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Scientific papers submitted to the JARPNII REVIEW meeting called by the International Whaling Commission (2016)

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SC/F16/JR/1
Tsutomu Tamura, Toshiya Kishiro, Takeharu Bando, Genta Yasunaga, Hiroto Murase, Toshihide Kitakado and Luis A. Pastene
The Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the western North Pacific Phase-II (JARPNII) : results and conclusions in the context of the three main objectives, and scientific considerations for future research

SC/F16/JR/2
Koji Matsuoka, Takashi Hakamada and Tomio Miyashita
Methodology and procedure of the dedicated sighting surveys in JARPNII (2008-2013) - Offshore component

SC/F16/JR/3
Toshiya Kishiro, Hiseyoshii Yoshida, Genta Yasunaga, Takeharu Bando, Toshihiro Mogoe and Hidehiro Kato
Methodology and survey procedure under the JARPNII - coastal component of Sanriku and Kushiro - during 2008 to 2014, with special emphasis on whale sampling procedures

SC/F16/JR/4
Takeharu Bando, Genta Yasunaga, Tsutomu Tamura, Koji Matsuoka, Hiroto Murase, Toshiya Kishiro and Tomio Miyashita
Methodology and survey procedures under the JARPNII offshore component - during 2008 to 2014 with special emphasis on whale sampling procedures

SC/F16/JR/5
Makoto Okazaki, Masachika Masujima, Hiroto Murase and Kenji Morinaga
Oceanographic conditions in the JARPNII survey area from 2000 to 2013 using FRA-ROMS data

SC/F16/JR/6
Makoto Okazaki, Masachika Masujima, Hiroto Murase and Kenji Morinaga
Oceanographic conditions in the survey area of JARPNII coastal component off Kushiro in September from 2000 to 2013 using FRA-ROMS data

SC/F16/JR/7
Hiroto Murase, Takashi Hakamada, Hiroko Sasaki, Koji Matsuoka and Toshihide Kitakado
Seasonal spatial distributions of common minke, sei and Bryde's whales in the JARPNII survey area from 2002 to 2013

SC/F16/JR/8
Hiroto Murase, Takashi Hakamada, Koji Matsuoka, Shigetoshi Nishiwaki, Denzo Inagake, Makoto Okazaki, Naoki Tojo and Toshihide Kitakado
Distribution of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in the subarctic-subtropical transition area of the western North Pacific in relation to oceanic fronts

SC/F16/JR/9
Koji Matsuoka, Takashi Hakamada and Tomio Miyashita
Distribution of blue (Balaenoptera musculus), fin (B. physalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and north pacific right (Eubalaena japonica) whales in the western North Pacific based on JARPN and JARPNII surveys (1994 to 2014)

SC/F16/JR/10
Hiroko Sasaki, Hiroto Murase, Hiroshi Kiwada, Koji Matsuoka, Yoko Mitani and Sei-Ichi Saito
Habitat differentiation between sei (Balaenoptera borealis) and Bryde's whales (B. brydei) in the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/11
Takashi Hakamada, Koji Matsuoka, Kishiro Toshiya and Tomio Miyashita
The number of the western North Pacific common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) distributed in JARPNII coastal survey areas

SC/F16/JR/12
Takashi Hakamada and Koji Matsuoka
The number of western North Pacific common minke, Bryde's and sei whales distributed in JARPNII Offshore survey area

SC/F16/JR/13
Takashi Hakamada and Koji Matsuoka
The number of blue, fin, humpback, and North Pacific right whales in the western North Pacific in the JARPNII Offshore survey area

SC/F16/JR/14
Takashi Hakamada and Koji Matsuoka
The number of sperm whales in the western North Pacific in the JARPNII Offshore survey area

SC/F16/JR/15
Tsutomu Tamura, Kenji Konishi and Tatsuya Isoda
Updated estimation of prey consumption by common minke, Bryde's and sei whales in the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/16
Tsutomu Tamura, Hiroto Murase, Hiroko Sasaki and Toshihide Kitakado
Preliminary attempt of spatial estimation of prey consumption by sei whales in the JARPN II survey area using data obtained from 2002 to 2013

SC/F16/JR/17
Tsutomu Tamura, Toshiya Kishiro, Hideyoshi Yoshida, Kenji Konishi, Genta Yasunaga, Takeharu Bando, Mitsuhiro Saeki, Keiichi Onodera, Masaki Mitsuhashi, Yuuho Yamashita, Tetsuichiro Funamoto and Hidehiro Kato
Updated prey consumption by common minke whales and interaction with fisheries in coastal areas of the Pacific side of Japan

