Sighting of a North Pacific right whale in the southern Okhotsk sea, off Shiretoko, Hokkaido

2014/01/01 by Yoshikazu Uni, Takahiro Okabe, Yasutaka Imai · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Marine animal studies overview #Oceanography #Whale #Right whale #Geography #Pacific ocean #Geology #Fishery #Biology

paper · doi:10.5181/cetology.0.24_23

openalex publication_date 2014/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

2013年7月5日、知床半島西側の岸近くでセミクジラが観察された(北緯44度15分、東経145度12分)。これは1968年サハリン島南沖で日本が調査捕獲して以来、初めてとなるオホーツク海南部での確実な観察記録である。

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• Shiretoko Peninsula [wikipedia]

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