Scientific contribution from JARPN/JARPN II
The Institute of Cetacean Research, Toyomi-cho 4-5, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0055, JapanThe Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) was conducted
between 1994 and 1999. The JARPN had two main objectives: a) determine the stock structure of common
minke whale, and in particular to investigate whether or not the “W” stock exists and if so to estimate mixing
rates between “O” and “W” stocks, and b) determine the feeding ecology of the common minke whale in the
North Pacific.
The International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee (IWC/SC) carried out a workshop in February
2000 to review data and results of JARPN.
JARPN II started with two feasibility surveys in 2000 and 2001. The first full survey started in 2002. The
objectives of the JARPN II are the following: a) feeding ecology and ecosystem studies (prey consumption bycetaceans, prey preference of cetaceans, ecosystem modeling); b) monitoring environmental pollutant incetaceans and the marine ecosystem (pattern of accumulation of pollutants in cetaceans, bioaccumulation processof pollutants through the food chain, relationships between chemical pollutants and cetacean health), and c) stock
structure of large whales (common minke whale, Bryde’s whale, sei whale and sperm whale).
The IWC/SC is currently planning a review of the data and results collected by JARPN II in its six first years(2002-2007).
Scientific contribution of JARPN/JARPN II
Scientific contribution of JARPN/JARPN II has been made available in different forms, as scientific documents
for the IWC/SC meetings, as publications in peer reviewed journals, and as oral presentations at scientificsymposiums.
Table 1 shows the number of IWC/SC documents, peer-reviewed publications and oral presentations at scientificsymposium based on JARPN/JARPN II sample/data, by year.
IWC/SC documents
In the period 1994-2008 a total of 127 documents were presented to annual and intersessional meetings of the
IWC/SC, with an annual average of 8.5 documents. Several of these documents were prepared by or incollaboration with foreign scientists. Documents were presented mainly at the RMP, IA and SP sub-committees,
which deal mainly with management of whales.
Peer reviewed publications
The number of peer-reviewed papers made in the period 1994-2008 is 51, with an annual average of 3.4
documents. These contributions have been made not only in the field of whale management but also in the fieldof whale natural sciences. Again several of these papers were prepared by or in collaboration with foreignscientists.
Oral presentations at symposium
The number of oral presentations made at scientific symposium in the period 1994-2008 is 120, with an annual
average of 8.0 documents. These contributions have been made not only in the field of whale management but
also in the field of whale natural sciences. Titles and contents of such presentations can be found in the annual
progress report of the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR).
The list of IWC/SC documents and peer-reviewed papers derived from JARPN/JARPN II is shown in the
Appendix 1. The list is ordered according to the three main research objectives of JARPN II. An asterisk
indicates those papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
Other scientific contribution
JARPN/JARPN material has been used in:a) Pre-graduated, master and doctoral thesis: 4b) Chapters of books: 221c) Local bulletin of ICR (Geiken Tsushin) and Suisan Shigen Kanri Danwakaihou: 23d) Other reports: 4
JARPN/JARPN II biological material such as whale skeletons has been provided to municipal museums.
Data access and availability
All the data and samples obtained by JARPN-JARPN II have been available to the national and international
scientific community through established data access protocols. Appendix 2 shows the data access protocol of
ICR, which can also be found at the IWC/SC web page. As a result ICR scientists carried research collaboration
with a number of national and international scientists and research institutions, as indicated above.

Table 1: Scientific contribution of JARPN/JARPN II
Year
IWC/SC documents
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Total