SC/F16/JR/18
Hiroto Murase, Atsushi Kawabata, Hiroshi Kubota, Masayasu Nakagami, Kazuo Amakasu, Koki Abe, Kazushi Miyashita and Yoshioki Oozeki
Basin-scale distribution pattern and biomass estimation of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus in the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/19
Atsushi Wada, Keiichi Onodera, Mitsuhiro Saeki and Tsutomu Tamura
Estimation of prey species biomass in the Sanriku region based on 2008 and 2009 JARPNII acoustic surveys

SC/F16/JR/20
Hikaru Watanabe, Makoto Okazaki, Tsutomu Tamura, Kenji Konishi, Denzo Inagake, Takeharu Bando, Hiroshi Kiwada and Tomio Miyashita
Habitat and prey selection of common minke, sei, and Bryde's whales in mesoscale during summer in the subarctic and transition regions of the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/21
Hiroto Murase, Tsutsomu Tamura, Hiroshi Kiwada, Yoshihiro Fujise, Hikaru Watanabe, Hiroshi Ohizumi, Shiroh Yonezaki, Hiroshi Okamura and Shigeyuki Kawahara
Prey selection of common minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and Bryde's (Balaenoptera edeni) whales in the western North Pacific in 2000 and 2001

SC/F16/JR/22
Hiroto Murase, Tsutomu Tamura, Tatsuya Isoda, Ryosuke Okamoto, Shiroh Yonezaki, Hikaru Watanabe, Naoki Tojo, Ryuichi Matsukura, Kazushi Miyashita, Hiroshi Kiwada, Koji Matsuoka, Shigethosi Nishiwaki, Denzo Inagake, Makoto Okazaki, Hiroshi Okamura, Yoshihiro Fujise and Shigeyuki Kawahara
Prey preferences of common minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), Bryde's (B. edeni) and sei (B. borealis) whales in offshore component of JARPN II from 2002 to 2007

SC/F16/JR/23
Kenji Konishi, Tatsuya Isoda and Tsutomu Tamura
Decadal change of feeding ecology in sei, Bryde's and common minke whales in the offshore of the Western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/24
Tsutomu Tamura, Toshiya Kishiro, Hideyoshi Yoshida, Kenji Konishi, and Hidehiro Kato
Relationship between feeding habit and maturity status of common minke whale off Kushiro

SC/F16/JR/25
Midori Ishii, Hiroto Murase, Yoshiaki Fukuda, Kouichi Sawada, Toyoki Sasakura, Tsutomu Tamura, Takeharu Bando, Koji Matsuoka, Akira Shinohara, Sayaka Nakatsuka, Nobuhiro Katsumata, Kazushi Miyashita and Yoko Mitani
A short note on feeding behaviour of sei whales observed in JARPNII

SC/F16/JR/26
Tatsuya Isoda, Tsutomu Tamura, Kenji Konishi, Hiroshi Ohizumi and Tsunemi Kubodera
Feeding habits of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the western North Pacific in spring and summer

SC/F16/JR/27
Kenji Konishi
Analyses of body condition in sei, Bryde's and common minke whales in the western North Pacific with JARPN and JARPNII dataset

SC/F16/JR/28
Hiroto Murase, Tsutomu Tamura, Takashi Hakamada, Shingo Watari, Makoto Okazaki, Hidetada Kiyofuji, Shiroh Yonezaki and Toshihide Kitakado
Ecosystem modelling in the western North Pacific from 1994 to 2013 using Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) : some preliminary results

SC/F16/JR/29
Toshihide Kitakado, Hiroto Murase and Tsutomu Tamura
Predation impacts on sandlance population by consumption of common minke whales off Sanriku region

SC/F16/JR/30
Genta Yasunaga and Yoshihiro Fujise
Temporal trend of Total Hg levels in three baleen whale species based on JARPNII data for the period 1994-2014

SC/F16/JR/31
Genta Yasunaga and Yoshihiro Fujise
Temporal trend of PCB levels in common minke whales from the western North Pacific for the period 2002-2014

SC/F16/JR/32
Genta Yasunaga and Yoshihiro Fujise
Accumulation features of POPs of baleen whales in the western North Pacific based on samples collected during the 2012 JARPNII survey

SC/F16/JR/33
Genta Yasunaga and Yoshihiro Fujise
Comparison of total Hg levels in O and J type stock of common minke whales based on JARPNII coastal samples collected in 2012 and 2013

SC/F16/JR/34
Genta Yasunaga and Yoshihiro Fujuse
A note on POPs and Hg accumulation in sperm whale based on JARPNII samples collected during 2001-2013

SC/F16/JR/35
Genta Yasunaga and Yoshihiro Fujise
Status of I131, Cs134 and Cs137 in baleen and sperm whales from the western North Pacific during 2011-2015

