Whale-watchers' perceptions of whaling in Iceland

• Main Author: Henderson, Erin Helen Mary, 1994-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Hvalveiðar; Auðlindir; Hvalaskoðun; University Centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Whaling; Whale watching; Haf; Watchers; Húsavík; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/37210

Wild cetaceans have been an important marine resource for thousands of years, providing food for coastal communities and consumer products for whaling nations. Years of overexploitation led to a near complete ban on commercial whaling in the 1980s, after which whale-watching became the main economic...