Digitized records of Soviet whaling catch and sighting, 1933-2018, North Pacific

• Main Authors: Yulia Ivashchenko, Phillip Clapham
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2021
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; Humpback whale; North Pacific right whale; Bowhead whale; Sperm whale; Gray whale; Blue whale; Fin whale; Minke whale; Sei whale; Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Delfín costado blanco; Orcinus orca; Killer Whale, orca, Orca común, épaulard; Phocoena phocoena; Harbor Porpoise, common porpoise, marsouin commun; Eschrichtius; grey whales, gray whales; Phocoenoides dalli dalli; Dall's Porpoise; Balaena mysticetus; black right whale, bowhead whale, Bowhead, baleine boréale; Delphinapterus; white whales, belugas; Berardius bairdii; north Pacific bottle-nosed whale, Baird's Beaked Whale; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Minke Whale, northern minke whale, Ballena menor, petit rorqual, Common Minke Whale; Balaenoptera brydei; Bryde's whale; Megaptera; humpback whales; Eubalaena japonica; North Pacific Right Whale; Balaenoptera borealis; Sei Whale, Ballena de Sei, rorqual boréal; Balaenoptera musculus musculus; Northern Blue Whale; Balaenoptera physalus physalus; Northern Fin Whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm Whale; whaling; population structure; distribution; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; North Pacific; Population structure; Whaling; Distribution; data rescue; genomic; methylation; biopsy sample; technology development; Pacific; Baleine; Blanco; Rorqual; Delfín; Balaenoptera musculus; Balaenoptera physalus; baleine boréale; Beluga*; bowhead whale; Humpback Whale; Killer Whale; minke whale; Orca; petit rorqual; rorqual boréal; Sei Whale; épaulard; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k5bq_20211229T151607Z

This dataset contains available records of cetacean sightings and catches made over a long period (1933-2018), by Soviet whalers and scientists. With data on location, date, species, and number of animals. In 1948, the USSR began a 30-year campaign of illegal whaling that is estimated to have result...