Mulcahy, Kate,

Wonders of the sea : the protection of New Zealand's marine mammals / Kate Mulcahy and Raewyn Peart. - xii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- PART ONE -- Introduction: Chapter 1 -- Threats to marine mammals in New Zealand: Chapter 2 -- New Zealand legislative regime: Chapter 3 -- Overseas approaches: Chapter 4 -- Overview of case study findings: Chapter 5 -- Addressing fishing impacts: Chapter 6 -- Addressing tourism impacts: Chapter 7 -- Addressing vessel impacts: Chapter 8 -- Addressing aquaculture impacts: Chapter 9 -- Key issues: Chapter10 -- Proposals for amendments to the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978: Chapter 11 -- Recommendations: Chapter 12 -- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES -- USA approaches to marine mammal protection: Chapter 13 -- Australian approaches to marine mammal protection: Chapter 14 -- Hector's and Maui's dolphins: Chapter 15 -- New Zealand sea lion: Chapter 16 -- Bryde's whale: Chapter 17 -- Bottlenose dolphins in Fiordland: Chapter 18 -- Dusky dolphin: Chapter 19 -- APPENDICES -- History of the Department of Conservation's marine mammal capacity: Appendix 1 -- Marine mammal strandings: Appendix 2 -- Marine mammals protection regulations: Appendix 3 -- Acknowledgements: Appendix 4.

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