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2017 年 12 月

その他調査による科学的貢献

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多くの科学論文は、他の研究機関の科学者と日本鯨類研究所の科学者との共同研究で生産されていま

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*Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kawamura, A., Kawasaki, M., Nishiwaki, S. and Kato, A. 1998. Diving behavior and performance of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in Fukuoka bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Marine Mammal Science 14(2): 209-220. 1999 (4) *Iino, Y. 1999. Treaty Implementation: the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. System Compliance in Ocean Management. Southeast Asian Programme in Ocean Law. Policy and Management: 189-193. *Pastene, L.A. and Shimada, H. 1999. Report of a sighting survey in Chile's Exclusive Economic Zone with comments on sei whale distribution. Anales Instituto Patagonia, Serie Cs. Nat. 27: 51-62. *Shimamura, M., Abe, H., Nikaido, M., Ohshima, K. and Okada, N. 1999. Genealogy of Families of SINEs in Cetaceans and Artiodactyls : The Presence of a Huge Superfamily of tRNAGlu-Derived Families of SINEs. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16(8): 1046-1060. *Yoshida, H. and Kato, H. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Bryde’s whales in the Western North Pacific and adjacent waters inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 15(4): 1269-1286. 2000 (3) *Goto, M. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. Response to “Scientific Whaling Source of illegal Products for Market” By Baker et al. Science 290: 1695-1696. *Otani, S., Naito, Y., Kato, A., Kawamura, A. 2000. Diving behavior and swimming speed of a free-ranging harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena. Marine Mammal Science 16(4): 811-814. *Takahashi, S., Le, L. T. H., Saeki, H., Nakatani, N., Tanabe, S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Accumulation of butyltin compounds and total tin in marine mammals. Water Science and Technology 42(7-8): 97-108. 2001 (4) *Abe, H., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Dewa, K. and Naito, E. 2001. Practical use of multiplex fluorescent PCR for cetacean sex identification. Marine Mammal Science 17(3): 657-664. Kanda, N., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2001. Some concerns for stock definition in minke whales. Paper SC/53/SD4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 7pp. Kato, H. and Tamura, T. 2001. Preliminary considerations on potential competition between southern bluefin tuna and marine mammals, especially cetaceans. CCSBT-ERS/O111/71 (unpublished). 8pp. *Yoshida, H., Yoshioka, M., Shirakihara, M. and Chow, S. 2001. Population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in coastal waters of Japan based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 82: 123-130. 2002 (6) Hakamada, T. and Matsuoka, K. 2002. An examination of the effect of alternative pooling strata in the estimation of abundance in the Antarctic minke whale. Paper SC/54/IA13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 27pp. *Konishi, K. and Sakurai, Y. 2002. Geographical variations in infection by larval Anisakis simplex and Contracaecum osculatum (Nematoda, Anisakidae) in walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma stocks off Hokkaido, Japan. Fisheries Science 68(3): 534-542. Matsuoka, K. and Hakamada, T. 2002. Applying alternative approach to Antarctic minke whale abundance estimation with an example for the part of Area IV using IWC/SOWER-1998/99 data. Paper SC/54/IA15 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 7pp.

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Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatu, F. and Kato, H. 2002. Overview of the minke whale sighting survey in IWC/IDCR and SOWER Antarctic cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. Paper SC/54/For Info 12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May (unpublished). 71pp. Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S., Hakamada, T. and Mori, M. 2002. Some considerations on key factors affecting sighting conditions on Antarctic minke whale abundance estimation parameters in the IWC/IDCR-SOWER surveys. Paper SC/54/IA17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 16pp. Shimada, H., Segawa, K. and Murase, H. 2002. A preliminary trial: estimation of the Antarctic minke whale abundance within the sea ice area incorporating IDCR/SOWER data with meteorological satellites data. Paper SC/54/IA19 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May (unpublished). 6pp. 2003 (6) Ensor, P., Matsuoka, K., Hirose, K., Ljungblad, D., Minami, K., Olson, P., Rankin, S., Stevick, P., Tsunekawa, M. and Ugarte, F. 2003. 2002-2003 International Whaling Commission-Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-SOWER) Circumpolar Cruise, Area V. Paper SC/55/IA1 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 65pp. Kato, H., Zenitani, R. and Sueyoshi, T. 2003. A western North Pacific gray whale carcass chanced to be found on the beach of Miyazaki, southern Japan in March 2002, with some skeletal measurements. Paper SC/55/BRG12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 7pp.

Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatu, F. and Kato, H. 2003. Overview of the minke whale sighting survey in IWC/IDCR and SOWER Antarctic cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. Paper SC/55/For Information 20 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 78pp. *Matsuoka, K., Ensor, P., Hakamada, T., Shimada, H., Nishiwaki, S., Kasamatsu, F. and Kato, H. 2003. Overview of the minke whale sighting survey in IWC/IDCR and SOWER cruises from 1978/79 to 2000/01. J. Cetacean Res. Manage 5(2): 173-201. Shimada, H. and Murase, H. 2003. Further examination of sea ice condition in relation to changes in the Antarctic minke whale distribution pattern in the Antarctic Area IV. Paper SC/55/IA7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 8pp. Tanaka, E., Hakamada, T., Goto, M. and Zenitani, R. 2003. A Minimum Estimate of Stock Abundance of the Sea of Japan-Yellow Sea-East China Sea Stock of Minke Whales Using Bycatch. Paper SC/55/RMP11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 5pp. 2004 (16) Acevedo, J., Acuna, P., Olavarria, C., Aguayo-Lobo, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2004. Report of cetacean surveys in the Magellan Strait in the austral summer 2003/2004. Paper SC/56/O7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 10pp Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Rasmussen, K., Felix, F., Llano, M., Allen, J., Olavarria, C., Acuna, P. and Pastene, L.A. 2004. Migratory destination of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), of the Magellan Strait feeding ground. Paper SC/56/SH22 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 6pp Bando, T., Zenitani, R. and Ohsumi, S. 2004. Preliminary investigation of stock structure of B-C-B bowhead whales based on analyses of biological parameters. Paper SC/56/BRG33 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 13pp. *Branch, T.A., Matsuoka, K. and Miyashita, T. 2004. Evidence for increases in Antarctic blue whales based on Bayesian modelling. Marine Mammal Science 20(4): 726-754. Ensor, P., Matsuoka, K., Komiya, H., Ljungblad D., Miura, T., Morse, L., Olson, P., Olavarria, C., Mori, M. and Sekiguchi, K. 2004. 2003-2004 International Whaling Commission-Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem

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Research (IWC-SOWER) Circumpolar Cruise, Area V. Paper SC/56/IA13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 54pp. *Escorza-Trevino, S., Pastene, L.A. and Dizon, A.E. 2004. Molecular Analyses of the Truei and Dalli morphotypes of Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli). Journal of Mammalogy 85(2): 347-355. *Ikemoto, T., Kunito, T., Watanabe, I., Yasunaga, G., Baba, N., Miyazaki, N., Petrov, E.A. and Tanabe, S. 2004. Comparison of trace element accumulation in Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica), Caspian seals (Pusa caspica) and northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Environmental Pollution 127: 83-97. Kitakado, T., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S., Hakamada, T. and Murase, H. 2004. Consideration of effects due to survey design changes on apparent differences in abundance of Antarctic minke whales between CPII and CPIII. Paper SC/56/IA8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 15pp. Kitakado,T., Kanda, N., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2004. A new Bayesian method to estimate mixing rates and stock structure using genetic data. Paper SC/56/SD8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 4pp. Morishita, J. and Goodman, D. 2004. Are IWC Sanctuaries Marine Protected Areas? Paper SC/56/SOS3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 5pp. Murase, H. and Shimada, H. 2004. Possible impact due to variability of sea ice condition on Antarctic minke whale abundance estimation in the Antarctic from 1978 to 2002. Paper SC/56/IA10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 15pp. Murase, H. and Shimada, H. 2004. Alternative estimation of Antarctic minke whale abundance taking account of possible animals in the unsurveyed large polynya: A case study in Area II in 1997/98. Paper SC/56/IA14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 13pp. *Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S., Hakamada, T. and Mori, M. 2004. Effect of observed covariates (school size, sighting cue, latitude and sea state) on the Antarctic minke whale abundance estimation parameters in the IWC/IDCR-SOWER surveys. J. Cetacean. Res. Manage. 6(3): 283-292. Nishiwaki, S. 2004. Overview on survey design differences in IDCR/SOWER between the second and third circumpolar cruises. Paper SC/56/IA11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 17pp. Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2004. Genetic heterogeneity in the B-C-B stock of bowhead whale as revealed by mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses. Paper SC/56/BRG32 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 17pp. *Yanagimoto, T. and Konishi, K. 2004. Acanthochondria priacanthi (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) as a biological indicator for stock identification of sandfish Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner). Fisheries Science 70: 336-338. 2005 (13) Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Acuna, P., Goto, M., Zerbini, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2005. First record of the dwarf minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata in Chilean waters. Paper SC/57/IA10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 8pp. Acevedo, J., Rasmussen, K., Felix, F., Castro, C., Aguayo-Lobo A., Haase, B., Scheidat, M., Olavarria, C., Forestell, P., Acuna, P., Kaufman, G. and Pastene, L.A. 2005. Further information on the migratory destination of humpback whales of the Magellan Strait feeding ground. Paper SC/57/SH10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 7pp. *Agusa, T., Matsumoto, T., Ikemoto, T., Anan, Y., Kubota, R., Yasunaga, G., Kunito, T., Tanabe, S., Ogi, H. and Shibata, Y. 2005. Body distribution of trace elements in black-tailed gulls from Rishiri Island, Japan: age-dependent accumulation and transfer to feathers and eggs. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24(9):2107-2120.

