Antarctic waters (Area V) near the Balleny Islands are a summer feeding area for some eastern Australian breeding stock E(i) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

• Main Authors: Franklin, Wally, Franklin, Trish, Brooks, Lyndon O, Gibbs, Nadine, Childerhouse, Simon, Smith, Franz, Burns, Daniel, Paton, David, Garrigue, Claire, Constantine, Rochelle, Poole, M Michael, Hauser, Nan, Donoghue, Michael, Russell, Kirsty, Mattila, David K, Robbins, Jooke, Oosterman, Adrian, Leaper, Russell, Harrison, Peter L, Baker, Scott, Clapman, Phil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ePublications@SCU 2012
• Subjects: humpback whale; photo-id; migration; site fidelity; eastern Australia; Oceania; Antarctic waters; breeding grounds; feeding areas; survey-vessel; Southern Hemisphere; Pacific Ocean; Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Balleny Islands; Byron Bay; New Zealand; Pacific; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Tonga; Antarc*; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://epubs.scu.edu.au/esm_pubs/1521; https://archive.iwc.int/pages/search.php?search=%21collection15&k=

Discovery mark tagging provided the first evidence of linkages between eastern Australian and Oceania Humpback whale breeding grounds and the Antarctic Area V feeding areas. Early investigation of movements of humpback whales in the Western Pacific led to the view that the Balleny Islands and the Ro...