The Whale Problem

Published by Harvard University Press 1974

The Whale Problem

A Status Report

Edited by: William E. Schevill
In collaboration with: G. Carleton Ray and Kenneth S. Norris

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674367128

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Whales--are they destined for immediate extinction or will a workable method of controlling their harvest soon appear? In an attempt to answer these and other biological questions related to whaling, the U.S. Department of the Interior, New York Zoological Society, Smithsonian Institution, International Biological Program, and several other organizations sponsored an international conference on the biology of whales in June 1971. The conference brought together experts on cetacean biology and population dynamics of whale stocks and relevant aspects of their biology. This volume collects papers written for that conference by nineteen authors representing eight nations.

The topics discussed include cetacean biology and natural history; methods of estimating the numbers of whales; population counts before, during, and after intensive whaling; recovery rates as whaling diminishes or stops; improved ways of managing whales as a resource; and suggestions for further research. There is in addition a historical chapter on the International Whaling Commission, its failures and its positive accomplishments.

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Schevill William E. :

William E. Schevill is at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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General Interest

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CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PART ONE. Conference Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WHALES IN RELATION TO BASIC PRODUCTIVITY J. A. Gulland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER 2. STATUS OF THE WHALE POPULATIONS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND CURRENT RESEARCH Peter B. Best Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
CHAPTER 3. A. THE FIN AND SEI WHALE STOCKS OFF DURBAN Ray Gambell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapte 3 Β. SPERM WHALES OFF DURBAN Ray Gambell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
CHAPTER 4. ON WHALE EXPLOITATION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Age Jonsgärd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
CHAPTER 5. PRESENT STATUS OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FIN AND OTHER WHALE STOCKS* Edward Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
CHAPTER 6. WHALES AND WHALE RESEARCH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC Dale W. Rice Dale W. Rice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
CHAPTER 7. RESEARCH ON WHALE BIOLOGY OF JAPAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NORTH PACIFIC STOCKS Hideo Omura and Seiji Ohsumi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
CHAPTER 8. BALEEN WHALES OFF CONTINENTAL CHILE Anelio Aguayo L. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
CHAPTER 9. STATUS OF ANTARCTIC RORQUAL STOCKS D. G. Chapman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
CHAPTER 10. WHALE POPULATIONS AND CURRENT RESEARCH OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA J. L. Bannister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
CHAPTER 11. THE BIOLOGY OF THE SPERM WHALE AS IT RELATES TO STOCK MANAGEMENT Peter B. Best Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
CHAPTER 12. THE RELATION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES TO THEIR MANAGEMENT G. A. Bartholomew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
CHAPTER 13. THE ROLE AND HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION J. L. McHugh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
CHAPTER 14. ESTIMATION OF POPULATION PARAMETERS OF ANTARCTIC BALEEN WHALES D. G. Chapman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	336
CHAPTER 16. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHALE SIGHTING THEORY Takeyuki Doi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
CHAPTER 17. REFLECTIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WHALING Scott McVay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
CHAPTER 18. RADIO-TELEMETRIC STUDIES OF TWO SPECIES OF SMALL ODONTOCETE CETACEANS W. E. Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
CHAPTER 19. NEW TAGGING AND TRACKING METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGY AND MIGRATION Kenneth S. Norris, William E. Evans and G. Carleton Ray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
GLOSSARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	416
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1974
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 419
Illustrations
- Other: 1 Frontispiz, zahlr. Abb.
Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology; Whales.; Wildlife conservation.; Cetacea -- congresses.; Schevill, William Edward, 1906-

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Published: February 5, 1974
ISBN: 9780674366602