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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE PLENARY DOCUMENTS
Draft Agenda	HERE
COMMISSION-RELATED DOCUMENTS
IWC63/4 Cooperation with other Organisations	HERE
CC3 Report of the Working Group on Whalewatching (Argentina)	HERE
CC6 Report of the IWC Workshop on Whalewatching	HERE
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE INTERSESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
SC/D10/NPM5 Non-genetic data are not consistent with sub-divisions of J and O stocks common minke whales around Japan	HERE
SC/D10/NPM7 Length composition and sex ratio of western North Pacific minke whales and their consistencies with stock structure hypotheses	HERE
SC/D10/NPM8 Genetic and non-genetic analyses of North Pacific common minke whales under newly defined sub-areas	HERE
SC/M11/AWMP3 Results of Surveys of Northbound Gray Whale Calves 2001-2010 and Examination of the Full Seventeen Year Series of Estimates from the Piedras Blancas Light Station	HERE
SC/M11/AWMP4 Assessment of stock structure among gray whales utilizing feeding grounds in the Eastern North Pacific	HERE
Revised Management Procedure (RMP)
Rep3 Report of the First RMP Intersessional Workshop for WNP common... | Errata	HERE
1 PAMPOULIE et al. Mother-fetus pair analyzes in the Atlantic fin whale Balaenoptera...	HERE
2 GUNNLAUGSSON. The use of the first or last distance to cetacean sightings from line...	HERE
3 ØIEN. Report of the Norwegian 2010 survey for minke whales within the Small Management...	HERE
4 GUNNLAUGSSON Time trend in Discovery mark returns from North Atlantic fin whales ...	HERE
5 GUNNLAUGSSON. A note on sex difference in relatedness studies in relation to North...	HERE
6 CHRISTIANSEN et al. Inferring surface time of Minke whales from intersurfacing interval...	HERE
7 WAPLES Can evidence for spatial and/or temporal genetic heterogeneity of North Pacific...	HERE
8 WADE et al. A summary of the plausibility of western North Pacific minke whale stock...	HERE
9 YOSHIDA et al. Cruise report of the sighting and biopsy sampling survey in the Okhotsk...	HERE
10 KISHIRO  et al. Satellite tracking of a common minke whale in the coastal waters off...	HERE
11 MIYASHITA and OKAMURA. Abundance estimates of common minke whales using the...	HERE
12 MATSUOKA et al. Research plan for the common minke whale sighting surveys in...	HERE
13 KISHIRO  et al. Research plan of the ongoing sighting and biopsy sampling survey for...	HERE
14 KISHIRO  et al. Research plan of the ongoing sighting and satellite tagging survey for...	HERE
15 STEEL et al. Genetic identity of North Pacific minke whales from Korean bycatch....	HERE
16 BAKER et al. Stock structure of western North Pacific minke whales based on mtDNA..	HERE
17 SLIKAS et al. Investigation of Hardy-Weinberg equilibria and population differentiation...	HERE
18 HAKAMADA et al. Abundance estimation for the western North Pacific common minke...	HERE
19 ELVARSSON. Notes on the performance stock structure hypotheses III and IV used in the...	HERE
20 COOKE. Bayesian meta-analysis of inter-annual variance and serial correlation in calving...	HERE
21 PASTENE et al. A brief background of the RMP Implementations for western North ...	HERE
22 PASTENE et al. Ranking the plausibility of stock structure hypotheses of western North...	HERE
23 GAGGIOTTI et al. Stock structure of North Pacific minke whales as revealed by Principal...	HERE
24 HAMMOND et al. Abundance of baleen whales in the European Atlantic	HERE
25 DE LA MARE A note on some implications of inter-specific competition when estimating...	HERE
26 COOKE. Further analyses of the expected relationship between variability in reproductive...	HERE
27 YONG-ROCK et al. Cruise report of the Korean cetacean sighting survey in the East Sea...	HERE
28 YONG-ROCK et al. Abundance estimation of western north pacific Minke whales...	HERE
29 SEOK-GWAN et al. Plan for the korean sighting survey in the East sea, 2012	HERE
30 BRANDON et al. Two alternative approaches to the meta-analysis of environmental...	HERE
Additional Materials:
Aldrin 2008.pdf | SC-57-RMP3.pdf | SC-58-RMP6.pdf | SC-58-RMP7.pdf | SC-59-RMP4.pdf
cpue_okamura.pdf |
Aboriginal Whaling Management Procedure  (AWMP)
AWMP 13 Working Paper (password-protected)	HERE
AWMP pre-meeting draft Agenda	HERE
