@techreport{,

title = {Wild Dolphin Swim Program Workshop},

author = {Dudzinkski,K.M.,Frohoff,T.G.,Spradlin,T.R.},

year  = {1999},

date = {1999-01-01},

journal = {Workshop held in conjunction with the 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals},

number = {361},

pages = {1-72},

abstract = {The workshop addressed many issues related to swimming with wild dolphins and the report includes abstracts/summaries of presentations on the following subjects: Interactions between the public and wild dolphins in the United States: Biological Concerns and the Marine Mammal Protection Act; Interactions between humans and bottlenose dolphins near Panama City, FLConcerns about Hawaiian spinner dolphins in HawaiiManagement Policies in New Zealand regarding wild dolphin swim programmesManagement of commercial swim with dolphin programmes in AustraliaMinimizing Impact and maximizing research during human dolphin interactions in the BahamasVessel and human impact monitoring of the dolphins of Little Bahamas BankWhale and Dolphin watching and associated research programs in the Ogasawara Islands, Japanan Example Approach the dolphin swimming/watching programs around Mikura Island, JapanIncomplete history of spinner dolphin research in HawaiiThe Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris: effects of tourismSwimming with wild dolphins in New Zealand: a multispecies research exampleLearning dolphin "etiquette" by understanding their rules of behaviour and interactionConducting research on human-dolphin interactions: captive dolphins, free-ranging dolphins, solitary dolphins and dolphin groupsObservations of a lone sociable dolphin in BelizeApproaching wild dolphins in Brazil: potential risks in a near futureConsequences of swimming with a lone female bottlenose dolphin in the gulf of Eilat/AqabaStudying the human/dolphin interactions from a cliff-side in Kaikura, New ZealandBehavior and ecology of common dolphins and the impact of tourism in the Coromandel Bay of Plenty region, New ZealandResearch on Hawaiian Spinner dolphins in Kealakekua Bay, HawaiiA study of the Hawaiian spinner dolphins around OahuUnderwater research of dolphins in BelizeThe number of dolphin watching boats limited per day, according to a treaty about dolphin watching in Mikura Island watersBibliography of Human/Dolphin Interactions (19pp)},

keywords = {Australia, behaviour, bottlenose dolphin, bottlenose dolphins, Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, management, Spinner dolphin, swim with dolphins, Whale watching},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {techreport}

}

@techreport{,

title = {Species and individual identification of whale and dolphin products for sale in Japan by mtDNA sequences and nuclear microsatellite profiles },

author = {Lento,G.M.,Dalebout,M.L.,Baker,C.S.},

year  = {1998},

date = {1998-01-01},

volume = {SC/50/O8},

number = {399},

pages = {1-12},

abstract = {We report on species and individual identification of whale and dolphin products available on commercial markets of Japan in 1997/98 based on analysis of mitochondria) DNA (mtDNA) sequences and microsatellite variation. The total sample of 74 products included four species of baleen whales, the fin (n=4), sei (n=1), northern minke (n=15) and southern minke (n=39) whales. The remaining 15 samples included dolphins (n = 8; at least four species), Baird's beaked whales (n=5), a porpoise (n=1), and a pygmy sperm whale (n=1), all sold as "kujira" in Japan. It is noted that two new species, the sei whale, and the pygmy sperm whale, appeared for the first time in this series of market surveys. With the inclusion of the sei whale, a total of eight species of baleen whale have been found for sale in post-moratorium surveys of markets in Korea and Japan. Comparison of the sei whale mtDNA to reference sequences from the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere suggested that this product originated from the Southern Hemisphere. The last legal hunting of this population was in 1979-80. To investigate the stock origins of northern minke whale products sold in Japan, in 1997-98, the mtDNA haplotypes of these products were compared to those found previously in Korea, 1994-97 (Lento et al. 1998). This comparison revealed that four (33%) of the 12 haplotypes among the Japanese products were identical to those from Korea. This is not consistent with the hypothesis that northern minke whale products sold in Japan originate exclusively from the scientific hunting of a stock that is genetically distinct from the Korean coastal bycatch. Instead, these findings could suggest that whales from both stocks are being hunted illegally or that whale products are being smuggled between the two countries. To further investigate the possibility of smuggling and to estimate the total number of individual whales represented in commercial products, we are developing protocols for DNA profiling using microsatellite loci. Based on preliminary analysis of three loci, the four fin whale products, representing three mtDNA haplotypes, were shown to have originated from four individuals. The 15 northern minke whale products found in 1997-98, representing 12 mtDNA haplotypes, were shown to have originated from a minimum of 14 individuals. One of these products that shared a haplotype with a 1997 product, was also shown to be unique.},

keywords = {Atlantic, baleen whale, baleen whales, beaked whales, developing, DNA, dolphin, dolphins, fin whale, Japan, Microsatellite, minke whale, mtDNA, North Atlantic, Oman, population, Porpoise, pygmy sperm whale, Southern Hemisphere, sperm whale, stocks, survey, whale, whales, whaling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {techreport}

}