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holder, with a total of just over 32 000 passengers. However, a direct comparison between the logbook data and estimates based on interview data regarding permitted boat activities suggested that there were some major discrepancies between the two (Figure 5.9). 700 No trips: based on interview data 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 No. trips: Logbook records Figure 5.9. Comparison of initial estimates of number of whale watching trips in 2004 from logbook and interview data. The discrepancies suggest that there are some cases of under-reporting in the logbooks, and some cases where apparent over reporting occurs. The latter is thought to be due to the inclusion of all marine tours undertaken by the permitted boat, as evident from the number of months and days on which data are recorded (Table 5.2). While providing excellent, year-round data on the resource, for this analysis it was important to separate the actual whale watching activity, especially since it was apparent that not all operators had recorded data in this way. Thus logbook data were reanalysed to isolate the trips on which whale sightings occurred. This would include some whale watching trips in season on which whales were not sighted, as well as non whale watching trips out of season on which whales were sighted, but these are assumed to balance one another out. From this analysis it was apparent that four operators reported all activities of the licensed boats, with whale sightings occurring on 23 - 82% of trips, and the remainder reported just their whale watching activities, with whale sightings occurring on 92 – 100% (average 98%) of trips. Based on the revised data set, up to 385 whale watching trips were made per operator, varying greatly from one operator to the next (Table 5.2). Four permit holders did not record any trips, though two of these did conduct a few. Estimates of the total number of passengers based primarily on logbook data, but supplemented by interview data in cases where interviewees stated that they had not completed logbooks properly, suggested that the permitted boats carried an overall total of just over 26 000 passengers (Table 5.2). 25
Table 5.2. Estimated total number of passengers taken on permitted boat-based whale watching trips in 2004, based primarily on logbook data Whale watching trips are defined as trips on which whales were sighted. Region BBWW Area Boat size Months when whale watching trips recorded Days with whale sightings Trips with whale sightings (% of recorded trips) Estimated total passengers on whale watching trips West Coast 3 12 No data No data No data 56 Cape Metro 4 61 Feb, Jul - Oct 86 102 (92%) 1591 5 8 No data No data No data 61 Agulhas 7 20 Jun - Oct 101 252 (100%) 4598 8 30 Jul - Oct 72 169 (99%) 1289 9 18 Jun - Nov 93 124 (100%) 1290 10 22 Jan - Dec 208 358 (95%) 5990 11 8 No data No data No data 167 Garden Route 12 50 Jun - Oct 47 59 (100%) 783 13 12 Jan - May 11 11 (23%) 70 14a 12 Jan - Dec 188 385 (79%) 3813 14b 16 Jan - Sep 124 250 (42%) 3104 Sunshine 15 12 Jul - Dec 31 28 (82%) 136 Hibiscus 21 10 No data No data No data 1 076 Maputaland 24 11 May - Dec 142 306 (99%) 3097 Total 302 # 1942 26 045 *excludes non-whale watching trips during the off-season for the operators that recorded all trips by the permitted boats # excludes new permits for areas 6 and 19 (30 passengers total) 5.10 Prices and turnover Prices for boat-based whale watching trips varied from R150 up to R650, with an average of approximately R400 (Figure 5.10). It should be noted that the lowest prices (
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Page 6 and 7: owners, who felt that a smaller, fa
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Page 10 and 11: 1. INTRODUCTION The whale watching
Page 12 and 13: the main whale watching season. All
Page 14 and 15: 3. WHALE WATCHING: AN INTERNATIONAL
Page 16 and 17: location. Most cetaceans spend the
Page 18 and 19: 3.2 South Africa in perspective Boa
Page 20 and 21: Table 3.3 excludes countries where
Page 22 and 23: west coast up to February or March
Page 24 and 25: The designated areas also include a
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Page 32 and 33: November. This is probably due to a
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Page 44 and 45: 6.2 Western Cape The Western Cape P
Page 46 and 47: Equipment and infrastructure The fu
Page 48 and 49: around 30 to 35 passengers were per
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Page 52 and 53: generally variable in their length,
Page 54 and 55: Non-permitted activity One dedicate
Page 56 and 57: Equipment, trip characteristics and
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15. Data collected by operators and
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Woods-Ballard, A.J., Parsons, E.C.M
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11. APPENDIX 2. SUMMARY OF COMMERCI
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used for whale watching must be acc
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Both the National and state governm
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effort to be controlled through res
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not is broached several times each
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11.5 South America 11.5.1 Ecuador T
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The Dominican Republic has strict c
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12. APPENDIX 3: NOTIFICATION OF PER
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4. Applicants must be willing to si
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SIMONSTOWN AREA Cape Point Lighthou
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PLETTENBERG BAY AREA The Western Bo
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(iii) the extent to which the appli
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Table I. Rating of the whale resour
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