Topic
Minimum Population Estimate
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POPULATION SIZE
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pers. comm
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CURRENT AND MAXIMUM NET PRODUCTIVITY RATES
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POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL
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PRODUCTIVITY RATES
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Calambokidis and Barlow
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Estimates of abundance
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Scott and Sadove
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al. 1997
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distinct seasonal cycle(CeTAP 1982
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eastern North Pacific (shaded area). The distribution of the
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seals in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (shaded area
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00
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000 to 130
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1986 Sable Island 100
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1987
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1991
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1997
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British Figure 1. Killer whale sightings based on shipboard surveys off California
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Cape Hatteras
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Current Population Trend
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Dahlheim et al. 1997
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For the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) stock assessment reports
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Forney and Brownell 1996
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Forney et al. 1995). Seasonal
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Little is known about
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Little is known about the population size of blue whales exce
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Mass. Audubon
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No informat
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Oregon and Washington
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Potential Biological Remov
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Southwest Region
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a year-round breeding population of approximately 400+ animals was documented on outer Cape Cod and
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and between habit
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animals has been documented on outer Cape Cod and Nantucket Island (Dennis Murley
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cow with calf have been confirmed since 1900 (D. Rice
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late 1990's
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observed in Prince William Sound
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surveys were conducted during
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the Eastern North Pacific S
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to Georges Bank (35 o to 42 o N) in outer continental shelf
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western Canada (Nagorsen and Stewart
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