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Rice, Dale W., and Allen A. Wolman : 



1967. The gray whale : age, growth, reproduction, and the annual cycle. 



Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory, 34 processed pp. 

 1969. Sperm whales in the eastern North Pacific : Progress report on research, 



1959-1969, 18 processed pp. 



Material Supplied by NMFS (BCF) to International Whaling Commission, 



1966-1971 



International Whaling Commission, 23rd Annual Meeting, 1971 ; U.S. Progress 

 Report on Whale Research, February 1970-March 1971. (Studies mentioned were 

 on North Pacific stocks of fin, sei, gray and sperm whales. ) 



International Whaling Commission, 22nd Annual Meeting 1970; U.S. Progress 

 Report on Whale Research, February 1969-March 1970; Contribution to Special 

 Meeting on Sperm Whale Biology and Stock Assessments March 13-24 1970 ; SP/3 

 Sperm Whales in the eastern North Pacific : Progress Report on research, 1959- 

 1969 Rice and Wolman. 



Information not available for 1969. 



No contributions in 1968. 



International Whaling Commission, 19th Annual Meeting 1967 ; Eighth Meet- 

 ing of the North Pacific Working Group U.S.A. — (1) The grey whale: Age, 

 growth, reproduction and the annual cycle — D. W. Rice and A. A. Wolman. 



International Whaling Commission, 18th Annual Meeting 1966 ; Contributed to 

 Scientific Committee through 7th meeting of North Pacific Working Group ; Blue 

 whales in the waters of Baja, California, Dale W. Rice, 1966 ; Growth and repro- 

 duction of the gray whale. Dale W. Rice ; United States whale marking June 

 1965-June 1966 ; Hosted IWC/FAO Joint Working Party on Whale Stock Assess- 

 ment, January 26-February 2, 1966 in Seattle. 



Hosted Sixth Meeting of the North Pacific Working Group of IWC, Honolulu, 

 February 7-12, 1966. 



Submitted Status of humpback whales on their wintering grounds in the south- 

 eastern North Pacific, D. W. Rice. 



Progress Report on sperm whale research, United States. 



June 14, 1971. 



United States Progress Report on Whale Research, February 1970- 

 March 1971 



1. Species and Stocks Studied 



Studies have continued on the eastern North Pacific stocks of fin. sei. gray, 

 and sperm whales. 



2. Field Observations and Collections 



Biological data and specimens, including ear plugs or teeth, were collected 

 from 5 fin whales, 4 sei whales, and 56 sperm whales at the Richmond, California 

 shore station during 1970. Thirty of the sperm whales were collected under a 

 Special Scientific Permit and were undersized, lactating. or taken outside the 

 regular whaling season. 



A census of the southward-migrating gray whales at Yankee Point, Monterey 

 county, California, was conducted from 10 December 1970 to 13 February 1971. 



Catcher-boat captains have continued to record sightings of protected species 

 ( blue and humback whales ) off central California. 



On 15 March 1971, the oceanarium Sea World of San Diego captured alive 

 a gray whale calf in Laguna Ojo de Liebre (Scammon's Lagoon), Baja Cali- 

 fornia, under Special Scientific Permits issued by the United States and Mexican 

 governments. Data on growth, nutrition, metabolism, and other aspects of its 

 biology are being systematically recorded. 



3. Marking 



No whales were marked, and no marked whales were recovered. 

 We have a contract with the Floy Tag Company of Seattle to develop a mark 

 suitable for use on whale calves and other small cetaceans. 



4. Laboratory tvork 



Laboratory work on most of the collected material has been completed. 



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