En 2012, la Dra. Carole Carson compiló traducciones en inglés de las pautas para la observación de ballenas de más de 50 países y organizaciones locales o regionales de todo el mundo. Este compendio patrocinado por IWC ha sido un recurso valioso para los gerentes de todo el mundo, y se puede descargar aquí. Se han actualizado varias de las pautas publicadas en el compendio de 2012, y la tabla a continuación proporciona enlaces directos a las reglamentaciones y directrices de observación de ballenas de diversos países, territorios y redes regionales.
Comuníquese con el administrador del sitio (secretariat@iwc.int) si nota algún documento que esté desactualizado o tenga enlaces defectuosos.
ACCOBAMS High Quality Whale Watching Guidelines - brochure format
France (Mainland and Overseas)
ACCOBAMS_MOP4_Res.4.7- Guidelines for commercial cetacean watching in the ACCOBAMS Area
Italy France (Mainland and Overseas)
ACCOBAMS_MOP6_Res6.20- Commercial cetacean watching in the ACCOBAMS area
Italy France (Mainland and Overseas)
Arctic_AECO_Cetacean Guidelines
Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators
Arctic_AECO_Community Guidelines
Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators
Arctic_Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators-Cetacean Guidelines
Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators
UN Environment Programme
CMS Resolution on Sustainable Boat-based Marine Tourism
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
CMS Species-specific Guidelines for Boat-based Wildlife Watching
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
Dominican Republic_English Translation from 2012 IWC Compendium Guidelines
Dominican Republic
France - 2021 The Approach and Observation of Cetaceans in La Reunion
France (Mainland and Overseas)
France (Mainland and Overseas)
France (Mainland and Overseas)
France (Mainland and Overseas)
France-Regulation for marine mammal watching in Mayotte (French)
France (Mainland and Overseas)
France-tour operators charter for marine mammal watching in Mayotte (French)
France (Mainland and Overseas)
Greenland_whale watching guidelines_English_Danish
Denmark (Greenland)
IWC 2012 Carole Carson Compendium of whale watching Regulations (English)
International Whaling Commission
Pacific Regional Guidelines for Whale & Dolphin Watching_2008
SPREP - Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Pelagos Sanctuary- Code of Conduct for whale watching (English)
France (Mainland and Overseas) Italy
Reunion charter for responsible viewing of marine mammals and turtles (French)
France (Mainland and Overseas)
United Kingdom_Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004
United Kingdom
United States Marine Mammal Protection Act (downloaded August 2017)
United States of America
United States_NOAA summary of approach regulations from MMPA
United States of America