Rep2 Report of the 2011 AWMP Workshop with a focus on eastern gray whales	HERE
1 SCORDINO et al. What is the PCFG? A review of available information	HERE
2 WITTING On population dynamics of West Greenland humpback whales	HERE
3 WITTING On population dynamics of eastern Canada - West Greenland bowhead whales	HERE
4 PUNT Revised ENP Gray Whale Trials and Initial Conditioning Results	HERE
5 BRANDAO et al. A proposed model transformation to circumvent problems encountered with..	HERE
Bycatch (BC)
1 MOORE et al. Partitioning variance components and reporting rates to estimate ....	HERE
2 RICHARDSON et al. Whale surprise encounters and near misses: proxies of vessel...	HERE
3 PANIGADA et al. A note on the use of aerial surveys to estimate large whales’ density...	HERE
4 LEAPER AND PANIGADA. Some considerations on the use of AIS data to estimate shipping...	HERE
5 LEAPER et al. Update on IWC ship strike database	HERE
Bowhead, right and gray whales (BRG)
1 GIVENS et al. Estimation of detection probabilities from the 2010 ice-based independent...	HERE
2 SUYDAM etal. Subsistence harvest of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) by...	HERE
3 GEORGE et al. Report of the 2010 bowhead whale survey at barrow with emphasis on...	HERE
4 JENKERSON et al. Sound levels associated with pile installation in waters offshore from...	HERE
5 ROSA etal. Age estimates based on aspartic acid racemization for bowhead whales...	HERE
6 WELLER et al. Movements of western gray whales from the Okhotsk Sea to the eastern...	HERE
7 DURBAN et al. Abundance indices of eastern North Pacific gray whales from...	HERE
8 BURDIN et al. Status of western gray whales off northeastern Sakhalin Island and...	HERE
10 LANG et al. Genetic analysis of stock structure and movements of gray whales in the...	HERE
11 BELGRANO et al. First Southern right whale aerial surveys in Golfo San Jorge....	HERE
12 TYURNEVA et al. Results of photographic identification study of the Gray whale...	HERE
13 BICKHAM et al. Assessing molecular substitution patterns in the mitochondrial control ....	HERE
14 BICKHAM et al. Molecular Assessment of Sex Chromosome Polymorphisms in the..	HERE
15 FADEEV. Benthos studies in feeding grounds of western gray whales off the northeast...	HERE
16 BLOKHIN et al. Investigations on Eastern gray whales Eschrichtius robustus in...	HERE
17 IÑÍGUEZ et al. A southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, entangled in a kayak...	HERE
18 WIIG et al. Population estimates of mark and recaptured genotyped bowhead whales...	HERE
19 PETERS et al. Interim report on the development of a Southern Ocean right whale...	HERE
20 BURDIN 2010 Western Gray whale pre-tagging study	HERE
21 VLADIMIROV et al. Distribution and abundance of western gray whales off northeast...	HERE
23 MATE et al. Late-Feeding Season Movements of a Western North Pacific Gray Whale...	HERE
24 ILYASHENKO. Gray Whale re-inhabits former species area	HERE
25 URBAN et al. Report of the gray whales censuses in San Ignacio and Ojo de Liebre...	HERE
26 ROZHNOV et al. Preliminary results Research Program of the Okhotsk-Korean Gray...	HERE
In-depth Assessments (IA)
Rep4 Report of the Intersessional IA Workshop on estimating abundance of Antarctic...	HERE
Rep5 Report of the Workshop on Planning for an IWC co-ordinated North Pacific...	HERE
1 PUNT. Further Analyses Related to the Application of Statistical Catch-at-age Analysis to...	HERE
2 SICILIANO et al. Antarctic Minke Whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) near the Equator...	HERE
3 KELLY et al. Analysis of minke whale sighting data from aerial surveys over pack...	HERE
4 KELLY et al. Attempts to detect whales in East Antarctica using aerial photographs	HERE
6 PEEL et al. Standardisation of IDCR/SOWER Sightability Variable	HERE
7 SCHWEDER et al. Dynamic population segregation by genetics and morphometrics in....	HERE
8 OKAMURA et al. Abundance estimates for Antarctic minke whales using the OK method...	HERE
9 MURASE et al. Open sea area in the south of the ice edge in IDCR/SOWER CPII and CPIII	HERE
10 MURASE et al. Day after sea ice melt index in IDCR/SOWER CPII and CPIII	HERE
11 MURASE et al. Changes in baleen whale distribution patterns between CPII and CPIII	HERE
12 KANDA et al. Stock identity of sei whales in the central North Pacific based on micro...	HERE
