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A preliminary list of document titles for SC61 in pdf format is available HERE.

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BY SC CATEGORY
Author and Title	Link	Kb
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE PLENARY DOCUMENTS
western North Pacific common minke whales (NPM)
1 AN et al. Cruise report of the Korean cetacean sighting survey in the Yellow Sea...	HERE	604
2 AN et al. Abundance information of common minke whales in the Yellow Sea and the..	HERE	1541
3 CHOI et al. Plan for the Koran sighting survey in the East Sea in 2010	HERE	310
4 GOTO et al. Update of the mitochondrial DNA analysis on sub-stock structure of the...	HERE	176
5 OKAMURA et al. Revised estimate of g(0) for the North Pacific minke whale	HERE	594
6 KITAKADO et al. Integration of abundance estimates for common minke whales in...	HERE	180
8 KANDA et al. Update of the microsatellite DNA analysis on sub-stock structure of the...	HERE	348
7 MIYASHITA et al. Abundance of the J-stock common minke whales in the Sea of...	HERE	1017
9 GOTO Stock structure scenario of common minke whales from the Japanese waters...	HERE	28
Revised Management Procedure (RMP)
Rep3 Report of the 2nd intersessional Workshop of the North Atlantic Fin Whale...                                                                                             CPUE plots                                                                                             Conditioning plots	HERE HERE HERE	1329 49 443
Rep6 Report of the Intersessional Workshop on MSYR for Baleen Whales	HERE	348
1 PUNT Note Related to Determining “Abrupt Changes in Abundance” in Simulation...	HERE	46
2 BØTHUN et al. Abundance of minke whales in the Northeast Atlantic based on...	HERE	801
3 BØTHUN et al. Description and performance of an automatic duplicate identification...	HERE	508
4 BØTHUN et al. Further analysis of measurement error in radial distance	HERE	226
5 SKAUG Inferring spatial cluster structure from line transect data	HERE	1333
6 SKAUG et al. A comparison of observed surfacing rates in minke whales between...	HERE	31
7 ØIEN Summary of available data on northeastern Atlantic minke whale surfacing...	HERE	256
8 ØIEN Report of the Norwegian 2008 survey for common minke whales in the small...	HERE	449
9 VIKINGSSON et al. Thoughts on NA fin RMP implementation... [NOT ELECTRONICALLY]    Addendum to SC/61/RMP9	HERE HERE	51 33
10 MACLEOD et al. Distribution and Abundance of Fin whales and other baleen...	HERE	480
11 GUNNLAUGSSON et al. Aerial survey in Faxaflói, Southwest Iceland in 2008, report...	HERE	1136
12 PAXTON et al. Mark-Recapture Distance Sampling Estimate of Minke Whales from...	HERE	352
13 COOKE Further analyses of the effects of environmental variability on the....	HERE	149
Aboriginal Whaling Management Procedure  (AWMP)
Rep5 Report of 2nd AWMP Workshop on Greenlandic Fisheries	HERE	333
1 BREIWICK et al. Revised Methods for Estimating Abundance of the Eastern North...	HERE	67
2 BRANDON et al. Assessment of the eastern stock of North Pacific gray whales...	HERE	523
3 BRANDON et al. Testing the SLA allowing environmental variability to influence...	HERE	310
4 HEIDE-JØRGENSEN et al. Revised estimates of minke whale abundance in West...	HERE	469
5 WITTING et al. Lower confidence bound on population status from catch sex ratio...	HERE	358
6 CLAPHAM et al. Calculation of the yield of meat and other products from fin and...	HERE	88
7 BRANDÃO et al. Yet further results for lower confidence limits for the abundance of...	HERE	358
8 WITTING Yield and need conversion in the Greenland take of minke and fin whales	HERE	421
Bycatch (BC)
1 RITTER Collisions of sailing vessels with cetaceans worldwide: First insights into a...	HERE	181
2 PANIGADA et al. Ship strikes in the Mediterranean Sea: assessment and...	HERE	66
3 ROBBINS et al. Entanglement frequency and impacts among Gulf of Maine...	HERE	46
4 MARCONDES et al. Ship strikes with humpback whales in Brazil	HERE	4734
5  FÉLIX A new case of ship strike with a Bryde’s whale in Ecuador	HERE	278
6 GAUFFIER An update of fin whales migration through intense maritime traffic in the...	HERE	37
7 BROWNELL JR et al. Vessel collision with a large whale off southern Chile	HERE	304