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*Agusa, T., Kunito, T., Yasunaga, G., Iwata, H., Subramanian, A., Ismail, A. and Tanabe, S. 2005. Concentrations of trace elements in marine fish and its risk assessment in Malaysia. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 51(8-12):896-911. *Fukui, Y., Ishikawa, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2005. Difficulties in publishing research results from scientific whaling. Marine Mammal Science 21: 781-783. Institute of Cetacean Research. 2005. Sperm whale research by the Institute of Cetacean Research. Paper FP7 presented to the Cachalot Assessment Research Planning (CARP) Workshop, March 2005 (unpublished). 5pp. Kato, H. Ishikawa, H., Mogoe, T. and Bando, T. 2005. Occurrence of a gray whale (Eschrictius robustus) in Tokyo Bay, April - May 2005, with its biological information. Paper SC/57/BRG18 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 12pp. Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Bando, T., Ohata, K. and Tamai, K. 2005. Age and body length structure of a male sperm whale school stranded on the Ohura coast, Kagoshima, Japan in January 2002. Paper LH2 presented to the Cachalot Assessment Research Planning (CARP) Workshop, March 2005 (unpublished). 8pp. Mori, M. 2005. Modelling the krill-predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem. Doctoral Thesis, University of Cape Town. 302pp. Murase, H., Shimada, H. and Kitakado, T. 2005. Alternative estimation of Antarctic minke whale abundance taking account of possible animals in the unsurveyed large polynya using GAM-based spatial analysis: A case study in Area II in 1997/98 IWC/SOWER. Paper SC/57/IA6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 20pp. Pastene, L.A. and Goto, M. 2005. Status of the Japanese DNA register for large whales. Paper SC/57/SD6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 6pp. *Prudente, M., Tanabe, S., Kunisue, T., Yasunaga, G., Watanabe, I. and Miyazaki, N. 2005. Accumulation of trace elements and persistent organochlorines in resident and migratory waders from Calatagan Bay, Philippines. Coastal Mar. Sci. 29(2):133-140. *Sanino, G.P., Waerebeek, K.V., Van Bressem, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2005. A preliminary note on population structure in eastern South Pacific common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. J. Cetacean Res. Manage 7(1): 65-70. 2006 (12) *Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2006. Filopatria de la ballena jorobada (Megaptera novaeangliae Borowski, 1781), al area de alimentacion del Estrecho de Magallanes. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia 41(1): 11-19. *Acevedo, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Acuna, P. and Pastene, L.A. 2006. A note on the first record of the dwarf minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in Chilean waters. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 8(3): 293-296. *Hayashi, K., Yoshida, H., Nishida, S., Goto, M., Pastene, L.A., Kanda, N., Baba, H. and Koike, H. 2006. Genetic Variation of the MHC DQB locus in the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides). Zoological Science 23: 147-153. Kato, H., Ishikawa, H., Bando, T., Mogoe, T. and Moronuki, H. 2006. Status report of conservation and researches on the Western gray whales in Japan, June 2005-May 2006. Paper SC/58/O14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 11pp. Matsuoka, K., Kiwada, H. and Hakamada, T. 2006. The relationships between sea ice extension and trends in sighting parameters of Antarctic minke whales based on IDCR-SOWER data from CPII to CPIII. Paper SC/58/IA17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 7pp.

