Associate Professor Hiroto Murase (Academic Research Institute, Department of Marine Environmental Sciences, Cetacean Research Laboratory) said that the Japanese government and the International Whaling Commission (IWC) jointly implemented by2023Of yearIWC/Participate in the Japan Joint North Pacific Cetacean Sighting Survey as a research team leader.IWCIn the same surveyPOWER (Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research)It is called , and is conducted by the Japan Cetacean Research Institute under contract from the Fisheries Agency.

 

POWER mainly targets the wide area of ??the Northeast Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea.2010It has been held every year since then.2023year is north latitude40degrees north of longitude180degree to west longitude155degree (excluding foreign exclusive economic zones)7Month28from the day10Month5It is carried out during the period of the day (Fig. XNUMX).

Figure XNUMX.2023YearsIWC/The research area of ??the Japan Joint North Pacific Cetacean Sighting Survey.

 

Associate Professor Hiroto Murase2010From the yearPOWERI am a member of the management group of , and this will be my third time on board as the survey team leader.This year, the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) appointed by the IWC Scientific CommitteeNOAA) in cooperation with the researchers.In this year's research area, we expect to discover large cetaceans such as blue whales (Fig. XNUMX) and fin whales (Fig. XNUMX).

Figure XNUMX.Blue whale breathing on the sea surface (2022photographed in a survey in XNUMX).

Figure XNUMX.A fin whale that has surfaced (2021photographed in a survey in XNUMX).

 

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Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Cetacean Laboratory Homepage
https://cetaceanlab.web-ac.jp/

2023YearsIWC/Press release of Japanese Joint North Pacific Cetacean Sighting Research Departure (Japan Institute of Cetacean Research)
http://icrwhale.org/230726ReleaseJp.html

Fisheries Agency Whaling Room Press Release
https://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_whatsnew/index.html