Objectives:
1. To
explore and document how local people as well as tourists and people
in the marine tourism industry and sciences understand the sea and
sea life in the Azores.
2. To understand the educational aspects of whale watching and other
marine tourism activities on both the tourist and the local
population in the Azores.
3. To compare the perspectives of the sea and marine tourism held by
the people in the Azores, Portugal with the perspectives of people
in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Survey of local perceptions about the sea, cetaceans and whale watching
