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National meetings

Participation of Scientists of the Institute of Cetacean Research in
National Meetings in 2018
Annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science (JSFS)
The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science (JSFS) was established in 1932. It is a non-proﬁt registered society dedicated to the promotion of all aspects of ﬁsheries science.
The society fulﬁlls its global commitment by promoting
science, striving to achieve sustainable development
while recognizing crucial need of preserving the natural
aquatic resources. It also strives to forego relationshipswith the industry comprising both capture and cultureﬁsheries, the ﬁshing environment, and the concerned
trade. The main events organized by the society are thebiannual meetings held in spring and autumn in one of
the main cities of Japan. In this forum the members present their research activities, exchange information, andcreate partnerships in vital areas of research. Over 1,500
presentations are given during the meeting and a compendium of the abstracts is promptly published.
The 2018 spring meeting of the JSFS was held at theTokyo University of Marine Science and Technology,
Tokyo from 26 to 30 March, 2018. Three scientists fromthe Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) participated in
the meeting (Goto, Konishi and Isoda). Goto presented
the study titled ʻEstimation of stock structure and migratory pattern of common minke whales around Japanesewatersʼ (co-authors Taguchi and Pastene). Konishi presented the study titled ʻTracking sei whales by satellite
tags at the foraging area in the western North Paciﬁcʼ (coauthors Isoda and Bando). Isoda presented the study titled ʻObservation of marine debris in the Antarctic basedon the Japanese Whale Research Program under SpecialPermitʼ (co-authors Tamura and Pastene). Other scientistsfrom the ICR were co-authors in other presentations byscientists external to ICR, on topics related to estimationof abundance of sei whales (Matsuoka and Hakamada),and estimation of the feeding period of Antarctic minke
whales in the Antarctic through stable isotope analyses(Tamura, Konishi and Bando).

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo.

The 2018 autumn meeting of JSFS was held at theSchool of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, from 15 to 18 September, 2018. Twoscientists from the ICR participated as co-authors inpresentations made to the meeting on topics related topopulation dynamics of sandlance in Sendai Bay (Tamura)and operating models for the North Paciﬁc common
minke whales (Goto).

Hiroshima University, Hiroshima.

Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan(MSJ)The Mammal Society of Japan (MSJ) was established in
1987 by uniting two academic organizations, the Mammalogical Society of Japan and the Research Group ofMammalogists, which were founded in 1949 and 1955,
respectively. The MSJ currently has an enrollment of over
1,100 members including students and non-professionals. The annual meeting of the society consists of academic sessions (symposia, oral presentations, and posterpapers), workshops, and a business meeting.
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School of Applied Biological Science, Shinshu University,Nagano, from 7 to 10 September, 2018. Three scientists
from the ICR participated as co-authors in presentations
made to the meeting. The topics of the presentations
were on abundance estimation of blue whales in theAntarctic (Matsuoka), estimation of spatial distributionof humpback whales in the North Paciﬁc (Matsuoka),morphological comparison of ﬁnless porpoises (Kato) andskull variation among stocks of common minke whales in
the western North Paciﬁc (Fujise and Kato).
Shinshu University, Nagano.

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