This is a peer-reviewed publication containing original scientific papers on the conservation and management of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Journal is accompanied by an annual Supplement which contains the report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting and intersessional workshops held during the relevant period. There are also a number of topic-based Special Issues.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v6i1

Published: 2004-01-01

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Contents Editorial

Articles

Distribution of North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) as shown by 19th and 20th century whaling catch and sighting records

Phillip J. Clapham , Caroline Good, Sara E. Quinn, Randall R. Reeves, James E. Scarff, Robert L. Brownell Jr.

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Entrapment of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

A. S. Neimanis , H. N. Koopman , A. J. Westgate, L. D. Murison , A. J. Read

7-17

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Updated estimates of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) bycatch in the Danish North Sea bottom-set gillnet fishery

Finn Larsen, Morten Vinther

19-24

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Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea

A. Frantzis , O. Nikolaou, J. M. Bompar , A. Cammedda

25-28

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A note on genetic isolation of Mediterranean sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) suggested by mitochondrial DNA

Violaine Drouot, Martine Berube, Alexandre Gannier , John C. Goold , Robert J. Reid , Per J. Palsboll

29-32

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Abundance of Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) during summer off northwest Scotland

K. Macleod

33-40

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Status, ecology and conservation of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Malampaya Sound, Palawan, Philippines

Brian D. Smith, Isabel Beasley , Mariel Buccat , Victor Calderon , Roderick Evina , Joseph Lemmuel de Valle , Angela Cadigal , Emmalyn Tura , Zhuljakim Visitacion

41-52

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A review of animal and human health concerns during capture-release, handling and tagging of odontocetes

S. A. Norman , R. C. Hobbs , J. Foster, J. P. Schroeder, F. I. Townsend

53-62

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Behavioural responses of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to whalewatching boats near Isla de la Plata, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador

Meike Scheidat , Cristina Castro, Janira Gonzalez , Rob Williams

63-68

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Chronic interaction between humans and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins near Panama City Beach, Florida, USA

Amy Samuels, Lars Bejder

69-77

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Geographic and temporal variations in strandings of beaked whales (Ziphiidae) on the coasts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland from 1800-2002

Colin D. MacLeod , Graham J. Pierce , M. Begona Santos

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Cetacean strandings in Oregon and Washington between 1930 and 2002

S. A. Norman , C. E. Bowlby , M. S. Brancato , J. Calambokidis, D. Duffield, P. J. Gearin, T. A. Gornall, M. E. Gosho, B. Hanson, J. Hodder, S. J. Jeffries, B. Lagerquist, D. M. Lambourn, B. Mate, B. Norberg, R. W. Osborne, J. A. Rash, S. Riemer, J. Scordino

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Winter distribution and abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Northeastern Brazil

Alexandre N. Zerbini , Artur Andriolo , Jesuina M. da Rocha , Paulo Cesar Simoes-Lopes, Salvatore Siciliano , Jose Luiz Pizzorno, Janice M. Waite , Douglas P. DeMaster , Glenn R. VanBlaricom

101-107

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