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A, Urban-Ramirez J (2000) Multi-modal surveys of
fin whales in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America 108:2539. |
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Flinn RD, Trites AW, Gregr
EJ, Perry RI (2002) Diets of fin, sei, and sperm
whales in British Columbia: An analysis of commercial
whaling records, 1963-1967. Marine Mammal Science
18:663-679.
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BS, Clapham PJ, Powell JA (2002) National Audobon Society
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Gregr EJ, Nichol L, Ford JKB,
Ellis G, Trites AW (2000) Migration and population
structure of northeastern Pacific whales off coastal
British Columbia: An analysis of commercial whaling
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Reeves RR, Smith BD, Crespo
EA, di Sciara GN (2003) Dolphins, Whales and Porpoises:
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Cetaceans. IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group. IUCN,
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| Website
Links |
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American
Cetacean Society, Cetacean Fact Packs. http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/
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Center
for Integrated Marine Technologies (CIMT), Wind
to Whales Program.
http://cimt.ucsc.edu/
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Department
of the Navy, SURTASS LFA, Scientific Research on
whale reaction to LFA
http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/Research/index.htm
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Environment
Canada, Special status species, Fin Whale.
http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=87
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International
Whaling Commission (IWC), Special Permit Catches
since 1985.
http://www.iwcoffice.org/_documents/table_permit.htm
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International
Whaling Commission, Lives of Whales.
http://www.iwcoffice.org/conservation/lives.htm
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NOAA
Fisheries, Protected Resources Division, Cetaceans.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/
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NOAA,
Office of Protected Resources, Stock Assessment
Reports.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Stock_Assessment_Program/sars.html
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NOAA,
Office of Protected Resources, Take Reduction Teams.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR2/Fisheries_Interactions/TRT.htm#PacificOffshoreTRT
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NOAA,
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Bioacoustics
- Monitoring marine mammals using acoustics.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/bioacoustics.html
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Witness
for the Whales, DNA Surveillance, Species identification
with DNA.
http://www.cebl.auckland.ac.nz:9000/ |
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| Maps |
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Figure 1. The worldwide geographic
distribution of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus.3
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full-size figure (1 MB PDF). |
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Figure 2. Sightings and group
sizes (where available) for fin whales from Southwest
Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) ship surveys 1991-2001
and seven surveys of marine mammals compiled in
the Computer Database Analysis System (CDAS) v2.1,
1975-1997 (reprinted from NCCOS 2005; see Figures 6.1.2 of that report for actual transects lines surveyed by SWFSC and Figure 6.1.5 for the survey effort of the surveys in the CDAS).4
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| Images |
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Fin whale with biopsy dart. Photo: Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, La Jolla, California. http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/.
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Fin whale on the surface. Photo: Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, La Jolla, California. http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/.
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Fin whale blow. Photo: Protected Resouces Division, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, La Jolla, California. http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/.
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| More images
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NOAA, National Marine Mammal
Laboratory, Cetaceans Photo Gallery.
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/gallery/cetaceans.htm
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NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Protected Resources Division - Photo
Gallery.
http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/photo/gallery.html
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