacean Field Researc
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