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5. Results 



During the 1970/71 season, 3325 gray whales were counted passing Yankee 

 Point during daylight hours (0700-1700). This figure is almost the same as the 

 counts made during the previous three seasons, and further confirms our opin- 

 ion that the eastern Pacific gray whale population has remained stable since at 

 least the 1967/68 season (see Rice and Wolman, 1971) . 



A specimen of the bathypelagic anglerfish Ceratias holhoelli from the stomach 

 of a sperm whale taken off California constitutes the first eastern North Pacific 

 record for this fish, and its third known occurrence in the diet of the sperm 

 whale. The identity of certain large squid beaks from California sperm whale 

 stomachs has been confirmed as Architeuthis sp. ; these specimens represent the 

 first known occurrence of Architeuthis in the eastern Pacific. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Kasuya, T., and D. W. Rice. 1970. Notes on baleen plates and on arrangement of 



parasitic barnacles of gray whale. Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. 22 :39-^3. 

 Kenyon, K. W., and D. W. Rice. 1971. [Review of] Anderson, Harald T. (ed.). 



The biology of marine mammals. J. Mammal. 52(1) : 253-555. 

 Rausch, R. L., and D. W. Rice. 1970. Ogmogaster triUneatus sp. nov. (Tremae- 



toda: Notocotylidae) from the fin whale Balaenopicra physalus L. Proc. 



Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 37(2) : 196-200. 

 Rice, D. W. 1970. Gordon C. Pike, 1922-1968 [obituary]. J. Mammal. 52(2) : 



131 135. 

 Rice, D. W. 1970. Gray whales — long distance swimmers of the East Pacific. 



Pacific Search 4(8) : 2-3. 

 Rice. D. W., and A. A. Wolman. 971. Life history and ecology of the gray whale 



(Eschrichtius rohustus). Amer. Soc. Mammal. Spec. Publ. 3 :1-142. 



Mr. Potter. I am a little confused. Are these reports you are talk- 

 ing about in the nature of scientific papers or simply reports to the 

 International Whaling Commission saying we killed x number of 

 whales and why, sex, size, and what have you ? 



Mr. Pollock. I would presume Dr. Harry could answer better, but 

 I would presume that they are for research purposes and in the course 

 of that, that reports are made to the Whaling Commission. 



Mr. Potter. What we want is a copy of any research papers, show- 

 ing the results from the taking of the whales. 



Mr. Pollock. No problem. We will be happy to do that. 



Mr. DiNGELL. And if no such information is available we would like 

 to be advised also. 



Mr. Potter. Mr. Pollock, in the Department's comments on the 

 bill, H.R. 10420, it indicated among other things that "Those States 

 with resident populations of marine mammals already have, in effect, 

 appropriate regulations governing the utilization and conservation 

 of those mammals." That is on page 2. 



Mr. Pollock. Of my testimony ? 



Mr. Potter. No ; of the Department's report. 



Mr. Pollock. Yes. 



Mr. Potter. Are you suggesting to the committee that it is there- 

 fore unnecessary for the Federal Government to regulate the taking 

 of marine mammals which may be migratory or which may be threat- 

 ened or international in character? 



Mr. Pollock. I think our feeling generally is that where the States 

 are doing a proper job, and we believe most of them are, where marine 

 mammals are involved, that there should be cooperative programs, 

 that we should not enact legislation which would take away the right 

 or superimpose upon the States a Federal law to regulate them where 

 it is being properly done. 