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Mori, M. and Butterworth, D.S. 2006. Further Progress on Modelling the Krill-Predator Dynamics of the Antarctic Ecosystem. Paper SC/58/E14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 14pp. Mori, M. Butterworth, D.S. and Kitakado, T. 2006. Application of ADAPT-VPA to various stock hypotheses for the Antarctic minke whales distributed through IWC Management Areas IIIE to VIW. Paper SC/58/IA8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 40pp. *Mori, M. and Butterworth, D.S. 2006. A first step towards modelling the krill–predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem. CCAMLR Science 13: 217-277. Pastene, L.A. 2006. Brief review of the hypotheses on stock structure in the B-C-B bowhead whale and implications for the specification of simulations trials needed for the Implementation Review. Paper SC/A06/AWMP4 presented to the First Intersessional AWMP Workshop for the Bowhead Implementation Review, April 2006 (unpublished). 6pp. *Sekiguchi,K., Olavarria, C., Morse, P., Olson, P., Ensor, P., Matsuoka, K., Pitman, R., Findlay, K. and Gorter, U., 2006. The spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) in Antarctic waters. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 8(3):265–271. Shimada, H. and Murase, H. 2006. Relationship between minke whale abundance and pack ice extent. Paper SC/58/IA12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 7pp. *Takahashi, Y., Ohwada, S., Watanabe, K., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Zenitani, R., Naito, Y. and Yamaguchi, T. 2006. Does elastin contribute to the persistence of corpora albicantia in the ovary of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). Marine Mammal Science 22(4): 819-830. 2007 (14) Acevedo, J., Olavarria, C., Plana, J., Cortes., D., Aguayo-Lobo, A. and Pastene, L.A. 2007. Dwarf minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in Antarctic Areas I and II. Paper SC/59/IA24 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 8pp. *Acevedo, J., Rasmussen, K., Felix, F., Castro, C., Llano, M., Secchi, E., Saborio, M.T., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Haase, B., Scheidat, M., Dalla-Rosa, L., Olavarria, C., Fosestell, P., Acuna, P., Kaufman, G. and Pastene, L.A. 2007. Migratory destinations of humpback whales from the Magellan Strait feeding ground, Southeast Pacific. Marine Mammal Science 23(2): 453-463. *Branch, T.A., Stafford, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C., Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, Mn. M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev, Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N., Best, P.B., Borsa, P., Brownell Jr, R.L., Childerhouse, S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrodette, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B., Mccauley, R.D., Mckay, S., Norris, T.F., Oman Whale and Dolphin Research Group, Rankin, S., Samaran, F., Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K. and Warneke, R.M. 2007. Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere and adjacent waters. Mammal Rev 37(2): 116-175. Cooke, J.G., Baker, C.S., Butterworth, D.S., Kato, H., Pastene, L., Walloe, L. and Brownell, R.L.2007. Sources of information for a Comprehensive Assessment of North Pacific sei whales. Paper SC/59/IA17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 5pp. Cooke, J.G., Best, P.B., Butterworth, D.S., Gunnlaugsson, T., Hatanaka, H., Polacheck, T., Punt, A.E., Schweder, T., Tanaka, E. and Wade, P.R. 2007. Provisional compilation of information for the MSYR review. Paper SC/59/RMP9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 24pp. Goto, M., Park, J.Y., Kanda, N., Shon, H., Kim, Z.G., and Pastene, L.A. 2007. Progress of genetic analysis of by-caught J-stock minke whales from Japan and Korea: seasonal pattern of migration. Paper SC/59/NMP6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 9pp.

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Kato, H., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S. and Bannister, J. 2007. Distributions and abundances of pygmy blue whales and southern right whales in waters off southern coast of Australia, based on data from the Japan/IWC blue whale cruise 1995-96*. Paper SC/59/SH10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 14pp. Kato, H., Ishikawa, H., Goto, M., Miyashita, T. and Moronuki, H. 2007. Status report of conservation and researches on the western Gray whales in Japan, June 2006-April 2007. Paper SC/59/O18 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 10pp. Kitakado, T., Pastene, L.A. and Goto, M. 2007. Stock structure analyses of B-C-B stock of bowhead whales using microsatellites. Paper SC/J07/AWMP3 presented to the Intersessional Workshop on Progress Towards a Bowhead Whale Implementation Review, January 2007 (unpublished). 10pp. Kitakado, T., Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2007. Updates of stock structure analyses of B-C-B stock of bowhead whales using microsatellites. Paper SC/59/BRG30 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 13pp. Ohsumi, S., Goto, M. and Otani, S. 2007. Necessity of combining lethal and non-lethal methods for whale population research and their application in JARPA. Paper SC/59/O2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 7pp. Pastene, L.A., Kawahara, S. and Hatanaka, H. 2007. Concepts for a Research program on North Pacific Bryde's whale -RMP Variant 2 with research-. Paper SC/59/PFI2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 5pp. Pastene, L.A., Kitakado, T., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2007. Update of mitochondrial DNA analyses on stock structure in the B-C-B stock of Bowhead whale. Paper SC/59/BRG29 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 12pp. Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kitakado, T. 2007. Further mitochondrial DNA analyses on stock structure in the B-C-B stock of bowhead whale. Paper SC/J07/AWMP4 presented to the Intersessional Workshop on Progress Towards a Bowhead Whale Implementation Review, January 2007 (unpublished). 10pp. 2008 (8) Acevedo, J., Allen, J., Castro, C., Félix, F., Rasmussen, K., Flórez-González, L., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Secchi, E., Llano, M., Garita, F., Forestell, P., Haase, B., Capella, J., Dalla Rosa, L., Ferrina, D., Plana, J., Tobón, I.C., Kaufman, G., Flak, P., Scheidat, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2008. Migratory destination of humpback whales from the eastern South Pacific population as revealed by photo identification analysis. Paper SC/60/SH20 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 8pp. Acevedo, J., Hucke-Gaete, R., Secchi, E., Allen, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Dalla Rosa, L., Haro, D., and Pastene, L.A. 2008. Photo-identification analysis of humpback whales from three high latitude localities of the Eastern South Pacific population (Stock G). Paper SC/60/SH27 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 5pp. Cristina, C., Acevedo, J., Allen, J., Dalla Rosa, L., Flórez-González, L., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Rasmussen, K., Llano, M., Garita, F., Forestell, P., Secchi, E.R., García Godos, I., Ferrina, D., Kaufman, G., Scheidat, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2008. Migratory movements of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) between Machalilla National Park, Ecuador and southeast Pacific. Paper SC/60/SH23 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 6pp. Kato, H., Ishikawa, H., Miyashita, T. and Takaya, S. 2008. Status report of conservation and researches on the western gray whales in Japan May 2007-April 2008 Paper SC/60/O8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 9pp. Leaper, R., Best, P., Branch, T., Donovan, G., Murase, H. and Van Waerebeek, K. 2008. Report of review group of data sources on odontocetes in the Southern Ocean in preparation for IWC/CCAMLR workshop in August 2008. Paper SC/60/EM2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 10pp.