8 STEEL et al. Market surveys of whale meat in Japan 2008/2009. How many fin whales..	HERE	53
9 LEAPER et al. Update on the IWC ship strike database	HERE	28
Bowhead, right and gray whales (BRG)
1 GIVENS Spatio-temporal modeling of relative animal density using a long time...	HERE	2580
2 WIIG et al. Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard...	HERE	135
3 KOSKI et al. An update to feeding by bowhead whales near an offshore seismic...	HERE	939
4 IRELAND et al. Updated distribution and relative abundance of cetaceans in the...	HERE	939
5 LITOVKA et al. Investigations on Eastern Gray Whales Eschrichtius robustus...	HERE	850
6 SUYDAM et al. Subsistence harvest of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) by...	HERE	68
7 BICKHAM et al. Assessing molecular substitution patterns in the mitochondrial control..	HERE	849
8 BURDIN Status of western gray whales off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, in...	HERE	152
9 WELLER et al. The Incidence of Killer Whale Tooth Rakes on Western Gray Whales...	HERE	341
10 WELLER et al. Birth-intervals and sex composition of western gray whales...	HERE	193
11 PETTIS North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Annual Report Card (01 November...	HERE	75
12 ROSA et al. Update on 2008 collection activities related to "stinky" gray whales in...	HERE	94
13 ROSA et al. A summary of ongoing bowhead whale sensory research in Northern...	HERE	385
14 [NO PAPER]
15 ESPIRITO SANTO et al. Geostatistical density analysis of Southern right whale...	HERE	914
16 CLAPHAM et al. Update on North Pacific Right Whale Research	HERE	2293
17 BRANDON et al. Assessment of BCB bowheads: including estimates of calf...	HERE	334
18 UHART et al. Continuing southern right whale mortality events at Península...	HERE	683
19 SIRONI et al. Kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) feeding on southern right whales...	HERE	118
20 SADYKOVA et al. Migration ranks for bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) at...	HERE	351
21 SCHWEDER et al. Information is gained increasingly fast in capture-recapture...	HERE	166
22 ILYASHENKO How Isolated is the “Western” Gray Whale Population?	HERE	23
23 GEORGE et al. Preliminary report of the 2009 ice-based bowhead whale census	HERE	311
24 FADEEV Benthos studies in feeding grounds of western gray whales off the...	HERE	1152
25 VLADIMIROV et al. Distribution and abundance of western gray whales off the north...	HERE	770
26 TYURNEVAL et al. Photographic identification of the Korean Okhotsk gray whale...	HERE	2876
27 SWARTZ et al. Preliminary comparison of winter counts of gray whale in Laguna...	HERE	383
28 COOKE et al. Updated population assessment of western...[NOT RECEIVED]
29 [NO PAPER]
30 BROWNELL JR. et. al. The western gray whale population is distinct: a response to...	HERE	39
31 WELLER et al. A proposed research programme for satellite tagging western gray...	HERE	33
In-depth Assessments (IA)
Rep7 Report of the planning meeting for the 2008/2009 IWC SOWER cruise and...	HERE	416
Rep9 Report of the SOWER abundance workshop	HERE	1230
1 PUNT A Note Related to Additional Sensitivity Tests for the Southern Hemisphere...	HERE	53
2 PUNT Ageing Error Effect Size for the Southern Hemisphere minke whales	HERE	129
3 KELLY et al. An aerial survey for Antarctic minke whales in sea ice off east Antarctica...	HERE	1724
4 KELLY et al. A planned aerial survey for minke whales in east Antarctica during...	HERE	155
5 [NO PAPER]
6 OKAMURA et al. Abundance estimates and diagnostics of Antarctic minke whales...	HERE	1989
7 OKAMURA et al. Summary of simulation trials for Antarctic minke whale abundance...	HERE	696
8 KITAKADO et al. Estimation of additional variance for Antarctic minke whales based...	HERE	346
9 PALKA et al. Description of simulations of the IWC/SOWER Southern [NOT RECEIVED]
10 KLEPPE Robustness of the hazard probability model	HERE	244
11 KOCK The Occurrence of Cetaceans along two Transects from 57° S to Atka Bay...	HERE	641
12 BURT et al. Analysis of IO and BT search modes on the IWC-SOWER 2007/08...	HERE	81
13 LEAPER Photographic measurements of bearings to sightings and scanning...	HERE	136
14 BRAVINGTON et al. Antarctic minke whale abundance estimates from the second...	HERE	928
