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.v8i1

Published: 2006-01-01

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Contents Editorial

Articles

Review of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary: Marine Protected Areas in the context of the International Whaling Commission Sanctuary Programme

Mark A. Zacharias, Leah R. Gerber, K. David Hyrenbach

1-12

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Model-based abundance estimates for bottlenose dolphins off southern Spain: implications for conservation and management

A. Canadas, P. S. Hammond

13-27

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Stock identity of a humpback whale taken in a southeastern Caribbean hunt

Jooke Robbins , Judith M. Allen , Phillip J. Clapham , David K. Mattila

29-31

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History of Bermuda shore whaling, mainly for humpback whales

Randall R. Reeves, Matthew G. McKenzie , Tim D. Smith

33-43

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An approach to minimise bias in estimation of the lengthfrequency distribution of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from aerial photogrammetric data

W. R. Koski , D. J. Rugh , A. E. Punt , J. Zeh

45-54

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Biogeographic characterisation of blue whale song worldwide: using song to identify populations

Mark A. McDonald, Sarah L. Mesnick , John A. Hildebrand

55-65

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Bycatch of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnet fisheries of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, 2000-02

Veronique Lesage , Joanne Keays , Samuel Turgeon , Sylvain Hurtubise

67-78

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The effect of line-transect placement in a coastal distance sampling survey

Sam Du Fresne, David Fletcher , Steve Dawson

79-85

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Distribution and encounter rates of the river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis boliviensis) in the central Bolivian Amazon

E. Aliaga-Rossel, T. L. McGuire, H. Hamilton

87-92

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Abundance and distributional ecology of cetaceans in the central Philippines

M. Louella L. Dolar , William F. Perrin , Barbara L. Taylor , Gerald L. Kooyman , Moonyeen N. R. Alava

93-111

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A note on the occurrence of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off Peru, 1995-2002

Ignacio Garcia-Godos

113-119

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