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•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1995. Populations differentiation in the western North Pacific minke whale as revealed by RFLP analysis of mitochondrial D-loop DNA. Paper SC/47/NP4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995 (unpublished). 15pp.

•Wada, S. 1995. Comparison of allele frequencies between minke whale samples from Japanese coastal waters and pelagic waters (subarea 9). Paper SC/47/NP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995 (unpublished). 4pp.

•Fujise, Y., Kishiro, T., Zenitani, R., Matsuoka, K., Kawasaki, M. and Shimamoto, K. 1995. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales in 1994. Paper SC/47/NP3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995 (unpublished). 29pp.

•Fujise, Y. 1996. Heavy metal concentrations in minke whales from the Pacific coast of Japan and an offshore area in the western North Pacific. Paper SC/48/NP22 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 7pp.

•Fujise, Y. and Kato, H. 1996. Some Morphological Aspects of the Western North Pacific Minke Whales: Preliminary Analyses of Materials from the JARPN Surveys in 1994-5. Paper SC/48/NP11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 10pp.

•Fujise, Y., Iwasaki, T., Zenitani, R., Araki, J., Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T., Aono, S., Yoshida, T., Hidaka, H., Nibe, T. and Tohyama, D. 1996. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit for North Pacific minke whales in 1995 with the results of a preliminary analysis of data collected. Paper SC/48/NP13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 39pp.

•Iwasaki. T. 1996. Constituents of the urine in the North Pacific minke whales with some notes on urinary concentrations of sex steroid hormones. Paper SC/48/NP14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 9pp.

a?≫Miyashita, T. and Fujise, Y. 1996. Abundance estimate of the western North Pacific minke whale using sighting data of the Japanese Whale Program under a Special Permit in sub-area 9 and notes on the results of dedicated sighting surveys. Paper SC/48/NP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 10pp.

•Wada, S. 1996. Results of allozyme analysis on minke whale samples from JARPN in 1995. Paper SC/48/NP21 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 4pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1997. RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region in minke whales sampled during the 1996 JARPN. Paper SC/49/NP10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September 1997 (unpublished). 10pp.

•Wada, S. 1997. Results of allozyme analysis on minke whale samples from JARPN in 1996. Paper SC/49/NP14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September 1997 (unpublished). 2pp.

•Fujise, Y., Shimada, H., Zenitani, R., Goto, M., Tamura, T., Lindstrøm, U., Uchida, A., Yoshida, H., Shimamoto, K., Yuzu, S., Kasai, H., Kinoshita, T., Iwata, T. and Toyama, D. 1997. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) in 1996 with some preliminary analyses of data collected during the 1994-1996 JARPN surveys. Paper SC/49/NP8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September 1997 (unpublished). 38pp.

•Ishikawa, H., Yuzu, S., Shimamoto, K., Bando, T., Ohshima, K., Kasai, H., Kinoshita, T., Mizushima, Y., Iwakami, H., Nibe, T., Hosoyama, T., Kuramochi, T., Numano, K. and Miyamoto, M. 1997. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) in 1997. Paper SC/49/NP9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September 1997 (unpublished). 28pp.

•Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R. and Kato, H. 1998. An examination of the W-stock hypothesis for North Pacific minke whales, with special reference to some biological parameters using data collected from JARPN surveys from 1994 to 1997. Paper SC/50/RMP12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, April 1998 (unpublished). 14pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1998. Population structure in the North Pacific minke whale as revealed by RFLP and sequencing analyses of the mtDNA control region. Paper SC/50/RMP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, April 1998 (unpublished). 15pp.

•Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Fujise Y. 1999. Review of the studies on stock identity in the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the North Pacific. Paper SC/51/RMP15 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1999 (unpublished). 28pp.

•Zenitani, R., Fujise, Y., Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Ichihashi, H., Shimokawa, T., Krasnenko, A.S., Taguchi F., Kinoshita, T., Mori, M., Watanabe, M., Ichinomiya, D., Nakamura, M., Sakai, K., Matsuzaka, K., Kamei, H. and Tohyama, D. 1999. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit in the North Pacific in 1998. Paper SC/51/RMP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1999 (unpublished). 20pp.

•Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Geographical and seasonal changes of prey species in the western North Pacific minke whale. Paper SC/F2K/J22 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 26pp.

•Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Diurnal change in feeding activity in the western North Pacific minke whale. Paper SC/F2K/J23 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 16pp.

•Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Daily and seasonal food consumption by the western North Pacific minke whale. Paper SC/F2K/J24 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.

•Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Brief review of the studies of feeding ecology in the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the western North Pacific prior to JARPN surveys. Paper SC/F2K/J31 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 6pp.

•Tamura, T., Ohsumi, S. and Fujise Y. 2000. Some examinations on body fatness of the western North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J25 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 20pp.

•Tamura, T. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. Regional assessments of prey consumption by marine cetaceans in the world. Paper SC/52/E6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 42pp.

•Abe, H., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale inferred from microsatellite analysis. Paper SC/F2K/J10 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 14pp.

•Fujise, Y., Hakamada, T., Aoki, M., Niimi, S., Nakata, H., Honda, K. and Tanabe, S. 2000. An attempt to identify stocks in the western North Pacific minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) using the accumulation levels of heavy metals and organochlorines as ecological tracers. Paper SC/F2K/J18 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale based on RFLP and sequencing analyses of mtDNA control region, using data from the 1994-1999 JARPN surveys. Paper SC/F2K/J11 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 15pp. + Appendix 1pp.

•Goto, M., Abe, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Estimation of the mixing proportion of the?eJ?fand?eO?fstocksstocks in sub-area 11 using uni- and bi-parental genetic markers. Paper SC/F2K/J27 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 10pp. + Appendix 8pp.

•Goto, M., Abe, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Additional analyses of mtDNA control region sequences in the western North Pacific minke whales using JARPN samples. Paper SC/F2K/J32 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 5pp.

•Goto, M., Kim, Z.G., Abe, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. A note on the possibility of identifying individual J stock animals from a mixed assemblage based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Paper SC/F2K/J28 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Re-estimation of the mixing proportion of the?eJ?fand?eO?fstocks using alternative stratification. Paper SC/52/RMP6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. A note on additional mtDNA analysis on western North Pacific minke whale using JARPN samples. Paper SC/52/RMP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.

•Hakamada, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Preliminary examination of the heterogeneity of external measurements of minke whales in the western part of the North Pacific, using data collected during 1994-1999 JARPN surveys. Paper SC/F2K/J15 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.

•Hakamada, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Further examination of morphological heterogeneity in North Pacific minke whales collected during the JARPN surveys. Paper SC/52/RMP16 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 5pp.

•Hatanaka, H. 2000. Comprehensive summary on W stock hypothesis of minke whale through JARPN program. Paper SC/F2K/J21 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Kuramochi, T., Araki, J., Uchida, A., Moriyama, N., Takeda, Y., Hayashi, N., Wakao, H., Machida, M. and Nagasawa, K. 2000. Summary of parasite and epizoit investigations during JARPN surveys 1994-1999, with reference to stock structure analysis for the western North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J19 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 22pp.

•Martien, K.K. and Taylor, B.L. 2000. The limitations of hypothesis testing as a means of demographically delineating independent units. Paper SC/F2K/J3 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 32pp.

•Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Fujise, Y. and Miyashita, T. 2000. Distribution pattern of minke whales based on sighting data during the JARPN 1994-1999. Paper SC/F2K/J16 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 17pp.

•Nakata, H., Tanabe, S., Niimi, S., Minh, T.B., Sakakibara, A., Fujita, K. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Population structure in minke whale from the North Pacific examined by the persistent organic pollutants as chemical tracers. Paper SC/F2K/J17 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Okamura, H., Zenitani, R., Hiramatsu, K. and Kato, H. 2000. Some analyses on the possibility of the existence of W-stock minke whale in sub-area 9 using the information on conception dates. Paper SC/F2K/J14 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Okamura, H. and Goto, M. 2000. The statistical power of the hypothesis testing for the elucidation of genetic population structure in the North Pacific minke whales using allele frequency data. Paper SC/F2K/J30 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 7pp.

•Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Review of the studies on stock identity in the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the North Pacific. Paper SC/F2K/J1 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 22pp. + Appendix 4pp.

•Punt, A.E., Butterworth, D.S. and Wada, S. 2000. On the use of allele frequency data within a Bayesian framework to evaluate the relative probabilities of alternative stock structure hypotheses for the North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J2 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.

•Taylor, B.L., Chivers, S.J. and Dizon, A.E. 2000. Estimating the statistical power to detect population subdivision using mitochondrial DNA. Paper SC/F2K/J4 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 13pp.

•Taylor, B.L. and Chivers, S.J. 2000. Evaluating the performance of different statistics to detect population subdivision. Paper SC/F2K/J5 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 10pp.

•Taylor, B.L. 2000. Genetic population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale: an analysis of mtDNA data. Paper SC/F2K/J6 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 4pp.

•Taylor, B.L. and Chivers, S.J. 2000. An example of the calculation of the statistical power to detect population sub-division in North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J7 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.

•Taylor, L.B. 2000. Relating stock depletion to dispersal: The western North Pacific minke whale example. Paper SC/52/SD10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 5pp.

•Wada, S. 2000. Stock structure of the western North Pacific minke whales based on the allozyme analyses. Paper SC/F2K/J12 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 4pp.

•Zenitani, R., Kato, H and Fujise, Y. 2000. Some analyses on biological parameters of western North Pacific minke whales, from a view point of stock identification. Paper SC/F2K/J13 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.

•Fujise, Y. 2000. Outline of the research activities of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) from 1994 to 1999. Paper SC/F2K/J8 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 30pp.

•Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Ohtani, S., Takeda, S., Kitajima, A., Kimura, T., Masaki, T. and Tohyama, D. 2000. Cruise Report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) in 1999. Paper SC/F2K/J9 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 32pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Results of molecular genetic analyses of whale products collected from the Japanese retail markets in 1996 and 1999/2000 surveys. Paper SC/52/SD7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 21pp.+ Appendix 11pp.

•Nishiwaki, S. 2000. Performance of biopsy skin sampling for minke whales during the JARPN and JARPA surveys using ICR air gun. Paper SC/52/O5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Okamura, H., Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Okazaki, M. and Miyashita, T. 2000. The GAM-based analyses on the density index of minke whales in the JARPN survey. Paper SC/52/RMP3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 10pp.

•Ohsumi, S., Hatanaka, H. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Review on the objectives of Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the north-western North Pacific (JARPN). Paper SC/F2K/J29 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 7pp.

•Watanabe, T., Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T. and Fujise Y. 2000. Oceanographic conditions of the western subarctic gyre region based on oceanographic data during the JARPN 1994-1999. Paper SC/F2K/J26 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.

•Zenitani, R., Fujise, Y., Okamura, H. and Kato, H. 2000. Further examination of the distribution of western North Pacific minke whales applying a logistic regression analysis for reproductive data collected by the JARPN surveys. Paper SC/52/RMP17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R. and Goto, M. 2001. Utility of non-genetic information for stock identification - The case of the western North Pacific minke whale -. Paper SC/53/SD5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Goto, M., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2001. Genetic examination of western North Pacific minke whales including samples from JARPN II. Paper SC/53/RMP11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 11pp.

•Goto, M., Kim, Z.G. and Pastene, L.A. 2001. Genetic analysis of additional samples from the "J" stock and implications for the estimation of mixing proportion of "J" and "O" stocks in sub-area 11. Paper SC/53/RMP12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 12pp.

•Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2001. Comments on the estimations of the J and O stocks mixing proportion and level of by-catches of common minke whale using mitochondrial DNA data from the retail market surveys. Paper SC/53/RMP13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 13pp. + Revised version (Table 3).