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Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S., Murase, H., Kanda, N., Kumagai, S. and Hatanaka, H. 2008. Influence of sea ice concentration in the research area on IDCR-SOWER estimation. Paper SC/60/IA12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 9pp. Pastene, L.A., Kitakado, T. and Hatanaka, H. 2008. Research proposal accompanying management variant 2 of the RMP Implementation for western North Pacific Bryde's whale. Paper SC/60/PFI9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 10pp. Pastene, L.A., Acevedo, J., Goto, M. and Aguayo-Lobo, A. 2008. Bryde's whale off Chile: a note on distribution and population genetic structure. Paper SC/60/SH35 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 13pp. 2009 (5) Cipriano, F. and Pastene, L.A.2009. A review of current knowledge of techniques to extract and amplify DNA from 'difficult' whale samples. Paper SC/61/SD2 presented to IWC Scientific Committee May 2009 (unpublished) 5pp. Ensor, P., Komiya, H., Kumagai, S., Kuningas, S., Olson, P. and Tsuda, Y. 2009. 2008-2009 International Whaling Commission-Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-SOWER) cruise. Paper SC/61/IA19 presented to IWC Scientific Committee May 2009 (unpublished). 60pp. Kato, H., Miyashita, T., Ishikawa, H., Koya, T., Takaya, S. and Uoya, T. 2009. Status report of conservation and researches on the western gray whales in Japan, May 2008-April 2009. Paper SC/61/O8 presented to IWC Scientific Committee May 2009 (unpublished). 5pp. Murase, H. and Ensor, P. 2009. Preliminary examination of the effect of timing of ice melting on the density of Antarctic minke whales - a new environmental index-. Paper SC/61/IA17 presented to IWC Scientific Committee May 2009 (unpublished). 9pp. *Nambu, H., Tokutake, K., Ishikawa, H., Ohta, M., Fujita, K. and Yamada, T.K. 2009. Observation of a gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, in Tokyo Bay in 2005. Japan Cetology 19: 17-22 (in Japanese). 2010 (15) Goto, M. 2010. Biological data collected from by-caught western North Pacific common minke whales in Japan (2001-2009)．Paper SC/S10/NPM3 presented to the Preparatory Meeting of western North Pacific common minke whale Implementation, September 2010 (unpublished)．1pp. Hakamada, T. and Hatanaka, H. 2010. Reconsideration of the population status of the J stock common minke whales. Paper SC/62/NPM31 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). Hakamada, T. and Goto, M. 2010. Some information on statistics of the incidental catches of North Pacific common minke whales including the ‘effort’ expressed by the numbers of the set nets in the coast of Japan．Paper SC/S10/NPM4 presented to the Preparatory Meeting of western North Pacific common minke whale Implementation, September 2010 (unpublished)．2pp.

Hakamada, T. 2010. The number of set nets in the coast of Japan by sub-areas and years during 1979- 2006．Paper SC/D10/NPM13 presented to the First Intersessional Workshop of western North Pacific minke whale Implementation, December 2010 (unpublished)．1pp. Hatanaka, H. and Miyashita, T. 2010. Intention of future whaling operations and sighting surveys for western North Pacific common minke whales. Paper SC/62/NPM3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 3pp. Hatanaka, H., Goto, M., Hakamada, T. and An, Y.-R. 2010. Levels of incidental catches of common minke whales in the western North Pacific. Paper SC/62/NPM4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 8pp.

