BluWest S.C.A.R.L
Imperio (Ligurian Sea)
info@whalewatch.it
www.whalewatch.it

Occasionally approaches closer than the guidelines require for one or several boats present. Also sometimes spends more than 15 minutes with the animals.
Languages: Italian, English

Sanremo Navigazione
San Remo (Ligurian Sea)
http://riviera.meeresakrobaten.de/it

The captain observes the distance to the whales. The speed of the vessel ist not more than 5 to 10 knots. In the office of "Sanremo Navigazione" you can find a small library with books about whales and dolphins. In the office and also on board you can find suggestions for kids to play and draw. Some times there is a biological on board who is telling about the particularity of the fauna and flora in the Ligurian Sea.

Ecovolunteer & CTS
La Maddalena National Park, Sardinia.

www.ecovolunteer.org

Instead of organizing boat trips for visitors, this organisation invites people to participate as an ecovolunteer in a research project on Bottlenose Dolphins. This experience takes usually a week and is therefore quite different from the usual whale watch trip. Guidelines cannot always be met because of the type of research carried out.
languages: English, Italian

DELPHIS Mediterranean Dolphin Conservation
Ischia island
info@delphismdc.org
www.delphismdc.org

Does usually approach closer than 100 meter for research purposes, which is also why they spend more time than 15 minutes with the animals. This is a scientific organisation and not a whale watching company, but you can participate as a volunteer
languages: Italian, English

Tethys Research Institute
San Remo, Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary.
Tethys@tethys.org
www.tethys.org

Sometimes approaches the animals closer than 100 m respectively 200 m when there is more than 1 boat watching. Guidelines on time spend, speed, swimming (whales) and noise are occasionally not met because of their research. Vessel design is not optimised but risk of injuring animals is minimised through careful manoeuvring by experienced personnel. Tethys is a non-profit NGO for the study and the conservation of the marine environment and is not a commercial whale watch operator. Volunteers can however participate in research on the boat and follow lectures about conservation and research on land.