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National meetingsPar�cipa�on of scien�sts from the Ins�tute of Cetacean Research inNa�onal Mee�ngs in 2022
Seminar of the research group on the North
Paciﬁc Marine Ecosystem, Mari�me Order andDiploma�c Security System
The Kajima Ins�tute of Interna�onal Peace was foundedin July 1966. The purpose of this ins�tute is to promoteresearch and studies to promote interna�onal peace.
From its incep�on, the ins�tute has a�empted, on theini�a�ve of the founder, to design itself as a forum forexperienced public ﬁgures in poli�cs, civil service and thebusiness world, by providing them with opportuni�es toexchange views on important issues of interna�onal concern. This research group was started from 2019 as oneof their ac�vi�es.
The 5th mee�ng of this research group was held online
on 22 October 2021 and was focused on whales andecosystem. Two scien�sts from the Ins�tute of Cetacean
Research (ICR) (Pastene and Tamura) par�cipated in themee�ng by making a presenta�on en�tled ʻWhales andecosystem studies at the Ins�tute of Cetacean Research(ICR)ʼ.

The 2022 mee�ng of the Japanese Society ofFisheries Science (JSFS)
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science (JSFS) wasestablished in 1932. It is a non-proﬁt, registered society
dedicated to the promo�on of all aspects of ﬁsheriesscience. The society fulﬁlls its global commitment by promo�ng science, striving to achieve sustainable development in the ﬁeld of ﬁsheries, while recognizing the crucial
need to preserve the natural aqua�c resources. It also
strives to forge rela�onships with the ﬁshing industry,comprising both capture and culture ﬁsheries. The main
events organized by the society are the biannual meetings held in spring and autumn in one of the main ci�esof Japan. This forum is where members present theirresearch ac�vi�es, exchange informa�on, and foster collabora�ve research in areas of common interest.
The 2022 spring mee�ng of the JSFS was held onlinefrom 26 to 29 March. Three scien�sts from the ICR (Katsumata, Yoshida and Matsuoka) contributed to the mee�ngwith the presenta�on en�tled ʻDeveloping new technology UAV – Development of VTOL-UAV ʻAsuka”.

The 2022 mee�ng of the Mammal Society ofJapan (MSJ)The Mammal Society of Japan (MSJ) was established in
1987 by uni�ng two academic organiza�ons, the Mammalogical Society of Japan and the Research Group ofMammalogists, which were founded in 1949 and 1955,respec�vely. The mission of the MSJ is not only to promote the global advance of mammalogy, but also toencourage social interac�ons among its members. TheMSJ convenes an annual mee�ng, which consists of academic sessions (symposia, oral presenta�ons, and posterpresenta�ons). Members of the MSJ always give great
importance to social problem related with mammals.
The annual mee�ng of the MSJ was held online from26 to 29 August 2022. Taguchi, Katsumata and Goto fromthe ICR were co-authors of a presenta�on to the meeting en�tled ʻPreliminary popula�on gene�c analyses ofhumpback whales from Hachijo Islandʼ.

The 165th mee�ng of the Japanese Society ofVeterinary Science (JSVS)
The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science (JSVS) has its
origin in the Greater Japan Veterinary Society, which wasfounded in 1885. The focus of this society is veterinaryscience from basic research to applied science and clinical research. The JSVS held an annual academic mee�ngin autumn.
The annual mee�ng was held at Azabu University,Kanagawa from 6 to 8 September 2022. Tamura andBando from the ICR were co-authors of an oral presenta�on to the mee�ng en�tled ʻDiscovery of new molecules
as s�mulators for gonadotrophs in whale brains: possible
mechanisms for long term lifespan and fer�lity of whales
compared to bovinesʼ.

The 27th Annual Mee�ng of the Associa�on ofWildlife and Human Society (AWHS)The Associa�on of Wildlife and Human Society (AWHS)
was established in 1994. The Society aims to serve as apla�orm for a wide range of academic ﬁelds that dealwith the diverse rela�onships between wildlife and humans. The role of the AWHS is to promptly present theresults of academic research, prac�cal knowledge anddiscussions to not only the academic world but to the so59

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ciety at large. The AWHS held annual academic mee�ngs.
The 27th Annual Mee�ng of the AWHS was held at
Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido from 28 to 30 October 2022. Konishi from the ICR was a co-author of twooral presenta�ons to the mee�ng en�tled ʻHabitat usepa�ern of ﬁn whales oﬀ Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japanʼ andʻPossibility of individual iden�ﬁca�on based on photoiden�ﬁca�on of areas around the dorsal ﬁn of ﬁn whalesoﬀ Abashiri, Hokkaidoʼ.

The 60th Anniversary Conference of the JapaneseSociety of Fisheries Oceanography (JSFO)
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (JSFO)
was established in 1962. Its aim is to iden�fy scien�ﬁcissues of local ﬁsheries, and to promote studies in coopera�on with local scien�sts and ﬁshermen in order to address such issues. Recent ﬁeld research ac�vi�es in JSFO

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include, for example, the study on the rela�onship between marine organism distribu�ons and oceanographic
condi�ons, acous�c assessment of ﬁsh abundance,
oceanographic approach using satellite image, popula�on dynamics, modeling approaches. The researchac�vi�es of the JSFO are within the framework of theﬁsheries oceanography deﬁni�on, which is ʻthe study ofoceanic processes aﬀec�ng marine ecosystems and therela�onship of these ecosystems to the abundance andavailability of ﬁshʼ.
The 60th Anniversary Conference of the JSFO was heldat the Yokohama ﬁeld sta�on of the Fisheries ResourcesIns�tute from 3 to 6 November 2022. Hakamada andMatsuoka from the ICR were co-authors of an oral presenta�on to the mee�ng en�tled ʻDevelopment of acomprehensive app for cetacean species distribu�onmodeling in the North Paciﬁc Oceanʼ.