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Kanda, N., Goto, M., Ilyashenko, V.Y. and Pastene, L.A. 2010. Update of the mitochondrial DNA analysis in gray whales using new acquired data. Paper SC/62/BRG5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 8pp. Kato, H., Miyashita, T., Kanda, N., Ishikawa, H., Furukawa, H. and Uoya, T. 2010. Status report of conservation and researches on the western gray whales in Japan. Paper SC/62/O7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 6pp. Matsuoka, K., Pastene, L.A., Brownell, R.L., Kitakado, T. and Donovan, G.P. 2010. A short review of recent Scientific Committee issues relating to large whales in the North Pacific that might assist in setting priorities for a co-operative series of cruises. Paper SC/62/IA15 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 10pp. Murase, H. 2010. January sea ice trends during the period of three IWC IDCR/SOWER circumpolar surveys (1978-2004). Paper SC/62/IA4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 35pp. Murase, H. and Kitakado, T. 2010. Progress of preparation of sea ice data to investigate the relationship between sea ice characteristics and Antarctic minke whale abundance estimates. Paper SC/62/IA5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2010 (unpublished). 9pp. *Nambu, H., Ishikawa, H. and Yamada, T. 2010. Records of the western gray whale Eschrichtius robustus: its distribution and migration. Japan Cetology (20): 21-29 (in Japanese). *Pastene, L.A. and Quiroz, D. 2010. An Outline of the History of Whaling in Chile. pp. 73-98. In: International Center for Folk Culture Studies (eds.). Human Culture from the Perspective of Traditional Maritime Communities, International Symposium Report No. 1. Kanagawa Shimbun Press, Kanagawa. 199pp.

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Yoshida, H., Nozawa, A., Kanda, N., Kishiro, T. and Miyashita, T. 2010. Results of onboard genetic analysis of common minke whale biopsy samples collected in the Okhotsk Sea, summer 2010．Paper SC/D10/NPM9 presented to the First Intersessional Workshop of western North Pacific minke whale Implementation, December 2010 (unpublished)．9pp. 2011 (9) *Acevedo, J., Olavarría, C., Plana, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Larrea, A., Pastene, L.A. 2011. Occurrence of dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata subsp.) around the Antarctic Peninsula．Polar Biology．34(2): 313-318. *Acevedo, J., Plana, J., Aguayo-Lobo, A., Pastene, L.A. 2011. Surface feeding behavior of humpback whales in the Magellan Strait. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia. 46(3): 483-490. Hakamada, T., Kiwada, H., Matsuoka, K. and Kitakado, T. 2011. Preliminary estimation of North Pacific sei whale abundance derived from 2010 IWC/Japan Joint Cetacean Sighting Survey data. Paper SC/63/IA13 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 7pp. Kanda, N., Goto, M., Matsuoka, K., Yoshida, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2011. 1 Stock identity of sei whales in the central North Pacific based on microsatellite analysis of biopsy samples obtained from IWC/Japan joint cetacean sighting survey in 2010. Paper SC/63/IA12 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 4pp. Kato, H, Miyashita, T. Kanda, N., Ishikawa, H., Kishiro, T., Furukawa, H. and Uoya, T. 2011. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2010 – April 2011. Paper SC/63/O8 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 5pp.

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Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Nishiwaki, S., Wada, A. and Kitakado, T. 2011. Open sea area in the south of the ice edge in IDCR/SOWER CPII and CPIII. Paper SC/63/IA9 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 16pp. Murase, H., Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Nishiwaki, S., Wada, A. and Kitakado, T. 2011. Day after sea ice melt index in IDCR/SOWER CPII and CPIII. Paper SC/63/IA10 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 14pp. Murase, H., Nishiwaki, S. Matsuoka, K., Hakamada,H. and Kitakado, T. 2011. Changes in baleen whale distribution patterns between CPII and CPIII. Paper SC/63/IA11 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 15pp. Yoshida, H., Kishiro, T., Kanda, N. and Miyashita, T. 2011. Cruise report of the sighting and biopsy sampling survey in the Okhotsk Sea, summer 2010, including individual stock identification of common minke whales. Paper SC/63/RMP9 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2011, Tromsø, Norway (unpublished). 10pp. 2012 (5) Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K. and Kitakado, T. 2012. Preliminary estimation of North Pacific sei whale abundance based on the 2011 IWC/POWER sighting survey data. Paper SC/64/IA11 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2012, Panama City, Panama (unpublished) 10pp. Kato, H., Miyashita, T., Kishiro, T., Kanda, N., Tamura, T., Ishikawa, H., Ohike, T., Asai, Y., Yoshioka, M., Sakamoto, N. and Himura, S. 2012. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2011-April 2012. Paper SC/64/O8 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2012, Panama City, Panama (unpublished) 6pp. Matsuoka, K., Mizroch, S. and Komiya, H. 2012. Cruise report of the 2011 IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER). Paper SC/64/IA5 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2012, Panama City, Panama (unpublished) 27pp. Pastene, L.A., Acevedo, J., Siciliano, S., Sholl, T.C.C., F. de Moura, J., Ott, P.H. and Aguayo-Lobo, 2012. A. Population genetic structure of the South American Bryde’s whale. Paper SC/64/SH7 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2012, Panama City, Panama (unpublished) 13pp. Viloria, L., Urbán R., J., Vázquez, R. and Pastene, L.A. 2012. A note on the genetic differentiation of the Bryde’s whales from the Gulf of California. Paper SC/64/O11 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2012, Panama City, Panama (unpublished) 9pp. 2013 (9) *Acevedo J., Haro D., Dalla R.L., Aguayo-Lobo A., Hucke-Gaete R., Secchi E., Plana J. and Pastene L.A. 2013. Evidence of spatial structuring of eastern South Pacific humpback whale feeding grounds. Endangered Species Research 22 (1): 33-38. Hakamada, T. and Matsuoka, K. 2013. Preliminary abundance estimation of North Pacific sei whale based on the 2012 IWC-POWER sighting survey data. Paper SC/65a/IA09 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2013, Jeju Island, Republic Korea (unpublished) 11pp. Kanda, N., Matsuoka, N., Yoshida, H. and Pastene, L. A. 2013. Microsatellite DNA analysis of sei whales obtained from the 2010-2012 IWC-POWER. Paper SC/65a/IA05 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2013, Jeju Island, Republic Korea (unpublished) 6pp. Kato, H., Miyashita, T., Kishiro, T., Kanda, N., Bando, T., Mogoe, T., Nakamura, G. and Sakamoto, T. 2013. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2012 - April 2013. Paper SC/65a/BRG20 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2013, Jeju Island, Republic Korea (unpublished) 6pp.

