Gray whale <i>Eschrichtius robustus</i> in Russian Far East: the history of discovery, research, and harvesting

Discovery and research of gray whale in Chukotka are outlined and recent data on its whaling are presented on the base of authors’ and cited sources. The species was described for the first time in the late 16th century. Almost all its studies concerned the California-Chukotka population (East Pacif...

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Main Authors: Sergey A. Blokhin, Denis I. Litovka
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Transactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography 2014-12-01
Series:Известия ТИНРО
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Online Access:https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/223