Human use of animals in entertainment and sport has a long history. Humans watch animals directly in their natural environments, in captivity, and on the screens of the cinema and television, as well as in shows on street corners or in arenas, circuses, zoos, aquatic parks, and even on racetracks....

The hygroscopic nature of wood leads to large moisture fluctuations in the material that may influence the mechanical performance of glued wood products. Adhesives based on bone, fish and hide have a long tradition for the gluing of wood and can be found in wooden structures in our cultural...

Wawata Topu is a documentary portraying a group of women divers in Atauro Island, Timor-Leste. Initially aimed at increasing the visibility of women's roles in the fisheries sector, the filmmaking process brought along a practical negotiation between the community and the filmmakers on the topics...

Many migratory fish populations are declining, threatened by human-induced pressures such as habitat loss and fragmentation caused by dams, roads, land use change, climate change and pollution. However, public awareness of fish migration and associated human pressures remains limited. It is...

The publications presented in this chapter cover a variety of animal sports (dog racing, bull fighting, rodeos, horse shows and horse racing) and entertainment (theatre, film, television, circuses, zoos and aquaria). These texts represent a wide view of current research, opinion and debate on the...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a global lockdown in mid-2020, leading to a rapid decline in international travel and tourism. In French Polynesia, marine-based tourism activities ceased in March 2020 with the suspension of international flights (i.e., 45 days - between 20th March and 04^th May 2020),...

Aquamarine Fukushima started keeping Eurasian otters in 2010 and succeeded in breeding them eight times. The exhibits was renovated in 2015 to recreate natural habitat of wild otters. Novel planting technique was employed for waterweeds and land plants to prevent the otters from damaginge them...

There is an increasing need to understand the interaction of marine fauna with line fishing, both recreational and commercial, particularly in regions where shark depredation has become an increasing issue. The dynamic nature of the fishing requires underwater filming techniques that can move with...

We analyzed recreational and commercial catch records from 1980 to 2009 for the fishing blocks associated with the 5 southern offshore banks of the Southern California Bight (Cortes Bank, Tanner Bank, Northeast Bank, Cherry Ridge, and Garrett Ridge). Recreational fishers and divers targeted pelagic ...

Mercury (Hg) is a ubiquitous global contaminant with important public health implications. Mercury is released from a variety of anthropogenic, industrial processes, enters the earth's atmosphere and is re-deposited onto the earth's surface in rainfall. Much of this Hg enters the oceans which cover ...