•Fujise, Y., Pastene, L.A., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Murase, H., Kawahara, S., Watanabe, H., Ohizumi, H., Mogoe, T., Kiwada, H., Nemoto, K. and Narita, H. 2001. Progress report of the feasibility study of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the western North Pacific - Phase II (JARPN II) in 2000. Paper SC/53/O10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, July 2001 (unpublished). 77pp.

•Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2002. Re-estimations of the mixing proportion of O and J Stocks in sub-areas 2, 11 and 7 following the guidelines offered in Appendix 15 of Annex D (RMP Sub-Committee Report). Paper SC/JO2/NP9 presented to the IWC/SC North Pacific minke whale RMP/IST meeting, January 2002 (unpublished). 3pp.

•Goto, M., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2002. Further mtDNA analysis on North Pacific minke whales including JARPN and JARPN II samples from 1994 to 2001. Paper SC/JO2/NP10 presented to the IWC/SC North Pacific minke whale RMP/IST meeting, January 2002 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Goto, M., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2002. An Additional genetic analysis to investigate the plausibility of different stock scenarios in North Pacific minke whale IST. Paper SC/54/RMP15 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Kanda, N., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2002. Further microsatellite analysis on North Pacific minke whales including JARPN and JARPN II samples from 1994 to 2001. Paper SC/JO2/NP11 presented to the IWC/SC North Pacific minke whale RMP/IST meeting, January 2002 (unpublished). 4pp.

•Kanda, N., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2002. Considerations on stock structure of minke whales in western North Pacific. Paper SC/54/SD3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 3pp.

•Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2002. Proposal on an update to the defaults on stock structure in section 3 of Appendix 15 of Annex D (RMP Sub-Committee Report). Paper SC/JO2/NP7 presented to the IWC/SC North Pacific minke whale RMP/IST meeting, January 2002 (unpublished). 2pp.

•Pastene, L.A. Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2002. Scientific background supporting the stock scenarios proposed in SC/JO2/NP7. Paper SC/JO2/NP8 presented to the IWC/SC North Pacific minke whale RMP/IST meeting, January 2002 (unpublished). 2pp.

•Fujise, Y., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Watanabe, H., Kiwada, H., Otani, S., Kanda, N., Yasunaga, G., Mogoe, T., Konishi, K., Inamori, M., Shigemune, H. and Tohyama, D. 2002. Cruise report of the Feasibility Study of the Japanese Whale Research program under Special Permit in the western North Pacific-Phase II (JARPN II) in 2001. Paper SC/54/O16 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 51pp.

•Government of Japan (Edited by Fujise, Y., Kawahara, S., Pastene, L.A. and Hatanaka, H.). 2002. Report of 2000 and 2001 feasibility study of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the western North Pacific-Phase II (JARPN II). Paper SC/54/O17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 202pp.

•Miyashita, T., Matsuoka, K., Nishiwaki, S. and Hakamada, T. 2002. Information on track line and sightings of common minke whales during the recent JARPN/JARPN II. Paper SC/54/RMP11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2002 (unpublished). 4pp.

•Zenitani, R., Fujise, Y., Kawahara, S. and Kato, H. 2002. Examination of the distribution and reproductive status of western North Pacific minke whales collected in sub-areas 7, 8 and 9 during JARPN and JARPN II from 1994 to 2001. Paper SC/JO2/NP12 presented to the IWC/SC North Pacific minke whale RMP/IST meeting, January 2002 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Pastene, L.A. 2003. On the different criteria used by the IWC/Scientific Committee for defining stocks in bowhead and western North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/55/RMP9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 7pp.

•Pastene, L.A., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Zenitani, R. and Kato, H. 2003. Additional genetic analyses on the plausibility of the baseline stock scenarios adopted for North Pacific minke whale ISTs. Paper SC/55/IST2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 13pp.

