RIGHT WHALE NEWS

Acoustics: 8(3): 9

 

Argentina: 8(2): 9

 

Art

St. Simons Island sculpture: 1(2): 8; 2(4): 6; 3: 5

 

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team: 3: 4; 4(2): 5; 4(3): 2; 4(4): 9; 5(2): 9; 6(1): 5; 6(2): 6; 6(3): 4; 7(2): 11; 8(3): 5

 

Australia

Endangered species legislation: 5(2): 8

Hervey Bay: 7(4): 13

Marine Park: 3: 7; 4(1): 12; 5(1): 8

 

Awards and recognition

Early Warning System participants: 2(1-2): 6

Eubalaena Award: 6(4): 3; 7(1): 8; 7(2): 12; 7(4): 8; 8(4): 1

Fujiwara: 7(1): 8

Hahn: 5(2): 7; 5(3): 8

Harris: 5(2): 7

Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base: 2(1-2): 7

Lieberum: 2(4): 5

Mattila: 6(4): 3

Mayo: 5(2): 6

Mitchell: 5(2): 6

Neuhauser: 5(2): 7

Parlett: 5(2): 7; 5(3): 8

Raup: 5(2): 7

Southeast U.S. Monitoring team: 4(4): 1

 

Back issues - Right Whale News

Archive web site: 5(3): 10

 

Barnacles: 6(1): 9

 

Blaylock, Ben - obituary: 4(2): 1

 

Brazil: 6(3): 5; 6(4): 7; 7(4): 12; 8(2): 8

 

Budgets: 1(2): 1; 2(1-2): 12; 2(3): 1; 4(4): 2; 5(1): 1; 5(2): 7; 5(3): 2; 7(2): 6; 7(4): 3; 8(2): 7

 

Calendar of events: 1(1): 6; 1(2): 9; 2(1-2): 14; 2(3): 7; 2(4): 8; 3: 9; 4(1): 12; 4(2): 10; 4(3): 6; 4(4): 14; 5(1): 9; 5(2): 12; 5(3): 9; 5(4): 14

 

Calving

Radio Tags in Calving Ground: 6(2): 11

Success: 8(2): 1, 8(2): 2

 

Calving ground reports: 1(2): 2; 2(1-2): 4; 4(2): 2; 5(1): 3; 5(2): 9; 6(1): 6; 6(2): 11; 7(2): 14, 7(4): 5; 8(1): 3

 

Calving Intervals: 4(3): 5; 7(4): 5

 

Canada

At Risk Legislation: 8(2): 8

Bay of Fundy: 2(4): 2; 4(4): 7; 7(2): 11

Conservation efforts - general: 2(1-2): 8-10

East Coast Ecosystems: 2(1-2): 9-10

Endangered species legislation: 3: 6; 4(1): 5; 4(2): 8; 5(4): 3; 8(2): 8

Recovery plan: 4(4): 4; 5(1): 1; 5(3): 4; 5(4): 3; 6(1): 2; 6(2): 1; 6(3): 4; 7(2): 6; 7(4): 1; 8(2): 8

 

Canadian North Atlantic Right Whale Implementation Team: 8(4): 7

 

Cape Cod: 6(2): 5; 6(3): 4; 6(4): 4

 

Catalog: 8(4): 9

 

Charts: 2(4): 2; 5(3): 4

 

Close Encounters: 8(1): 4

 

Coast Guard

And whale protection: 6(2): 8; 8(1): 5; 8(2): 4

Endangered Species Act compliance: 1(2): 5

NAVTEX: 2(1-2): 5; 2(4): 5; 6(2): 7

Notice to Mariners: 5(3): 4

 

Coast Pilots: 5(3): 4

 

Commentary

Atlantic Passage: 8(3): 7

Great Waters- an Atlantic Passage: 8(3): 7

There's Gotta Be a Better Way: 8(4): 11

What Will Fall Between the Cracks: 8(1): 2

What's Wrong With Being Right: 6(1): 6

 

Conferences: 1(2): 7; 2(1-2): 13; 4(4): 12; 5(1): 6; 5(2): 1

 

Congress

Budgets: 1(2): 1; 2(1-2): 12; 2(3): 1; 4(4): 2; 5(1): 1; 5(3): 2; 5(4): 2; 8(1): 1

National Whale Conservation Fund Act: 4(1): 10; 5(3): 3; 5(4): 2; 8(3): 3

 

Consortium

1998 Research Papers: 6(1): 11

North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium: 6(1): 10; 6(4): 10; 7(4): 9; 7(4): 11;