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*Kitamura, S., Matsuishi, T., Yamada, K., Tajima, Y., Ishikawa, H., Tanabe, S., Nakagawa, H., Uni, Y. and Abe, S. 2013. Two genetically distinct stocks in Baird's beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae). Marine Mammal Science 29(4): 755-766. Matsuoka, K., Mizroch, S., An, Y., Kumagai, S. and Hirose, K. 2013. Cruise report of the 2012 IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER). Paper SC/65a/IA08 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2013, Jeju Island, Republic Korea (unpublished) 43pp. Murase, H., Kitakado, T., Matsuoka, K. and Kato, H. 2013. Preliminary analysis of spatial distribution of fin, sei and humpback whales in the offshore eastern subarctic Pacific using 2010-2012 IWC-POWER data. Paper SC/65a/IA10 presented to IWC Scientific Committee, June 2013, Jeju Island, Republic Korea (unpublished) 9pp. *Murase, H., Temoai, I., Kirata, T., Finkaso, S., Yasunaga, G. and Pastene, L.A. 2013. A note on cetaceans off Kiribati and Tuvalu from a research cruise in October 2010. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 13 (2):153-158. *Sugino, T., Yasunaga, G. and Fukuda, M. 2013. Effect of whale meat extract on fatigue induced by physical load and by daily activities in humans. Jpn. Pharmacol. Ther 41 (9): 879-893. 2014 (9) Hakamada, T. and Matsuoka, K. 2014. Preliminary analysis of abundance estimate for sei whale in the North Pacific based on sighting data obtained during IWC-POWER surveys in 2010-2012. Paper SC/65b/IA4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2014 (unpublished). 11pp. Kanda, N., Goto, M., Oikawa, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2014. Note on sampling and laboratory procedure protocols of the genetic work at the Institute of Cetacean Research. Paper SC/F14/J27 presented to the IWC/SC Review Workshop of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic-Phase II (JARPAII), February 2014 (unpublished). 4pp. Kanda, N., Goto, M., Oikawa, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2014. Update of note on sampling and laboratory procedure protocols of the genetic work at the Institute of Cetacean Research (SC/F14/J27rev). Paper SC/65b/DNA1 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2014 (unpublished). 6pp. Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Nishiwaki, S., Nakamura, G., Bando, T., Yasunaga, G., Sakamoto, T. and Miyashita, T. 2014. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2013 - April 2014. Paper SC/65b/BRG12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2014 (unpublished). 8pp. Matsuoka, K., Kim, H.W., Martinez-Aguilar, S., Kumagai, S. and Sasaki, Y. 2014. Cruise report of the 2013 IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER). Paper SC/65b/IA5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2014 (unpublished). 24pp. Matsuoka, K., Konagai, T., Takamatsu, T. and Miyashita, T. 2014. Cruise report of the Japanese cetacean sighting survey in the western North Pacific in 2013. Paper SC/65b/IA6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2014 (unpublished). 8pp. *Pastene, L.A. 2014. Macaya Hermanos y Compania. Notas sobre las actividades de la empresa ballenera de más larga historia en Chile. Colección Mocha Dick pp 255-274. *Quiroz, D. and Pastene, L.A. 2014. Norwegian whaling in Chile in the 20th Century and its influence on Chilean local communities. pp. 61-70. In: Jan Erik Ringstad (editor). Whaling and History IV. Commander Chr. Christensen’s Whaling Museum, part of Vestfoldmuseene IKA, Sandefjord. 192pp. *Quintela, M., Skaug, H.J., Øien, N., Haug, T., Seliussen, B.B., Solvang, H.K., Pampoulie, C., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A. and Glover, K.A. 2014. Investigating Population Genetic Structure in a Highly Mobile Marine Organism: The Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the North East Atlantic. PLOS ONE 9(9): e108640. 2015 (11)