15 NISHIWAKA et al. Research plan proposal for the 2009/10... [NOT ELECTRONICALLY]
16 MATSUOKA et al. Influence  of sea ice concentration on...[NOT ELECTRONICALLY]
17 MURASE et al. Preliminary examination of the effect of timing[NOT ELECTRONICALLY]	HERE	254
18 BURT et al. Detection probability of Antarctic minke whales: analysis of the BT mode	HERE	351
19 ENSOR et al. 2008-2009 IWC-SOWER cruise	HERE	928
20 MIKHALEV et al. Falsification of Soviet whaling data after the introduction of the...      Erratum for SC/61/IA20	HERE HERE	765 733
21 BROWNELL JR. et al. Implications of SC/61/IA20	HERE	35
Southern Hemisphere assessments (SH)
Rep8 Report of the intersesssional meeting on Southern Hemisphere humpback...	HERE	313
1 FÉLIX Genetic diversity and population structure of humpback whales (Megaptera...	HERE	206
2 FÉLIX et al. Distribution and seasonal occurrence of humpback whales (Megaptera...	HERE	259
3 MATSUOKA et al. Summary of photo-ID information of blue whales collected by...	HERE	50
4 [NO PAPER]
5 [NO PAPER]
6 CARVALHO et al. Temporal patterns of population structure of humpback whale...	HERE	365
7 CERCHIO et al. Updated estimates of abundance for humpback whale breeding...	HERE	384
8 RAZAFINDRAKOT et al. Similarity of song patterns among humpback whales from...	HERE	787
9 MURRAY et al. Comparison of humpback whales in the southern Indian Ocean...	HERE	4463
10 PATON et al. Abundance estimate of Australian east coast humpback whales...	HERE	355
11 ALLEN et al. Interim Report: IWC Research Contract 16, Antarctic Humpback...	HERE	67
5 [NO PAPER]
13 ALBERTSON-GIBB et al. Photo-identification comparison of humpback whales from...	HERE	83
14 ALBERTSON-GIBB et al. Capture-recapture estimation of abundance for humpback...     Errata for SC/61/SH14	HERE HERE	1142 124
15 BAKER et al. Report of the Annual Meeting of the South Pacific Whale Research...	HERE	152
16 GEDAMKE et al. Geographic variation in Southern Ocean fin whale song	HERE	376
17 GALES et al. Satellite tracking of southbound East Australian humpback whales...	HERE	399
18 FÉLIX et al. Movements of humpback whales between Ecuador and central America	HERE	193
19 OLSON Blue whale photo-identification from IWC IDCR/SOWER surveys	HERE	38
20 KELLY Characterising feeding ground habitat of baleen whales in East Antarctica...	HERE	16
21 GALLETTE et al. First aerial surveys to estimate abundance of blue whales off...	HERE	21
22 GALLETTI VERNAZZANIL et al. Blue whales off Isle de Chiloe: update of 2009 field...	HERE	21
23 HEDLEY et al. Group IV Humpback Whales: Abundance estimates from aerial and...	HERE	503
24  FRANKLIN et al. Photo-identification comparison of humpback whale [NOT RECEIVED]
25 GIBSON et al. Status report: photo-identification of humpback whales at multiple...	HERE	65
27 JOHNSTON et al. Bayesian assessments using models which allow for interchange...	HERE	306
28 JOHNSTON et al. Simulation testing of the sabbatical model estimator for the...	HERE	60
30 CASTRO et al. Observations of humpback whales in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	HERE	62
31 FINDLAY et al. Allocations of catches of humpback whales (1904-1973) for the IWC...      Addendum to SC/61/SH31	HERE HERE	541 60
32 WILLIAMS et al. Model-based abundance estimates and an assessment of...	HERE	248
33 WILLIAMS et al. Preliminary report on a survey to estimate abundance and...	HERE	353
Stock Definition/DNA (SD)
1 WAPLES et al. Under Development: Guidelines for the analysis of population...	HERE	106
2 CIPRIANO et al. A review of current knowledge of techniques to extract and amplify...	HERE	50
3 ROSS et al. GenBank sequence assessment for species assignment control region...	HERE	335
Environmental Concerns (E)
Rep4 Report of the Workshop on Cetaceans and Climate Change	HERE	1187
1 STACHOWITZCH et al. State of the cetacean environment report (SOCER)	HERE	380
2 OVIEDO Patterns of prey biomass consumption by small odontocetes in the...	HERE	1805
3 [NO PAPER]
4 MOON et al. Chlorinated and brominated organic compounds in cetaceans from...	HERE	565
5 MOON et al. Perfluorinated compounds in cetaceans from Korean coastal waters	HERE	365
6 WRIGHT et al. A review of developing marine renewable technologies	HERE	1427