8(3): 8

Northeast: 7(4): 9; 8(1): 2

Officers: 7(4): 11

Papers: 6(4): 11; 8(4): 9

Web Site: 8(4): 8

 

Critical habitat

Charts: 2(4): 2; 5(3): 4

Designation: 1(1): 1

Efforts: 8(3): 4

Indicators: 5(3): 7

Model: 5(1): 6

 

Disentanglement:

Events: 5(3): 6; 8(3): 4

Hotlines: 3: 4; 5(3): 5

Networks: 5(2): 10

 

Early warning system:

Bay of Fundy: 4(4): 7

Massachusetts: 4(2): 4

Southeast U.S.: 1(1): 4; 1(2): 1 & 2; 2(1-2): 6; 2(3): 3; 2(4): 3; 4(1): 6; 4(4): 6

 

East Coast Ecosystems: 2(1-2): 9 & 10; 6(4): 9

 

Education

Books: 1(2): 6; 2(4): 6; 4(1): 11

 

E-mail

Implementation Teams: 6(1): 3

 

Entanglements: 6(4): 2; 6(4): 6; 6(4): 8; 7(1): 1; 7(1): 2; 7(1): 3

 

EPA: 7(4): 11; 8(1): 6

 

Exhibits

Fernbank Museum of Natural History: 1(2): 6

Jacksonville Museum of Science and History: 2(3): 6; 3: 5

New Brunswick Museum: 5(1): 7

University of Georgia: 5(4): 7

Journey North - Internet learning adventure: 2(1-2): 10

Newsletters: see separate listings for Right Whale News, Right Whale

Research News and The Right Perspective.

Posters: 1(1): 4; 1(2): 8; 2(3): 6

Ship strikes training: 1(2): 2; 4(3): 4

Survey of educational efforts in southeast: 1(1): 3

Television: 1(2): 7

Videos & films: 1(2): 6; 2(1-2): 10; 2(4): 6; 4(1): 11; 4(4): 11; 5(4): 8

 

FACSFACJAX: 4(1): 7; 5(2): 7; 5(3): 8

 

Films

Right Whales and the Prudent Mariner: 6(2): 10; 6(4): 9

 

Fishing gear

Advisory group: 4(3): 3

DAMs (Dynamic Area Management Units): 8(2): 5; 8(4): 3

Disentanglements: see separate listing

Entanglements: 3: 5; 4(3): 1 & 4; 4(4): 6; 5(1): 2; 5(4): 4; 6(4): 2

Gillnets: 4(3): 3; 5(1): 3, 6(2): 6, 6(4): 2, 7(2): 11; 8(1): 6

Gillnet Float Wins Award: 8(4): 1

Jeopardy opinion: 4(1): 4

Limits: 8(4): 3

Management Plan: 8(2): 5

Regulations: 1(2): 5; 2(4): 2; 3: 4; 4(1): 4; 4(1): 3; 4(2): 6; 5(4): 6; 7(3): 4; 7(4): 4; 8(1): 6; 8(2): 4

SAMs (Seasonal Area Management Units): 8(4): 3

Take Reduction Plans and Teams: see separate listing

 

Flynn, Tim- In Memoriam: 8(3): 9

 

Florida

Marine resources atlas: 5(2): 11

Sighting network: 2(4): 6

 

Funding

Budgets: see separate listing

Congress: 6(4): 1; 8(1): 1; 8(4): 6

Conservation fund: 8(3): 3

Georgia license plate: 3: 6; 4(2): 8

Massachusetts Environmental Trust: see separate listing

National Whale Conservation Fund Act: 4(1): 10; 5(3): 3

Northeast consortium: 8(1): 2

Research: 8(2): 6

Scuttlebutt: 8(2): 7

Southeast implementation team: 6(2): 7

Wine, proceeds from sale of: 3: 7

 

Gaskin, David E. - obituary: 5(4): 1

 

Genetics: 5(3): 6; 7(2): 15

 

GIS (geographic information system): 5(4): 9

 

Habitat: 8(1): 6

 

Habitat managers' network: 1(2): 5

High Speed Ferry: 6(4): 4

 

High-speed vessels: 5(2): 8; 5(3): 4; 5(4): 5; 6(1): 9; 6(4): 4; 8(2): 3; 8(3): 1; 8(4): 6

 

Identification: 7(2): 15

 

International Fund for Animal Welfare: 7(2): 12

 

International Maritime Organization mandatory ship reporting: 5(1): 1; 5(2): 1; 5(3): 2

 