13 HAKAMADA et al. Preliminary estimation of North Pacific sei whale abundance derived...	HERE
14 WILLIAMS et al. Density of Antarctic minke whales in Weddell Sea from helicopter...	HERE
15 BRAVINGTON. A hybrid spatial-and-hazard-prob model for sower minke data	HERE
Southern Hemisphere assessments (SH)
Rep6 Final Report on the Assessment of the Southern Hemisphere Humpback...	HERE
1 SICILIANO et al. An unusual mortality of humpback whales in 2010 on the central..	HERE
2 SICILIANO et al. Large baleen whales on the coast of Brazil: a review .......	HERE
3 KELLY et al. Strategies to obtain a new abundance estimate for Antarctic blue whales...	HERE
4 STEVICK et al. First record of inter-oceanic movement of a humpback whale between ....	HERE
5 ALLEN et al. Interim Report: IWC Research Contract 16, Antarctic Humpback Whale....	HERE
6 VERNAZZANI, et al. Chilean blue whales off Isla Grande de Chiloe, 2004-2010....	HERE
7 VERNAZZANI. Abundance estimates of Chilean blue whales by mark-recapture techniques...	HERE
8 VERNAZZANI AND CABRERA. Long term mark-recapture of blue whales in Chilean Waters	HERE
9 PASTENE. Preliminary mitochondrial DNA analysis of low and high latitude humpback whales...	HERE
10 STEELE et al. Initial genotype matching of humpback whales from the 2010 Australia	HERE
11 KAUFMAN et al. Photographic Evidence of Interchange Between East Australia (BS E-1) ....	HERE
12 SILVA et al. Mid-migration humpback whale feeding behavior off Eden, NSW, Australia	HERE
13 SREMBA et al. A minimum census of surviving maternal lineages among...	HERE
14 SICILIANO et al. Trindade Island, off Brazil, as a migratory destination for....	HERE
16 CONSTANTINE et al. Comprehensive photo-identification matching of Antarctic Area...	HERE
17 BEST. Where is the breeding ground for humpback whales from Breeding Stock B2?	HERE
18 CASTRO et al. A preliminary review of skin conditions and other body anomalies...	HERE
19 CASTRO et al. Comparison of the humpback whale catalogues between...	HERE
20 BARENDSE et al. The use of double marks to examine potential sources of capture....	HERE
21 BARENDSE et al. A preliminary comparison of humpback whale tail fluke images from ....	HERE
22 NOAD et al. Abundance estimates of the east Australian humpback whale population....	HERE
23 ZERBINI et al. An update on research on migratory routes and feeding destinations...	HERE
24 Report of the Annual Meeting of the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium	HERE
26 MULLER et al. Assessments of the Southern Hemisphere humpback whale Breeding ...	HERE
27 BALDWIN. Arabain Sea humpback whales 2011 update: resights, bubble feeding...	HERE
28 DULAU-DROUOT et al. Preliminary comparison of humpback whale photographic...	HERE
Additional Materials:
Breeding Stock D, E and F data.pdf | SC-57-SH15.pdf | SC-59-SH2.pdf | SC-62-SH18.pdf
SC-58-Rep 5_stock_hypotheses.pdf | SC-63-ForInfo35.pdf | SC-F09-SH8.pdf
Stock Definition/DNA (SD)
2 CIPRIANO. New materials and methods for streamlining whale product identification...	HERE
Environmental Concerns (E)
1 STACHOWITSCH et al. State of the Cetacean Environment Report (SOCER) 2010 ...	HERE
2 JAMES et al. A further commentary on the unprecedented expansion of marine wind ..	HERE
3 SIMMONDS. Eating Plastic: a preliminary evaluation of the impact on cetaceans of ingestion..	HERE
4 LYMAN et al. A summary of ship strikes and the operation of... (associated documents)	HERE
5 HALL et al. Assessing the Population Consequences of Pollutant Exposure to Cetaceans ...	HERE
6 FOSSI et al. Inter-species differences in biomarker responses and contaminant ...	HERE
7 CAGNAZZI et al. Preliminary results of anthropogenic contaminants in Queensland’s ...	HERE
8 MARSILI et al. Detection of pop levels in several Mediterranean species of cetaceans ...	HERE
9 DEBROT et al. The marine mammals of the Dutch Caribbean: a comparison between ...	HERE
11 GEDAMKE et al. Overview and Summary of Recent Research into the Potential Effects...	HERE
Small Cetaceans (SM)
Rep1 Report of the Workshop on Small Cetaceans and Climate Change	HERE
1 ØIEN and HARTVEDT Northern bottlenose whales Hyperoodon ampullatus in Norwegian and...	HERE
2 BOISSEAU et al. An acoustic survey for beaked whales in the Rockall Trough	HERE
3 HEVIA et al. Strandings of six beaked whales in Santa Cruz province, southern Argentina...	HERE
4 WHITEHEAD et al. Status of northern bottlenose whales...	HERE