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*Funasaka, N., Kirihata, T., Kato, H. and Ohsumi, S. 2015.The first record of a true albino common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from Japan. Mammal Study 40:19-22. Hakamada, T. and Matsuoka, K. 2015. Abundance estimate for sei whales in the North Pacific based on sighting data obtained during IWC-POWER surveys in 2010-2012. Paper SC/66a/IA12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2015 (unpublished). 12pp. Kanda, N., Bando, T., Matsuoka, K., Murase, H., Kishiro, T., Pastene, L.A. and Ohsumi, S. 2015. A review of the genetic and non-genetic information provides support for a hypothesis of a single stock of sei whales in the North Pacific. Paper SC/66a/IA9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May- June 2015 (unpublished). 18pp. Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Bando, T., Ohizumi, H., Nakamura, G., Okazoe, N., Yoshida, H., Mogoe, T. and Miyashita, T. 2015. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2014 - April 2015. Paper SC/66a/BRG18 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2015 (unpublished). 11pp. Matsuoka, K., Mizroch, S., Taylor, J., Yoshimura, I. and Yamauchi, Y. 2015. Cruise report of the 2014 IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER). Paper SC/66a/IA5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2015 (unpublished). 25pp. Matsuoka, K., Yamaguchi, F., Honma, H., Ohkoshi, C., Maki, K. and Miyashita, T. 2015. Cruise report of the Japanese dedicated cetacean sighting survey in the western North Pacific in 2014. Paper SC/66a/IA6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2015 (unpublished). 13pp. Matsuoka, K., Tsunekawa, M., Yamaguchi, F., Honma, H., Ohkoshi, C. and Abe, N. 2015. Cruise report of the 2014/15 Japanese dedicated whale sighting survey in the Antarctic in Area IV. Paper SC/66a/IA7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2015 (unpublished). 22pp. Mogoe, T., Mori, M. and Isoda, T. 2015. Report on the killing methods and TTD of whales in the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research Programmes in the Antarctic (JARPA II) and Northwest Pacific Ocean (JARPN II). NAMMCO Expert group meeting to assess TTD data large whales. November 2015 (unpublished). 5pp. *Pastene, L.A., Acevedo, J., Siciliano, S., Sholl, T.G.C., de Moura, J.F., Ott, P.H. and Aguayo-Lobo, Anelio. 2015. Population genetic structure of the South American Bryde’s whale. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia 50 (3):453-464. *Sakamoto, M., Itai, T., Yasutake, A., Iwasaki, T., Yasunaga, G., Fujise, Y., Nakamura, M., Murata, K., Chan, H.M., Domingog, J. L. and Marumoto, M. 2015. Mercury speciation and selenium in toothed- whale muscles. Environmental Research 143:55–61. Yoshida, H., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2015. Genetic analyses of market samples provide no evidence of additional stock structure of sei whales in the North Pacific. Paper SC/66a/IA3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2015 (unpublished). 14pp. 2016 [3] Kato, H., Nakamura, G., Yoshida, H., Kishiro, T., Okazoe, N., Ito, K., Bando, T., Mogoe, T. and Miyashita, T. 2016. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2015 - April 2016. Paper SC/66b/BRG11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2016 (unpublished) 9pp. Matsuoka, K., Gilpatrick, J.W., Taylor, J., Yoshimura, I., Katsumata, H. and Ohkoshi, C. 2016. Cruise report of the 2015 IWC - Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC - POWER). Paper SC/66b/IA9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2016 (unpublished) 32pp. Pastene, L.A. and Hakamada, T. 2016. Temporal changes in sighting density indices of baleen whales in CCAMLR Subareas 48.1 and 48.2 based on three circumpolar sighting surveys. Paper WG-EMM-16/26 presented to the CCAMLR WG-EMM-16, July 2016 (unpublished) 17pp.

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2017 [4] *Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K., Murase, H. and Kitakado, T. 2017. Estimation of the abundance of the sei whale Balaenoptera borealis in the central and eastern North Pacific in summer using sighting data from 2010 to 2012. Fish Sci 83 (6): 887-895. *Malde, K., Seliussen, B.B., Quintela, M., Dahle, G., Besnier, F., Skaug, H.J., Øien, N., Solvang, H.K., Haug, T., Skern-Mauritzen, R., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A., Jonassen, I. and Glover, K.A. 2017. Whole genome resequencing reveals diagnostic markers for investigating global migration and hybridization between minke whale species. BMC Genomics 18: 76. Matsuoka, K., Gilpatrick, J.W., Kim, J.H. and Yoshimura, I. 2017. Cruise report of the 2016 IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER). Paper SC/67a/ASI9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2017 (unpublished) 29pp. Nakamura, G., Yoshida, H., Morita, H., Ito, H., Bando, T., Mogoe, T., Miyashita, T. and Kato, H. 2017. Status report of conservation and researches on the western North Pacific gray whales in Japan, May 2016 - April 2017. Paper SC/67a/CMP2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2017 (unpublished) 8pp.