International Whaling Commission

Australian Meeting: 7(3): 1

South African meeting: 4(4): 12; 5(1): 6; 5(2): 1

Discussions: 6(2): 11; 6(4): 6

Resolutions: 7(3): 1

 

Lawsuits: 7(1): 7; 7(2): 10; 7(4): 4; 8(2): 8

 

Location of Right Whales: 7(1): 1

 

Maine: 6(4): 6; 7(1): 3

 

Mandatory ship reporting: 5(1): 1; 5(2): 1; 5(3): 2; 6(3): 2; 7(4): 3; 8(1): 5; 8(2): 4

 

Marine Mammal Commission

Address change: 3: 7

Annual meeting: 5(4): 3

Annual reports to Congress: 4(2): 8; 5(2): 11

Recommendations: 6(4): 2

Trust fund: 4(1): 10

 

Massachusetts

Early warning system: 4(2): 4

Massachusetts Environmental Trust: see separate listing

Minimum distance rule: 1(2): 4

Port of Boston handbook: 5(3): 8

Sightings: 4(2): 3; 5(3): 7

Strahan v. Coxe et al. litigation: 4(1): 4; 4(3): 1; 5(3): 3; 5(4): 5

 

Massachusetts Environmental Trust: 3: 6; 4(1): 1; 4(3): 5; 4(4): 2; 5(1): 4; 5(4): 9; 8(3): 10

 

Mid-Atlantic Whale Recovery Team: 5(4): 4; 7(4): 7

 

Minimum approach rule

Federal regulations: 1(2): 5; 2(1-2): 2-3; 2(4): 1; 3: 3; 4(2): 1

Massachusetts minimum distance rule: 1(2): 5

 

Mortalities: 1(1): 2; 2(3): 1; 2(4): 4; 3: 1; 4(1): 7; 5(1): 4; 5(4): 4

 

Movements and distribution

Eastern North Atlantic: 4(1): 6; 4(2): 9

Southeast U. S.: 2(3): 4

Tags: 2(4): 4; 4(4): 12

 

NAVTEX: 2(1-2): 5; 2(4): 5; 6(2): 7

 

National Marine Fisheries Service

Biological removal: 7(1): 2

Fisheries list: 4(3): 2; 5(4): 6

Newsletter: 7(2): 11

Regulations: see separate listings under fishing gear, whale watching, and minimum approach rule, 6(4): 4

Research and management team: 4(4): 3

Stock assessment: 6(2): 4

 

National Whale Conservation Fund Act: 4(1): 10; 5(3): 3; 8(3): 3

 

Necropsy team: 2(4): 4

 

New England Aquarium: 7(3): 6

 

New England Whale Recovery Implementation Team: see Northeast Implementation Team

 

North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium: 5(4): 11; 6(3): 5; 6(4): 10; 7(3): 6; 7(4): 9; 7(4): 11; 8(3):8; 8(4): 9

 

Northeast Consortium: 8(1): 2

 

Northeast Implementation Team

Chair: 3: 5

Minutes and highlights: 2(1-2): 8; 2(3): 2; 5(1): 7; 6(4): 5; 7(3): 2

Scope: 1(2): 4; 4(3): 4

 

Notice to mariners: 5(3): 4

 

Ocean Society: 6(4): 9

 

People on the move: 4(4): 10; 5(1): 7

 

Permits: 7(4): 12; 8(4): 11

 

Photo Identification

Catalog: 6(2): 12; 8(4): 9

Exemption in MA: 6(1): 8

 

Populations

Eastern North Atlantic: 4(1): 6; 4(2): 9

Pacific: 5(2): 8

Status: 7(4): 11; 8(1): 3; 8(2): 1; 8(4): 2

Western North Atlantic: 2(1-2): 1; 2(4): 2; 3:1

 

Protection in the Southeastern U.S. : 7(4): 6

 

Prescott, John H. &endash; obituary: 5(3): 1

 

Recovery Act: 8(4): 6

 

Recovery Plans

Canadian: 4(4): 4; 5(1): 1; 5(3): 4; 5(4): 3; 6(1): 2; 6(2): 1; 6(3): 4; 7(2): 6; 7(4): 1; 8(2): 8

Delays: 8(2): 7

Pacific: 5(2): 8

Southeastern Team: 7(2): 7

U.S. Plan: 4(4): 4; 5(4): 3; 7(4): 2; 8(1): 7

Western North Atlantic Right Whale: 8(3): 1

 

Regulations: see separate listings under fishing gear and minimum approach rule

 

Reproduction

Blubber thickness research: 4(4): 12

 

Rescue: 6(3): 2

 