•Fujise, Y., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Yasunaga, G., Konishi, K., Murase, H., Yoshida, T., Ito, S., Ogawa, R., Oka, T., Sasaki, T., Fukutome, K., Isoda, T., Birukawa, N., Horii, N., Zharikov, K.A., Park, K.J., Tohyama, D. and Kawahara, S.2003. Cruise Report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the western North Pacific-Phase II (JARPNII) in 2002 (part I) - Offshore component -. Paper SC/55/O7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 41pp.

•Goto, M., Berube, M., Kanda, N., Ishikawa, H., Nishiwaki, S. and Pastene, L.A. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of fin whale mtDNA control region sequences world-wide. Paper SC/55/SD6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Kishiro, T., Kato, H., Ohizumi, H., Yoshida, H., Saito, T., Isoda, T., Tabata, S., Sakakibara, M., Saino, S., Hara, T., Hayashi, T., Miyashita, T., Fukutome, K., Kiwada, H. and Kawahara, S. 2003. Report of the 2002 JARPN II survey in the western North Pacific. Part II: Coastal component - Coastal Survey off Kushiro, northeast Japan. Paper SC/55/O8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 26pp.

•Nikaido, M., Goto, M., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A. and Okada, N. 2003. A new SINE procedure for species identification of baleen whales. Paper SC/55/SD7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2003 (unpublished). 6pp.

•Kawahara, S. and Hosho, T. 2004. Improvement and test runs Multspec-type ecosystem model for the western North Pacific. Paper SC/56/O24 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Tamura, T., Konishi, K. and Fujise, Y. 2004. Preliminary analyses of prey consumption of three baleen whales and their interaction with fisheries in the western North Pacific. Paper SC/56/O15 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 13pp.

•Tamura, T., Konishi, K., Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K., Murase, H., Miyashita, T., Kishiro, T., Ohizumi, H., Kato, H., Kawahara, S. and Fujise, Y. 2004. Preliminary analyses of interaction between common minke whales and fisheries off Kushiro region. Paper SC/56/O16 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 16pp.

•Tamura, T., Konishi, K., Miyashita, T., Yoshida, H., Kato, H. and Kawahara, S. 2004. Preliminary analyses of interaction between common minke whales and sand lance fisheries off Sanriku region. Paper SC/56/O17 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Goto, M., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2004. Analysis of mtDNA sequences in Bryde's whales from the central western North Pacific and Baja California Peninsula. Paper SC/56/PFI5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kanda, N. 2004. An update of the mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analyses in western North Pacific Bryde's whale. Paper SC/56/PFI4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Hakamada, T., Matsuoka, K. and Nishiwaki, S. 2004. Increasing trend and abundance estimate of sei whales in the western North Pacific. Paper SC/56/O19 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Shimada, H. 2004. Abundance estimate of the western North Pacific stock of Bryde's whale using sighting data from 1998 to 2002. Paper SC/56/PFI6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 8pp.

•Tamura, T., Fujise, Y., Bando, T., Yasunaga, G., Konishi, K., Kiwada, H., Isoda, T., Itoh, S., Machida, S., Tsunekawa, M., Konagai, T., Takamatsu, T., Ohshima, T., Honjo, K., Matsuoka, T., Zharikov, K.A., An, Y.R., Tohyama, D. and Kawahara, S. 2004. Cruise Report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the western North Pacific - Phase II (JARPN II) in 2003 (part I) - Offshore component - Paper SC/56/O13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 47pp.

•Yoshida, H., Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Iwasaki, T., Miyashita, T., Ryono, T., Tabata, S., Sakakibara, M., Saino, S., Hara, T., Hayashi, T., Tomizawa, Y., Tamai, K., Okamoto, R., Fukuoka, M., Watanabe, H., Tsunekawa, M. and Kawahara, S. 2004. Report of the coastal survey on common minke whales off Sanriku coast, northeast Japan: the Japanese Whale Research under Special Permit in the western North Pacific - Phase II (JARPN II) in 2003 (part II) - Coastal component. Paper SC/56/O14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2004 (unpublished). 31pp.