7 BROWN et al. A further update on the distributions of marine renewable energy...	HERE	641
8 ALTER et al. The tertiary threat: human mediated impacts of climate change on...	HERE	201
9 KOSKI et al. A Review and Inventory of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Detection and...	HERE	233
10 CLARK et al. Acoustic masking in marine ecosystems as a function of anthropogenic..      Addendum to SC/61/E10	HERE HERE	625 79
11 [NO PAPER]
12 ROSA A summary of dead, stranded bowhead whales reported in the Chukchi and...	HERE	556
13 MARSILI et al. Success in fibroblast cell cultures from long-beaked common dolphin..	HERE	252
14 DE JESUS et al. A case of Lobomycosis in Guiana dolphin from Brazil [NOT RECEIVED]
15 WRIGHT A Workshop on Cumulative Impacts of Underwater Noise with Other...	HERE	47
16 WRIGHT Concerns related to chronic stress in marine mammals	HERE	68
17 FOSSI et al. Biomarker responses and contaminant levels in fin whale...	HERE	1174
18 FOSSI et al. Preliminary results of organochlorines levels and biomarker response...	HERE	357
19 LEAPER et al. Possible steps towards reducing impacts of shipping noise	HERE	157
20 GAUFFIER et al. Estimating the consequences of the 2006-07 morbillivirus epizootic...	HERE	178
21 KOSCHINSKI et al. Underwater Unexploded Ordnance – Methods for a Cetacean...	HERE	344
Small Cetaceans (SM)
1 BROWNELL et al. Mass stranding events of pygmy killer whales from Taiwan and...	HERE	66
2 OVEIDO et al Abundance and distribution of common dolphins, Delphinus spp., off...	HERE	704
3 FERNÁNDEZ et al. Distribution and abundance of Delphinus delphis off the Southern...	HERE	1151
4 [NO PAPER]
5 READ et al. Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Galicia, NW Spain: distribution...	HERE	175
6 CAÑADAS et al. Abundance and distribution of common dolphins in the offshore NE...	HERE	673
7 PANIGADA et al. Winter abundance of striped dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary...	HERE	280
8 FERNANDEZ et al. Differences in spatial distribution of two small delphinids...	HERE	238
9 ØIEN et al. Common dolphins in Norwegian waters	HERE	144
10 KELLY et al. A description of observed in Vincennes Bay, Eastern Antartctica	HERE	1005
11 AMARAL et al. Worldwide phylogeography of the genus delphinus revisited	HERE	583
12 WESTGATE et al. Summary of current knowledge of short-beaked common dolphins...	HERE	258
13 RIBEIRO et al. Common bottlenose dolphin occurrence, distribution and...	HERE	317
14 BROPHY et al. The diet and feeding ecology of the short-beaked common dolphin...	HERE	317
15 CERCHIO et al Coastal dolphin hunting in the south of Madagascar: status of...	HERE	720
16 VIERA et al. Occurrence and relative abundance of common dolphins in three sites...	HERE	308
17 BRITO et al. Historical accounts about the occurrence and capture of common...	HERE	544
18 BRITO et al. Captures of “toninhas” in Angola during the 20th century	HERE	207
19 WINSHIP et al. Preliminary assessment and bycatch limits for northeast Atlantic...	HERE	1536
20 STOCKIN et al. The status of common dolphins in New Zealand waters	HERE	425
21 SHADBOLT et al. A review of the status and major threats to narwhal [NOT RECEIVED]
22 CREMER et al. Reviewing the status of the franciscana populatation [NOT RECEIVED]
23 JARAMILLO-LEGORRETA et al. Report of vaquita expedition 2008 and current...	HERE	299
24 FLORES et al. REvisiting the conservation status of Guiana dolphin [NOT RECEIVED]
25 LAURIANO et al. Abundance estimate of striped dolphins in the Pelagos Sanctuary...	HERE	180
26 AINLEY et al. An apparent decrease in the prevalence of “Ross Sea killer whales”...	HERE	285
27 MIRIMIN et al. Population genetic structure of common dolphins in the North-east...	HERE	210
28 QUINTANA-RIZZO Human-related problems affecting wild dolphin populations in...	HERE	16
29 DINIS et al. An evaluation of common dolphin distribution, occurrence and...	HERE	142
30 FERNANDEZ-CONTRERAS et al. Incidental bycatch of short-beaked common dolphins..	HERE	92
31 [NO PAPER]
32 BOLANOS-JIMINEZ Preliminary assessment of the abundance of Atlantic spotted...	HERE	141
33 NORTHRIDGE et al. Common dolphin bycatch in UK fisheries	HERE	34
34 CAURANT et al. The use of ecological tracers for discriminating dolphin population...	HERE	1230