Research

Acoustics: 4(1): 9

Blubber thickness & reproduction: 4(4): 12

Consortium Papers: 6(1): 11

Disease and population status: 7(4): 11

Distribution: 5(4): 10

Funding: 8(2): 6

Genetics: 5(3): 6

Habitat: 6(3): 4

Radio tags: 4(4): 12

Review and needs workshops: 1(2): 8; 2(1-2): 11; 4(4): 12; 5(1): 6; 5(2): 1

Permits: 7(4): 12; 8(4): 11

Publications: 2(4): 7-8; see also Scientific literature and reports

Satellite tagging: 2(4): 4

Sightings data wanted: 1(1): 4; 2(4): 5

Surveys: 5(4): 11

 

Rhode Island: 7(1): 8; 7(2): 8

 

Right Whale Consortium: 6(4): 11

 

Right Whale Numbers

Hopeful: 8(4):2

 

Right Whale News:

Address change: 2(3): 5

Back issues - archive web site: 5(3): 10

Distribution: 6(3): 1

Editorial board: information in each issue

Evaluation questions: 5(4): 2

Index - archive web site: 5(4): 15

Purpose: 1(1): 1; 5(3): 10

Scope: 1(1): 1; 4(1): 1

Subscriptions: information in each issue

Support: 6(3): 1

 

Right Whale Research News - New England Aquarium newsletter: 4(3): 5

 

Sanctuary: 7(3): 5

 

Scientific literature and reports: 1(1): 5; 1(2): 9; 2(1-2): 13; 2(3): 6; 2(4): 7; 3: 8; 4(1): 12; 4(2): 10; 4(3): 6; 4(4): 13; 5(1): 8; 5(2): 12; 5(3): 8; 5(4): 13; 6(4): 11

 

Scientific Names: 7(4): 3

 

Ship strikes: 1(2): 2; 4(1): 10; 4(2): 4; 4(3): 4; 5(4): 5; 6(2): 5; 6(4): 4; 7(3): 2; 7(3): 3; 8(1): 4; 8(1): 6; 8(2): 3; 8(2): 4; 8(3): 1; 8(4): 4

 

Sightings: 6(4): 10

 

South Africa

International Whaling Commission meeting: 4(4): 12; 5(1): 6; 5(2): 1

Sanctuary: 7(3): 5

Wine - proceeds from sale for right whale research: 3:7

 

Southeastern U.S. Highlights: 6(4): 5

 

Southeast U.S. Right Whale Recovery Implementation Team: 8(4): 7

 

Southeastern U.S. Implementation Team for the Recovery of the Northern Right Whale

Chair: 5(2): 11

Funds: 6(2): 7

Meetings: 1(2): 3; 2(1-2): 7; 2(4): 4; 4(2): 7; 4(4): 9; 6(4): 5

Scope: 1(1): 2

Team members: 1(1): 2; 2(1-2): 8; 2(4): 3; 7(2): 7

 

Southern Right Whale: 2(3): 5; 5(4): 12

 

Special Ocean Sites: 8(1): 6

 

Spring Season Residency: 8(2): 3

 

Starvation: 7(2): 1

 

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary: 5(4): 6; 6(4): 4

 

Stock Assessment: 6(2): 4

 

Take Reduction Plans and Teams

Atlantic Offshore Cetacean: 3: 4; 4(1): 3; 8(3): 10

Large whale: 3: 4; 4(2): 5; 4(3): 2; 4(4): 9; 5(2): 9; 6(1): 5; 6(2): 6; 6(3): 4; 7(2): 11; 8(3): 5

 

Tags

Radio tags: 4(4): 12; 6(2): 11

Satellite tags: 2(4): 4

Working group formed: 6(2): 12

 

The Right Perspective - East Coast Ecosystem newsletter: 2(1-2): 10

 

U. S. Navy

FACSFACJAX: 4(1): 7; 5(2): 7; 5(3): 8

Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base: 2(1-2): 7

Training: 6(2): 7

Whale conservation: 4(1): 8

 

Websites: 7(2): 11; 7(3): 5; 7(4): 8; 8(2): 10; 8(4): 8

 

Whale Center of New England: 8(1): 9

 

Whale watching

Advisory Group: 6(1): 8

Ethics forum: 5(4): 7

Florida volunteer network: 2(4): 6; 4(1): 11

Minimum approach rule: see separate listing

Regulations: 6(2):6; 6(4): 4; 7(1): 7; 7(3): 5

Southern right whale: 2(3): 5

 

Winn, H. E. - obituary: 2(4): 1