Contents
Preface………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
Foreword ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
Relevance of the scientiﬁc work on cetaceans of Dr. Seiji Ohsumi ………………………………… 5
Recollections of Dr. Seiji Ohsumi …………………………………………………………………… 9
Bibliography of the published works of Dr. Seiji Ohsumi ……………………………………………52
Collection of moments ………………………………………………………………………………83
Full paper
KATO, H., FUJISE, Y., NAKAMURA, G., HAKAMADA, T., PASTENE, L. A. and BEST, P. B.
Dwarf minke whales: Morphology, growth and life history based on samples collected from thehigher latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere …………………………………………………………93
PASTENE, L. A., GOTO, M., TAGUCHI, M. and MATSUOKA, K.
Genetic matches of southern right whales in the Indian sector of the Antarctic:
A Contribution towards understanding their movement and site-ﬁdelity ………………………… 129
OHASHI, Y., GOTO, M., TAGUCHI, M., PASTENE, L. A. and KITAKADO, T.
Evaluation of a paternity method based on microsatellite DNA genotypes for estimating
the abundance of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Indo-Paciﬁcregion of the Antarctic …………………………………………………………………………… 139
TAGUCHI, M., GOTO, M., MILMANN, L., SICILIANO, S., TIEDEMANN, R. and PASTENE, L. A.
New insights into the genetic structure of sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis)at the inter-oceanic scale …………………………………………………………………………… 152
KATSUMATA, T., HIROSE, A., NAKAJO, K., SHIBATA, C., MURATA, H., YAMAKOSHI, T.,
NAKAMURA, G. and KATO, H.
Evidence of winter migration of humpback whales to the Hachijo island, Izu Archipelago oﬀ
the southern coast of Tokyo, Japan ………………………………………………………………… 164
TAKAHASHI, M., NAKAMURA, G. and KATO, H.
Growth-related changes in the cranium of killer whales in the western North Paciﬁc …………… 175
LOCKYER, C. and GARRIGUE, C.
Age estimation from teeth in Longman’s beaked whales (Indopacetus paciﬁcus) stranded
in New Caledonia (South Paciﬁc) ………………………………………………………………… 189

ISODA, T., MATSUOKA, K., TAMURA, T. and PASTENE, L. A.
Spatial and temporal distribution of ﬂoating marine macro debris in the Indo-Paciﬁc regionof the Antarctic …………………………………………………………………………………… 198
Short note
NAKAMURA, G., ZENITANI, R., BANDO, T., FUJISE, Y., YAMAMOTO, R., NISHIMURA, F.,
HIROSE, A., KIM, Y. and KATO, H.
Skeletal measurements on some large cetacean species done by scientists of TUMSAT and ICR…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 215
KIM, Y., NISHIMURA, F., BANDO, T., FUJISE, Y., NAKAMURA, G., MURASE, H. and KATO, H.
Fetal development in tail ﬂukes of the Antarctic minke whale …………………………………… 231
BANDO, T.
Improved estimates of some life-history parameters of the pelagic subspecies of Bryde’s whale in thewestern North Paciﬁc ……………………………………………………………………………… 239
MAEDA, H. and KATO, H.
Seasonal changes in the earplug germinal layers of North Paciﬁc common minke whales ……… 246
MATSUOKA, K., HAKAMADA, T. and MIYASHITA, T.
A note on recent surveys for right whales Eubalaena japonica in the western North Paciﬁc …… 252
DIALLO, S. T., SANE, A., NELSON, T., KATSUMATA, T. and HAKAMADA, T.
Cetaceans oﬀ Gabon based on a 2011 sighting survey, with a preliminary density estimate of thehumpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae ……………………………………………………… 258
SEKIGUCHI, K.
Historical Japanese whale sighting surveys in the Chukchi Sea…………………………………… 265
KATSUMATA, E., NARUSE, S., HOSONO, T. and KATSUMATA, H.
Sexual dimorphism in the dorsal ﬁn of Paciﬁc white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
from coastal waters oﬀ Japan ……………………………………………………………………… 273
KONISHI, K. and TAMURA, T.
Preliminary use of near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate the biochemical components of the musclesof the Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis ………………………………………… 281
ISODA, T., TAMURA, T. and PASTENE, L. A.
Ingestion of marine debris and evidence of entanglements involving Antarctic minke whales(Balaenoptera bonaerensis) sampled in the Indo-Paciﬁc sector of the Antarctic ………………… 286

Review
AKAMATSU, T.
A short review of acoustic monitoring of large whales in Japanese waters ……………………… 297
KAJI, K.
Impact of whale resource management research on sika deer management ……………………… 301
OthersWALLØE, L.
Historical Records
An analysis of Japanese whale killing data with special emphasis on the use of the electric lance as asecondary killing method ………………………………………………………………………… 307
MIYAZAKI, N.
Remembering Dr. Seiji Ohsumi: A dream for establishing a research center of marine mammals
in the Indian Ocean ………………………………………………………………………………… 317
Archival Index …………………………………………………………………………………… 319
Subject Index ……………………………………………………………………………………… 321Author Index ……………………………………………………………………………………… 323
Guide for Authors ………………………………………………………………………………… 326