35 LAWSON et al. A note on the distribution of short-beaked common dolphins...	HERE	867
36 BJORGE et al. Report on the bycatch of cetaceans in Norwegian fisheries, 2006-08	HERE	17
37 NORTHRIDGE et al. Common dolphin bycatch in UK fisheries	HERE	46
Ecosystem Modelling (EM)
Rep2 Report of the Joint CCAMLR-IWC Workshop...	HERE	976
1 RUEGG et al. Have Antarctic minke whales increased in abundance because of 20th...	HERE	637
Whalewatching (WW)
1 SCARPACI et al. Recent advances in whalewatching research: 2008-2009	HERE	101
2 LUKSENBURG et al. The effects of aircraft on cetaceans: implications for aerial...	HERE	124
3 WEINRICH Are behavioural data from whalewatch boats biased?	HERE	121
4 AVILA et al. Characterization of whalewatching and its effect on... [NOT RECEIVED]
5 ANDREU et al. Long-finned pilot whale (globicephala melas) response to whale...	HERE	196
6 SCHAFFAR et al. Avoidance of whale watching boats by humpback whales in their...	HERE	229
7 ROBBINS et al. An online database for worldwide tracking of commercial whale...	HERE	202
8 FLORES et al. Insights on dolphinwatching in Brazil [NOT RECEIVED]
9 GROCH et al. Development of whalewatching activities in southern Brazil...	HERE	202
10 SIRONI et al.  New regulations for sustainable whalewatching at Península Valdés...	HERE	79
11 ELEJABEITIA et al. Review of whalewatching activities in mainland Portugal, the...	HERE	9002
12 LESLIE et al. Report of responsible whaling watching workshop	HERE	35
Scientific Committee process (SCP)
1 GALES et al. Comments on the implementation of the Annex P process in the JARPN...	HERE	45
JARPN II Review (JR)
Rep1 The Report of the Expert Workshop to review the ongoing JARPN II Programme	HERE	853
1 PASTENE et al. Response to the ‘Report of the Expert Workshop to Review the...	HERE	253
2 TAMURA et al. Some examinations of uncertainties in the prey consumption...	HERE	348
3 YASUNAGA et al. Additional analyses of temporal trends and factors affecting...	HERE	173
4 YASUNAGA et al. Additional analyses of temporal trends and factors affecting PCB...	HERE	102
5 KANDA et al. Update of the analyses on individual identification and mixing of J...	HERE	219
6 HAKAMADA et al. Further morphometric analysis on stock structure in the western...	HERE	29
7 GOTO et al. Further mitochondrial DNA analysis on stock structure in the western...	HERE	356
8 KANDA et al. Further microsatellite analysis of common minke whales in the...	HERE	828
9 HAKAMADA Additional analyses on the effects on J-stock of future JARPN II...	HERE	57
Other (O)
1 WAPLES et al. Towards a scientific framework for assessing lethal vs non-lethal...	HERE	39
2 SKAUG et al. The effect of heterogeneity in line transect surveys with discrete cues	HERE	299
3 NISHIWAKI et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the...[NOT ELECTRONICALLY]
4 TAMURA et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese whale research...	HERE	1293
5 YOSHIDA et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese whale research...	HERE	331
6 YASUNAGA et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese whale research...	HERE	415
7 YOSHIDA et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese whale research...	HERE	141
8 KATO et al. Status report of the conservation and researches on the Western gray...	HERE	89
9 RIBEIRO et al. Cetaceans monitoring programme in the waters of the Madeira...	HERE	149
10 VIKINGSSON et al. Research Programme on common minke whales in Icelandic...	HERE	116
11 CARREIRA et al. Madeira Whale Museum Educational... [NOT ELECTRONICALLY]
12 ALVES et al. Compilation of scientific literature of cetaceans.. [NOT ELECTRONICALLY]
13 RINALDI et al. First re-sighting of a humpback whale between[NOT ELECTRONICALLY]
14 AINLEY A history of the exploitation of the Ross Sea, Antarctica	HERE	241
15 HAKAMADA et al. Examination of the effects of planned takes by Japanese small...	HERE	617
16 CHILDERHOUSE Report of the planning workshop of the SORP	HERE	542
17 CHILDERHOUSE Summary of outcomes from the planning workshop of the SORP	HERE	132
18 KISZKA et al. Cetaceans in the southwest Indian Ocean: a review of diversity...	HERE	362
19 SREMBA et al. The minimum historical abundance (Nmin) of Antarctic blue whales...	HERE	167
20 Executive Summary: First international conference on MMPAs	HERE	687