North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena Japonica) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena Japonica in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status
- Summary of Status Report
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writers
- Authorities Contacted
- Collections Examined
Endangered 2004
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2004. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 22 pp.
Previous report(s)
Gaskin, D.E. 1990. Update COSEWIC status report on the Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 25 pp.
Gaskin, D.E. 1985. Update COSEWIC status report on the Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 50 pp.
Hay, K.A. 1980. COSEWIC status report on the Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 12 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Moira W. Brown, Miriam O and John K.B. Ford for writing the update status report on the North Pacific Right Whale Eubalaena japonica prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Hal Whitehead, the former COSEWIC Marine Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee Co-chair.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la situation de la Baleine noire du Pacifique nord (Eubalaena japonica) au Canada - Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
North Pacific Right Whale -- Alistair Denbigh.
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Catalogue N° CW69-14/416-2005E-PDF
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