5 COZZI et al. Strandings of beaked whales in the Italian waters: a perspective of 25...	HERE
6 LAURIANO et al. Monitoring density and abundance of cetaceans in the seas around...	HERE
7 MACLEOD et al. Distribution and abundance of Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Canyons of...	HERE
8 CANADAS, A. Updated draft assessment of the conservation status of Cuvier´s .....	HERE
9 ZERBINI et al. Assessing bias in abundance estimates from aerial surveys to improve...	HERE
10 CANADAS et al. Accobams collaborative effort to map high-use areas by beaked whales...	HERE
11 DABIN et al. tranded beaked whales in France: 1970-2010	HERE
12 MANNOCCI et al. Habitat preferences of Ziphiids: an analysis of physiographic variables...	HERE
13 CANADAS et al. Abundance and distribution of beaked whales in the European Atlantic	HERE
14 CANADAS Estimate of abundance of beaked whales in the Alboran Sea	HERE
15 QUIRÓS MIRANDA ET AL.  Methodology and analysis of gas embolism: Experimental...	HERE
16 ALLEN et al. Species review of Blainville’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris	HERE
17 ALLEN et al. Species review of Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris	HERE
18 BJØRGE et al. Estimated bycatch of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in two...	HERE
19 ROGAN et al. Preliminary analysis of beaked whale strandings in Ireland...	HERE
21 NORTHRIDGE. An overview of the state of bycatch monitoring and mitigation measures...	HERE
20 BROWNELL et al. True’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon mirus, in the North Atlantic...	HERE
22 JARAMILLO-LEGORRETA et al. Implementation of an acoustic monitoring scheme for ...	HERE
Ecosystem Modelling (EM)
1 AYDIN et al. Developing Ecosystem Assessment models for the North Pacific Fisheries..	HERE
2 ACQUARONE . Ecosystem modelling towards an Ecosystem based management within...	HERE
Whalewatching (WW)
1 SCARPACI et al. Recent advances in whale-watching research :2010-2011	HERE
2 CHRISTIASEN et al. Whalewatching boats disrupt the foraging activities of Minke whales...	HERE
3 KAUFMAN. Enhancing Platforms of Opportunity Data Collection Using Newly Developed...	HERE
4 LUSSEAU et al. Report on the first call for collaboration for LaWE	HERE
5 WILLIAMS et al. Stimulus-dependent response to disturbance affecting the activity of killer...	HERE
7 DE VOS et al. Submergence times and abundance estimation of blue whales off Sri Lanka	HERE
Scientific Committee process (SCP)
Other (O)
1 ISHIKAWA et al. Cruise Report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research...	HERE
2 YASUNAGA et al. Cruise Report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research...	HERE
3 BANDO et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program...	HERE
4 YOSHIDA et al. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research...	HERE
5 MATSUOKA et al. 2010 IWC/Japan Joint Cetacean Sighting Survey Cruise in the North Pacific	HERE
6 MATSUOKA et al. Cruise report of the 2010 cetacean sighting survey by the RV Yushin-Maru...	HERE
7 KATO et al. Proposal for the 2012 IWC/Japan joint Cetacean Sighting Survey	HERE
8 KATO et al. Status Report of Conservation Researches on the Western North Pacific...	HERE
9 DE MOURA et al. Stranding pattern of Bryde’s whales, Balaenoptera edeni, along the...	HERE
12 CHILDERHOUSE. Annual Report of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership 2010/11	HERE
13 CHILDERHOUSE. Revised Project outlines for the Southern Ocean Research Partnership	HERE
15 HAUKSSON Preliminary report on biological parameters for NA minke whales in Icelandic...	HERE
16 DE LA MARE Are reported trends in Antarctic minke whale body condition reliable?	HERE
17 AL-ROBAAE Review on the recorded (cetacean) Whales and dolphins from Arabian Gulf ...	HERE
18 MATSUOKA et al. Proposal for the cetacean sighting survey in the Antarctic in the 2011/12...	HERE
19 KERSHAW et al. New insights on the taxonomy and population structure of...	HERE
20 JENNER et al. Preliminary Report A Description of Cetaceans Observations during...	HERE
For Information (ForInfo)
2 GLOVER et al. Migration of Antarctic Minke Whales to the Arctic	HERE
58 Annex H Report of the Sub-Committee on Small Cetaceans 1989	HERE
66 MACLEOD et al. Geographic and temporal variations in strandings of beaked whales ...	HERE