•Kitakado, T., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2005a. A prospective evaluation of statistifal power for population indentification under Island models. Paper SC/M05/BR3 presented to the Intersessional Workshop For North Pacific Bryde's Whales, March 2005 (unpublished). 14pp.

•Kitakado, T., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2005b. A retrospective evaluation of statistical power for population identification in western North Pacific Bryde's whales. Paper SC/M05/BR4 presented to the Intersessional Workshop For North Pacific Bryde's Whales, March 2005 (unpublished). 8pp.

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•Pastene, L.A. 2005. Comments on the hypotheses on stock structure presented at the pre-implementation assessment of western North Pacific Bryde's whale. Paper SC/O05/BWI3 presented to the First Intersessional Workshop of Western North Pacific Bryde's Whale Implementation, October 2005 (unpublished). 12pp.

•Bando, T., Hakamada, T. and Ohsumi, S. 2005. Estimation of pregnancy rate of the western North Pacific Bryde's whale. Paper SC/O05/BWI5 presented to the First Intersessional Workshop for Western North Pacific Bryde's Whale Implementation, October 2005 (unpublished). 5pp.

•Bando, T., Kishiro, T., Ohsumi, S., Zenitani, R. and Kato, H. 2005. Estimation of some biological parameters of western North Pacific Bryde's whale by age distribution. Paper SC/O05/BWI7 presented to the First Intersessional Workshop for Western North Pacific Bryde's Whale Implementation, October 2005 (unpublished). 10pp.

•Kishiro, T., Kato, H., Yoshida, H., Miyashita, T., Ryono, T., Tabata, S., Okamoto, R., Yasui, K., Sato, H., Morita, Y., Saino, S., Hara, T., Ebisui, T., Kuroishi, H., Nishiwaki, S. and Kawahara, S. 2005. Cruise report of the coastal survey on common minke whales off Kushiro, northeast Japan: the 2004 JARPN II survey (Part II) - coastal component. Paper SC/57/O4 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 37pp.

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•Hatanaka, H. and Kawahara, S. 2005. An examination of the catch history of Western North Pacific Stock of Bryde's whale. Paper SC/M05/BR2 presented to the Intersessional Workshop for North Pacific Bryde's Whales, March 2005 (unpublished). 7pp.

•Matsuoka, K., Kiwada, H., Fujise, Y. and Ohsumi, S. 2005. Distribution pattern of Sperm whales in the western North Pacific based on sighting survey data of the JARPN/JARPN II between 1994 and 2004. Paper A&D 6 presented to the Cachalot Assessment Research Planning (CARP) Workshop, March 2005 (unpublished). 16pp.

•Tamura, T., Fujise, Y., Mogoe, T., Kanda, N., Yasunaga, G., Konishi, K., Kiwada, H., Ogihara, M., Hasegawa, A., Kitajima, M., Sugiyama, T., Sasaki, T., Mori, M., Teraoka, T., Tsunekawa, M., Fukutome, K., Zharikov, K.A., NA, J.H, Tohyama, D., Inagake, D. and Kawahara, S. 2005. Cruise report of the Japanese whale research program under special permit in the western North Pacific - Phase II (JARPN II) in 2004 (part I) - offshore component. Paper SC/57/O3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2005 (unpublished). 33pp.

•Kanda, N., Park, J.Y., Shon, H., Kim, Z.G., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2006. Preliminary microsatellite analysis of bycaught J-stock minke whales from Japan and Korea. Paper SC/58/NPM2 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 7pp.

