"In the rush to accommodate a visitor’s every expectation, exists a willingness to sacrifice the place and the goodwill of the host community for the short term benefit of the visitor. Eventually, the coastline turns into a place from which the visitor was trying to escape, while compromising the condition, integrity, use, and access to natural marine resources by the host community"

The Wai`anae Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod is once again featured in the news, do these and other dolphins in the main islands need more protection? Watch the underwater dolphin noise video (wmv) or (mpg)to hear what tour boats sound like underwater, do you think tour boats make good neighbors?

Past Press coverage on the Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins and the impact of visitation on the Wai`anae community:

Audubon Society "Flippin' out"

DLNR Supports Spinner Dolphin Protection Rules

State trying to protect dolphins due to concerns over human-dolphin contact

Dolphins enduring more harrassment Officials want tougher viewing rules

Should You Swim With This Dolphin?
For one visitor to Hawaii, the answer was yes. Then no.

Talkin' Dolphins

Wild Dolphin Foundation seeks limits on dolphin access - Increased water traffic is
disrupting the natural processes of spinner dolphins

Tourism altering Wai'anae way of life Increased tourism affects the community as well as the marine life

Fishermen, dolphin tour boats tangle off Waianae On the Leeward Coast, from Kalaeloa to Kaena Point, the differences between traditional subsistence-living and tourism-based economies are once more at the heart of a conflict

Competing interests crowd Leeward seas - A meeting looks at recreation, fishing and dolphin tours

Kayak tours draw protests A company's permit is delayed after critics
cite dolphin conflicts and other concerns

Hawaii Seeks New Ways to Protect Dolphins, Whales After Judge Tosses Out Old Rules No help from development-friendly State desicion-makers

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