Reestablishment of former wintering grounds by New Zealand southern right whales

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Carroll, Emma L., Rayment, William J., Alexander, Alana M., Baker, C. Scott, Patenaude, Nathalie J., Steel, Debbie, Constantine, Rochelle, Cole, Rosalind, Boren, Laura J., Childerhouse, Simon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12031; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmms.12031; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12031

Abstract Historically, the range of the southern right whale ( SRW ) included winter calving grounds around the North and South Islands (mainland) of New Zealand ( NZ ) and in the NZ subantarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands. Due to extensive whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries, no SRW was seen...