An analysis of historic (1908-1967) whaling records from British Columbia, Canada

• Main Author: Gregr, Edward James
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Balaenoptera borealis; Balaenoptera musculus; Balaenoptera physalus; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/10255

Analysis of data recorded from 24,862 whales killed by British Columbia coastal whaling stations between 1908 and 1967 revealed trends in the abundance, sex ratios, age structure and the distance from shore of sperm (Physeter macrocephalus), sei (Balaenoptera borealis), fin (Balaenoptera physalus),...