There is an ever increasing number of people engaging in marine recreational activities including whale and dolphin watching, scuba diving, snorkelling, free diving and observing wildlife using drones.

With this, comes an increase risk in the incidence of disturbance, harassment and negative interactions between people and marine wildlife. Such negative impacts can have dire consequences for the wildlife that people have come to encounter and enjoy. Many negative encounters occur simply due to people not being aware of how to interact best with marine wildlife and how to recognise and minimise disturbance.

We’ve developed a Marine Animal Interactions Code of Conduct to help guide marine users and minimise disturbance.