SC/F16/JR/36
Satoko Niimi, Mai Imoto, Tatsuya Kunisue, Michio X. Watanabe, Eun-Young Kim, Kei Nakayama, Genta Yasunaga, Yoshihiro Fujise, Shinsuke Tanabe and Hisato Iwata
Effects of persistent organochlorine exposure on the liver transcriptome of the common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/37
Yui Shimizu, Kazue Ohishi, Rintaro Suzuki, Yuko Tajima, Tadasu Yamada, Yuka Kakizoe, Takeharu Bando, Yoshihiro Fujise, Hajime Taru, Tsukasa Murayama and Tadashi Maruyama
Amino acid sequence variations of signaling lymphocyte activation molecule and mortality caused by morbillivirus infection in cetaceans

SC/F16/JR/38
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto, Mioko Taguchi and Toshihide Kitakado
Temporal and spatial distribution of the "J" and "O" stocks of common minke whale in waters around Japan based on microsatellite DNA

SC/F16/JR/39
Gen Nakamura, Ichiro Kadowaki, Shouka Nagatsuka, Ryotaro Hayashi, Naohisa Kanda, Mutsuo Goto, Luis A. Pastene and Hidehiro Kato
Morphological differences in the white patch on the flipper between J and O stocks of the North Pacific common minke whale

SC/F16/JR/40
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto, Mioko Taguchi and Toshihide Kitakado
Updated genetic analyses based on mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA indicated no sub-structure of the "O" stock common minke whale in the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/41
Takeharu Bando and Takashi Hakamada
Morphometric analysis on stock structure of the O stock common minke whale in the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/42
Toshiya Kishiro and Tomio Miyashita
Satellite tracking of a common minke whale in the coastal waters off Hokkaido, Northern Japan in 2010

SC/F16/JR/43
Toshihide Kitakado and Hikari Maeda
Fitting to catch-at-age data for North Pacific common minke whales in the Pacific side of Japan

SC/F16/JR/44
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto, Mioko Taguchi and Toshihide Kitakado
Updated genetic analyses based on mtDNA and microsatellite DNA suggest possible stock differentiation of Bryde's whales between management sub-areas 1 and 2 in the North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/45
Hiroto Murase, Tsutomu Tamura, Seiji Otani and Shigetoshi Nishiwaki
Satellite tracking of Bryde's whales Balaenoptera edeni in the offshore western North Pacific in summer 2006 and 2008

SC/F16/JR/46
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto, Mioko Taguchi and Toshihide Kitakado
Genetic analyses based on mtDNA control region sequencing and microsatellite DNA confirmed the occurrence of a single stock of sei whales in oceanic regions of the North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/47
Naohisa Kanda, Koji Matsuoka, Mutsuo Goto and Luis A. Pastene
Genetic study on JARPNII and IWC-POWER samples of sei whales collected widely from the North Pacific at the same time of the year

SC/F16/JR/48
Naohisa Kanda, Takeharu Bando, Koji Matsuoka, Hiroto Murase, Toshiya Kishiro, Luis A. Pastene and Seiji Ohsumi
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

SC/F16/JR/49
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto, Mioko Taguchi and Toshihide Kitakado
A note on the genetic diversity of sperm whales in the western North Pacific as revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA

SC/F16/JR/50
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto, Mioko Taguchi, Shigetoshi Nishiwaki and Toshihide Kitakado
A note on the genetic diversity and phylogeny of western North Pacific and southern right whales based on mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA

SC/F16/JR/51
Luis A. Pastene, Mutsuo Goto and Toshihide Kitakado
A note on mismatch distributions of mtDNA control region sequences in baleen whales from the western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/52
Hikari Maeda, Tadafumi Kawamoto and Hidehiro Kato
A study on the improvement of age estimation in common minke whales using the method of gelatinized extraction of earplug

SC/F16/JR/53
Hikari Maeda, Takeharu Bando, Toshiya Kishiro, Toshihide Kitakado and Hidehiro Kato
Basic information of earplugs as age character of common minke whales in western North Pacific

SC/F16/JR/54
Fisheries Agency of Japan
Japan's voluntary considerations and response to the ICJ judgement in relation to the adjustment of JARPNII program during the period from 2014 to 2016

SC/F16/JR/55
Takeharu Bando, Hikari Maeda, Yuichiro Ishikawa, Toshiya Kishiro and Hidehiro Kato
Preliminary report on progress in earplug-based age determination of sei whales collected during 2002 to 2013 JARPNII surveys


Report of the January 2016 JARPNII REVIEW MEETING

Report of the Expert Panel of the final review on the western North Pacific Japanese Special Permit programme (JARPNII)
The Workshop was held in the Toyomi Center Building, Tokyo from 22-26 February 2016.

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