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Start Over Search Limiters Peer Reviewed Topic humpback whale hunting Language english Publication Type Reports Journal science Region new zealand

Author: MORELL, VIRGINIA
Subjects: *HUMPBACK whale hunting, *MARINE mammal populations, *WILDLIFE crimes, *ILLEGALITY
Abstract: The article discusses a paper by whale biologist Phillip Clapham published in the online journal "Marine Fisheries Review," regarding the absence of humpback whales in New Zealand's Cook Strait. Topics include the discovery that humpbacks in Cook Strait were being illegally hunted by the former Soviet Union and other countries, the falsification of data by members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), and the impact illegal hunting has had on the humpback population.
Published: 2009
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