•Kishiro, T., Kato, H., Yoshida, H., Miyashita, T., Ryono, T., Tabata, S., Yasui, K., Sato, H., Morita, Y., Kumagaya, K., Tokuda, D., Nakai, K., Funabashi, N., Ebisui, T., Wakatsuki, T., Sakaguchi, M., Houhana, T., Nishiwaki, S. and Kawahara, S. 2006. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese whale research program under special permit in the western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2005 - coastal component off Kushiro. Paper SC/58/O10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 32pp

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•Tamura, T., Otani, S., Kiwada, H., Mori, M., Konishi, K., Isoda, T., Wada, A., Ogihara, M., Hasegawa, A., Kumagai, S., Komatsu, W., Hayasaka, K., Fukutome, K., Kasai, H., Koyanagi, T., Nagamine, M., Shiozaki, M., Zharikov, K.A., NA, J.H., Ogawa, T., Watanabe, H., Yonezaki, S., Inagake, D. and Kawahara, S. 2006. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2005 - Offshore component -. Paper SC/58/O8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 52pp.

•Yoshida, H., Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Iwasaki, T., Miyashita, T., Saito, T., Tabata, S., Morita, Y., Sato, H., Okada, A., Tomizawa, Y., Saino, S., Kuroishi, H., Ebisui, T., Nakai, K., Nishiwaki, S. and Kawahara, S. 2006. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under special permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2005 - coastal components off Sanriku. Paper SC/58/O9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May-June 2006 (unpublished). 30pp.

•Mori, M. and Hakamada, T. 2007. Some initial progress on the ecosystem modelling of the JARPN II survey area using Ecopath with-Ecosim. Paper SC/59/O13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 11pp.

•Goto, M., Kato, H., Zenitani, R., Yoshida, H., Saito, T., Tabata, S., Morita, Y., Sato, H., Okamoto, R., Maeda, H., Odagawa, A., Ebisui, T., Nakai, K., Matsumoto, A., Fujimori, S., Nishiwaki, S. and Kawahara, S. 2007. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2006 - Coastal component off Sanriku. Paper SC/59/O6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 34pp.

•Tamura, T., Matsuoka, K., Bando, T., Mogoe, T., Konishi, K., Mori, M., Tsunekawa, M., Okamoto, K., Funasaka, N., Sakajiri, H., Yoshida, Y., Kumagai, S., Kimura, K., Takamatsu, T., Konagai, T., Sasaki, S., Kuwaoka, J. and Ogawa T. 2007. Cruise Report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2006 (part I) - Offshore component - Cruise report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2006 (part I) - Offshore component. Paper SC/59/O5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 26pp.

•Yoshida, H., Kato, H., Kishiro, T., Miyashita, T., Iwasaki, T., Minamikawa, S., Ryono, T., Tabata, S., Morita, Y., Sato, H., Okamoto, R., Toyoda, Y., Nakamura, G., Ebisui, T., Nakai, K., Matsumoto, A., Nishiwaki, S. and Kawahara, S. 2007. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific(JARPN II) in 2006 - Coastal component off Kushiro. Paper SC/59/O7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 43pp.

•Kawahara, H. and Hatanaka, H. 2007. Concept of the ecosystem models developed in JARPN II Program. Paper SC/59/O11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 6pp.

•Kawahara, H. 2007. Multspec-type ecosystem modelling in the JARPN II offshore survey area. Paper SC/59/O12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 2007 (unpublished). 9pp.

•Kishiro, T., Kato, H., Yoshida, H., Miyashita, T., Iwasaki, T., Kanaji, Y., Ryono, T., Tabata, S., Morita, Y., Okamoto, R., Maeda, H., Nagatsuka, S., Ogawa, N., Nakai, K., Ebisui, T., Matsumoto, A., Gokita, A., Kiwada, H. and Kawahara, S. 2008. Cruise report of the second phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2007 - coastal component off Kushiro. Paper SC/60/O7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 33pp.

•Matsuoka, K., Otani, H., Isoda, T., Wada, A., Kumagai, S., Ohshima, T., Yoshimura, I., Sugiyama, K., Aki, M., Kato, K., Bhuiyan, M.M.U., Funasaka, N., Suzuki, Y., Sudo, R., Motohashi, Y., Mori, M., Tsunekawa, M., Inagake, D., Murase, H. and Ogawa, T. 2008. Cruise report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific (JARPN II) in 2007 (Part I) - offshore component. Paper SC/60/O5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2008 (unpublished). 40pp.