Australian Dolphins and Whales Research Articles
- Imagine Cruises Port Stephens NSW Australia

Step into the world of dolphins & whales with Imagine Cruises

Imagine Cruises is a leading ecotourism company based at Nelson Bay in Port Stephens on the Mid North Coast of NSW Australia. The following articles and information are provided to help visitors to the region better understand the fragile nature of our (local, national & international) marine environment and what is being done to protect animals like the whale and dolphin as well as give an insight into these fascinating sea creatures.

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• Whale Watching in NSW Australia - National Parks located along the New South Wales coastline of Australia provide the ideal vantage point for whale watching - find out where to go to sight a whale and learn some of the rules for whalewatching in NSW Australia.
  Article reproduced with permission - NSW National Parks & Wildlife Services
  
  
• Protection of Dolphins & Whales - What is being done to protect dolphins & whales in Australia? Interested in becoming involved? Imagine Cruises of Nelson Bay in Port Stephens on the NSW North Coast of Australia are. Find out how...at the local and international level.
  
  
• Dolphin Facts - FAQs About Port Stephens Dolphins - Questions and answers about the Port Stephens Bottlenose Dolphins on the NSW Mid North Coast of Australia. Find out more about these fascinating marine creatures...
  
  
• Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) sightings on the Australian coast and the increasing potential for entanglement - ...This review of the last decade of sightings highlights northerly movements into temperate and sub-tropical waters, indicates that fatal entanglement has occurred and points toward an increasing likelihood of interactions between migrating whales and inshore marine development.
  
  
• Environmental Management of Wildlife Tourism: - A case study of wildlife tourism in Nelson Bay, Port Stephens at New South Wales was conducted to determine the factors relevant to the sustainability of marine mammal watching. Informed by the results of the case study, a management framework, called the 7E Management Framework, was developed as a planning guide for wildlife tourism that seeks to support biodiversity conservation.
  
  
• Hip to be Humpback - Whale Song Study by Jane Hammond. This article first appeared in the August 2004 edition of The Veterinarian and offers a quick glimpse of contemporary research into the purpose of whale song and the effects of environmental noise on whales.
  
  
• Occurrence and Conservation of the Dugong in New South Wales by Simon Allen, Helene Marsh and Amanda Hodgson. A report examining the implications of recent sightings of dugongs well south of their usual range on the Australian East Coast.
  
  
• Group Characteristics, Site Fidelity and Seasonal Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Aduncus) in Jervis Bay and Port Stephens, Southeastern Australia by L.M. Möller, S.J. Allen and R.G. Harcourt reports on social organisation and abundance of bottlenose dolphins in Jervis Bay and Port Stephens, New South Wales.
  
  
• Migaloo the elusive albino humpback whale said to be one of a kind. Read about Migaloo sightings, whale watching and the whaling industry as it relates to preservation and commercialism. Source: Environment Feature - Whale Watching Article SMH by Andrew Darby April 20, 2005
  
  
• Whaling and Whale Watching - International Whale Conference (IWC)- Alaska 2007 - Australian Whale Article - Conflict intensifies between whaling and non whaling nations. Read Frank Future's take on the IWC from the Whale Watching Industry perspective, Imagine Cruise Austalia.
  
  
• Teens Against Whaling - Australian Youth Opposing Whaling - Australian youths deliver a wheelbarrow of signatures of 40,000 people petitioning for commercial whaling to stop. Read 17 year old Ayesha Future's report on the International Whale Conference IWC 2007 Alaska.