This is a peer-reviewed publication containing original scientific papers on the conservation and management of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Journal is accompanied by an annual Supplement which contains the report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting and intersessional workshops held during the relevant period. There are also a number of topic-based Special Issues.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v23i1

Published: 2022-04-18

A note on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the central Indian Ocean

R. Charles Anderson, Isha, Dipani Sutaria , Asha de Vos

49-57

Visual Health Assessment and evaluation of Anthropogenic threats to Arabian Sea Humpback Whales in Oman

Gianna Minton, Marie Francoise Van Bressem, Andrew Willson, Timothy Collins, Suaad Al Harthi, Maia Sarrouf Willson, Robert Baldwin, Matthew Leslie, Koen Van Waerebeek

59-79

Strandings of Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus) in the Philippines

Jo Marie Acebes, Tadasu Yamada, Jennifer Poniente, Ayaka Matsuda, Ma. Louella Dolar, Marco Espiritu, Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, Mudjekeewis Santos

81-107

External indicators of fisheries interactions in known bycaught dolphins from bather protection nets along the KwaZuluNatal coastline, South Africa

Natasha Roussouw, Sabine Wintner, Greg Hofmeyr, Peter Wohlsein, Ursula Siebert, Stephanie Plön

127-140

First record of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in coastal waters of Ecuador in a century

Fernando Felix, Ben Haase, Claudia Teran, Miguel Pozo, Santiago Burneo

141-147

Mortalities of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) and related anthropogenic factors in South African waters, 1999–2019

Els Vermeulen, Elise Jouve, Peter Best, Geremy Cliff, Matt Dicken, Deon Kotze, Steven McCue, Mike Meÿer, Mduduzi Seakamela, Greg Thompson, Meredith Thornton, Chris Wilkinson

149-169

Spatial, temporal and demographic patterns of cetacean strandings in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico

Mackenzie L. Russell, Jennifer C. G. Bloodgood, Ruth H. Carmichael

171-182

Occurrence, site fidelity, and abundance of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Western Ligurian Sea

Davide Ascheri, Elena Fontanesi, Marco Ballardini , Barbara Nani, Jessica Alessi

191-204