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SC/68C/SH/21
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Resource ID
19094
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Document Number
SC/68C/SH/21
Full Title
Global, standardised southern right whale qualitative visual health assessment protoco
Author
Claire Charlton, Els Vermeulen, Sandra H?rbst, Emily Gregory and Fredrik Christiansen
Publisher
IWC
Publication Year
2021
Abstract
This paper aims to provide a global, standardised southern right whale visual health assessment protocol for endorsement by the IWC SC Southern Hemisphere sub-committee at the 2021 meeting (SC/68C). The protocol builds on the visual health assessment completed by Pettis et al. (2004) for North Atlantic right whales, and Hörbst et al. 2018 (SC/68A/SH/13) for adult southern right whales. Visual health assessments leverage from long-term photo-identification catalogues of SRWs in their wintering grounds to be able to assess the health of known individuals over time, which can be evaluated in relation to their reproductive success.