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==Marine parks==
[[File:Monkey Mia, Western Australia.jpg|right|thumb|At [[Monkey Mia]] in Australia, [[dolphin]]s are fed under [[Park ranger|ranger]] supervision<ref name="sharkbay">{{cite web|url=http://www.sharkbay.wa.gov.au/visitors/places-to-go/monkey-mia-reserve.html |title=Monkey Mia Reserve |author=Shire of Shark Bay |accessdate=2013-09-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005020112/http://www.sharkbay.wa.gov.au/visitors/places-to-go/monkey-mia-reserve.html |archivedate=2013-10-05 |df= }}</ref>]]
Tourism operators often provide food to attract marine wildlife such as [[Shark tourism|sharks]] to areas where they can be more easily viewed. Such a practice is controversial, however, because it can create a dependency on artificial feeding, habituate animals to feeding locations, increase inter-species and intra-species aggression, and increase the spread of disease.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Higham|first1=James|last2=Lück|first2=Michael |title=Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management: Insights from the Natural and Social Sciences|year=2008|publisher=CAB International|isbn=978-1-84593-345-6|page=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TsRZW0dU-6MC&pg=PA58}}</ref> In Australia's [[Great Barrier Reef Marine Park]], shark feeding is prohibited.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kurrawa.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/info_services/publications/sotr/sharks_rays/response.html |title=Environmental Status: Sharks and rays: Response: tourism |author=Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |accessdate=2013-07-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411143054/http://kurrawa.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_site/info_services/publications/sotr/sharks_rays/response.html |archivedate=2011-04-11 |df= }}</ref> In [[Hawaii|Hawaiian waters]], shark feeding is permitted only in connection with traditional [[Hawaiian religion|Hawaiian cultural or religious activities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/lawDetails.jsp?lawID=568 |title=Prohibition of Shark Feeding |author=Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Department of Agriculture |accessdate=2013-07-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820061233/http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/lawDetails.jsp?lawID=568 |archivedate=2014-08-20 |df= }}</ref>
The feeding of wild [[dolphin]]s for tourist purposes is also controversial, and is prohibited in the US because it can alter natural hunting behaviour, disrupt social interaction, encourage the dolphins to approach or ingest dangerous objects, and endanger the person doing the feeding.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gales |first1=Nicholas |last2=Hindell |first2=Mark |last3=Kirkwood |first3=Roger | title=Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues |year=2003|publisher=[[CSIRO]] |isbn=0643099263 |page=306 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkLGVQDvN7MC&pg=PA306 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/protectdolphins.htm |title=Protect Dolphins Campaign |author=[[National Marine Fisheries Service]] |accessdate=2013-07-19 }}</ref> At [[Monkey Mia]] in Western Australia, dolphin feeding is permitted under [[Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)|Department of Environment and Conservation]] supervision.<ref name="sharkbay"/>
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