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HUMPBACK WHALES
IN GLACIER BAY
NATIONAL MONUMENT, ALASKA
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEBRUARY 1980
Report No. MMC-79/01
HUMPBACK WHALES IN GLACIER BAY NATIONAL MONUMENT, ALASKA
Marine Mammal Commission 1625 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006
Published February 1980
U.S. Marine Mammal Commission 1625 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006
NOTICE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
FIGURE 1. Map showing location of Glacier Bay, Lynn Canal and Fredrick Hole in Southeast Alaska Alexander Archipelago (from Jurasz and Jurasz, 1979)
FIGURE 2. Soundings in Fathoms (NOS Chart 17300)
FIGURE 3. GLACIER BAY, ALASKA SHOWING FORMER POSITIONS OF TERMINI 1760-1966 (from Hale and Wright, 1979)
TABLE 1. Relative abundance and distribution of identified humpback whales in southeast Alaskan waters 1967-79[a]
TABLE 2. Number of humpback whales (individual census) entering Glacier Bay during "influxes". (modified from Jurasz and Jurasz, 1979)
TABLE 3. Age composition of humpback whales per year in Glacier Bay (modified from Jurasz and Jurasz, 1979)
TABLE 4. Juraszs' description of "stress behavior" (Progressing from the least "stressful" to the most "stressful") (modified from Jurasz and Jurasz, 1979.)
TABLE 5. Juraszs' vessel/aircraft classes (after Jurasz and Jurasz, 1979)
POSSIBLE CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HUMAN USE OF GLACIER BAY AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF HUMPBACK WHALES FROM THE BAY[5]
TABLE 6. Number of visitors and vessels to Glacier Bay National Monument.[a]
Figure 4. COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL VISITS TO GLACIER BAY (from Hale and Wright, 1979)
Figure 5. COMMERCIAL FISHING ACTIVITY GLACIER BAY (from Hale and Wright, 1979)
FIGURE 6. FISHING CHARTER BOATS AND PRIVATE BOAT VISITS TO GLACIER BAY 1970-1977 (from Hale and Wright, 1979)
ADEQUACY OF EXISTING DATA
MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TAKEN OR UNDER CONSIDERATION[6]
ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESEARCH/MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND NEED FOR COOPERATION AND COORDINATION
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A
AGENDA
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
Transcriber's Notes
Typographical Corrections
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