Surveys of knowledge of shark ecology, attitude towards sharks and intentions to engage in conservation of the general public and participants in a shark ecotourism program

Surveys of members of the general public collected on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, and participants in One Ocean Diving's shark ecotourism program. Surveys evaluated respondents:

  • Previous participation in conservation and other environmental activities
  • Self-percieved knowledge of shark ecology
  • Attitudes towards sharks
  • Intentions to engage in shark conservation in the future
  • Experience on the shark tour (tour participants only)

Survey data was used in the publication: Sutcliffe, S. R., & Barnes, M. L. (2018). The role of shark ecotourism in conservation behaviour: Evidence from Hawaii. Marine Policy, 97, 27-33.

 

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  • Description

    Surveys of members of the general public collected on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, and participants in One Ocean Diving's shark ecotourism program. Surveys evaluated respondents:

    • Previous participation in conservation and other environmental activities
    • Self-percieved knowledge of shark ecology
    • Attitudes towards sharks
    • Intentions to engage in shark conservation in the future
    • Experience on the shark tour (tour participants only)

    Survey data was used in the publication: Sutcliffe, S. R., & Barnes, M. L. (2018). The role of shark ecotourism in conservation behaviour: Evidence from Hawaii. Marine Policy, 97, 27-33.

     

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    • Descriptor

      This dataset is available as a spreadsheet containing the codebook and survey responses for both the tour participant and general public surveys, saved in MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document (.ods) formats. The questionnaires are available in MS Word (.docx) and PDF formats.

    • Descriptor type Note
  • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • shark conservation
    • ecotourism
    • attitudes
    • knowledge
    • conservation behaviour
    • ceiling effect
    • ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
  • Funding source
  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
    • 1513354 - US National Science Foundation Grant
  • Research themes
    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
    People and Societies in the Tropics
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  • Start Date 2016/04/01
  • End Date 2016/08/31
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  • Locations
    • Hawaii
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    Citation Sutcliffe, Sarah; Barnes, Michele (2018): Surveys of knowledge of shark ecology, attitude towards sharks and intentions to engage in conservation of the general public and participants in a shark ecotourism program. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/5be0dbbd5bb35