PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PART ONE. Conference Summary 1
4. CHAPTER 1. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WHALES IN RELATION TO BASIC PRODUCTIVITY 27
5. CHAPTER 2. STATUS OF THE WHALE POPULATIONS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND CURRENT RESEARCH 53
6. CHAPTER 3. A. THE FIN AND SEI WHALE STOCKS OFF DURBAN 82
7. Chapte 3 Β. SPERM WHALES OFF DURBAN 87
8. CHAPTER 4. ON WHALE EXPLOITATION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 97
9. CHAPTER 5. PRESENT STATUS OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FIN AND OTHER WHALE STOCKS* 108
10. CHAPTER 6. WHALES AND WHALE RESEARCH IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC Dale W. Rice 170
11. CHAPTER 7. RESEARCH ON WHALE BIOLOGY OF JAPAN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NORTH PACIFIC STOCKS 196
12. CHAPTER 8. BALEEN WHALES OFF CONTINENTAL CHILE 209
13. CHAPTER 9. STATUS OF ANTARCTIC RORQUAL STOCKS 218
14. CHAPTER 10. WHALE POPULATIONS AND CURRENT RESEARCH OFF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 239
15. CHAPTER 11. THE BIOLOGY OF THE SPERM WHALE AS IT RELATES TO STOCK MANAGEMENT 257
16. CHAPTER 12. THE RELATION OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WHALES TO THEIR MANAGEMENT 294
17. CHAPTER 13. THE ROLE AND HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION 305
18. CHAPTER 14. ESTIMATION OF POPULATION PARAMETERS OF ANTARCTIC BALEEN WHALES 336
19. CHAPTER 16. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF WHALE SIGHTING THEORY 359
20. CHAPTER 17. REFLECTIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WHALING 369
21. CHAPTER 18. RADIO-TELEMETRIC STUDIES OF TWO SPECIES OF SMALL ODONTOCETE CETACEANS 385
22. CHAPTER 19. NEW TAGGING AND TRACKING METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF MARINE MAMMAL BIOLOGY AND MIGRATION 395
23. GLOSSARY 411
24. INDEX 416
25. PREFACE v