Peer reviewed
publications
0
0
3
5
4
2
2
1
5
4
4
6
4
10
1
51

1
5
7
5
3
3
41
6
12
7
11
13
6
7
127

2

Oral presentations at
symposium
0
2
5
2
3
3
10
11
12
22
12
12
16
10
0
120

Appendix 1
List of scientific papers based on data and samples collected by JARPN and JARPN II (peer-reviewed
papers and unpublished documents submitted to the IWC/Scientific Committee). Asterisks indicate thosepapers published in peer reviewed journals.
[1994](1)Hori, H., Bessho, Y., Kawabata, R., Watanabe, I., Koga, A. and Pastene, L.A. 1994. World-wide population
structure of minke whales deduced from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences. Paper SC/46/SH14
presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1994 (unpublished). 11pp.
[1995](5)Fujise, Y. 1995. Preliminary analysis of heavy metals and organochlorines in minke whales taken from thecoastal Japan (sub-area 7) and offshore area (sub-area 9) in the western North Pacific. Paper SC/47/NP5
presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995 (unpublished). 9pp.
Fujise, Y. and Kato, H. 1995. Preliminary report of morphological differences of minke whales between coastal
Japan (sub-area 7) and offshore area (sub-area 9) of western North Pacific. Paper SC/47/NP6 presented to the
IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995 (unpublished). 9pp.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1995. Populations differentiation in the western North Pacific minke whale asrevealed by RFLP analysis of mitochondrial D-loop DNA. Paper SC/47/NP4 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, May 1995 (unpublished). 15pp.
Wada, S. 1995. Comparison of allele frequencies between minke whale samples from Japanese coastal waters
and pelagic waters (subarea 9). Paper SC/47/NP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995
(unpublished). 4pp.
Fujise, Y., Kishiro, T., Zenitani, R., Matsuoka, K., Kawasaki, M. and Shimamoto, K. 1995. Cruise report of theJapanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales in 1994. Paper
SC/47/NP3 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1995 (unpublished). 29pp.
[1996](10)Aono, S., Tanabe, S., Fujise, Y. and Tatsukawa, R. 1996. Specific accumulation of persistent organochlorines inminke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and their prey species from the Antarctic and the North Pacific. Paper
SC/48/O22 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 10pp.
*Butterworth, D.S., Geromont H.F. and Wada S. 1996. Further analysis of allele frequency data to provide
estimates of the extent of mixing between the various North Pacific minke whale stocks, and their implications
for the status of the “O”stock. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 443-451.
Fujise, Y. 1996. Heavy metal concentrations in minke whales from the Pacific coast of Japan and an offshore
area in the western North Pacific. Paper SC/48/NP22 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996
(unpublished). 7pp.
Fujise, Y. and Kato, H. 1996. Some Morphological Aspects of the Western North Pacific Minke Whales:
Preliminary Analyses of Materials from the JARPN Surveys in 1994-5. Paper SC/48/NP11 presented to the IWC
Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 10pp.
Fujise, Y., Iwasaki, T., Zenitani, R., Araki, J., Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T., Aono, S., Yoshida, T., Hidaka, H.,
Nibe, T. and Tohyama, D. 1996. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit
for North Pacific minke whales in 1995 with the results of a preliminary analysis of data collected. Paper
SC/48/NP13 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 39pp.
Iwasaki. T. 1996. Constituents of the urine in the North Pacific minke whales with some notes on urinary
concentrations of sex steroid hormones. Paper SC/48/NP14 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June
1996 (unpublished). 9pp.

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*Kuramochi, T., Machida, M., Araki, J., Uchida, A., Kishiro, T. and Nagasawa, K. 1996. Minke whales(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) are one of the major final hosts of Anisakis simplex (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in the
Northwestern North Pacific Ocean. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 46: 415-419.
Miyashita, T. and Fujise, Y. 1996. Abundance estimate of the western North Pacific minke whale using sighting
data of the Japanese Whale Program under a Special Permit in sub-area 9 and notes on the results of dedicatedsighting surveys. Paper SC/48/NP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 10pp.
*Miyashita, T. and Fujise, Y. 1996. Abundance estimate of the western North Pacific minke whale in sub-area 9
with notes on the results of dedicated surveys. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 543-551.
Wada, S. 1996. Results of allozyme analysis on minke whale samples from JARPN in 1995. Paper SC/48/NP21
presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 1996 (unpublished). 4pp.
[1997](10)Abe, H., Goto, M., Palsbøll, P.J. and Pastene, L.A. 1997. Preliminary microsatellite analyses of western North
Pacific minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Paper SC/49/NP12 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, September 1997 (unpublished). 11pp.
*Aono, S., Tanabe, S., Fujise, Y., Kato, H. and Tatsukawa, R. 1997. Persistent organochlorines in minke whale(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and their prey species from the Antarctic and the North Pacific. Environmental
Pollution 98: 81-89.
*Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1997. Population structure of western North Pacific minke whale based on an RFLP
analysis of mtDNA control region. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 531-537.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1997. RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region in minke whales
sampled during the 1996 JARPN. Paper SC/49/NP10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September
1997 (unpublished). 10pp.
*Hatanaka, H. and Miyashita, T. 1997. On the feeding migration of the Okhotsk Sea-West Pacific stock of minke
whales, estimates based on length composition data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 557-564.
*Hatanaka, H. 1997. A short review of hypotheses on minke whale stock structure in the Northwestern part of
the North Pacific. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 553-555.
Wada, S. 1997. Results of allozyme analysis on minke whale samples from JARPN in 1996. Paper SC/49/NP14
presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September 1997 (unpublished). 2pp.
*Araki, J., Kuramochi, T., Machida, M., Nagasawa, K., and Uchida, A. 1997. A note on the parasite fauna of thewestern North Pacific minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47: 565-567.
Fujise, Y., Shimada, H., Zenitani, R., Goto, M., Tamura, T., Lindstrøm, U., Uchida, A., Yoshida, H., Shimamoto,K., Yuzu, S., Kasai, H., Kinoshita, T., Iwata, T. and Toyama, D. 1997. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale
Research Program under a Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) in 1996 with some preliminary analysesof data collected during the 1994-1996 JARPN surveys. Paper SC/49/NP8 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, September 1997 (unpublished). 38pp.
Ishikawa, H., Yuzu, S., Shimamoto, K., Bando, T., Ohshima, K., Kasai, H., Kinoshita, T., Mizushima, Y.,
Iwakami, H., Nibe, T., Hosoyama, T., Kuramochi, T., Numano, K. and Miyamoto, M. 1997. Cruise report of theJapanese Whale Research Program under a Special Permit in the North Pacific (JARPN) in 1997. Paper
SC/49/NP9 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, September 1997 (unpublished). 28pp.
[1998](7)Abe, H., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1998. Further microsatellite analysis in the western North Pacific minke
whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. Paper SC/50/RMP8 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, April 1998
(unpublished). 10pp.

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Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R. and Kato, H. 1998. An examination of the W-stock hypothesis for North Pacific minke
whales, with special reference to some biological parameters using data collected from JARPN surveys from1994 to 1997. Paper SC/50/RMP12 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, April 1998 (unpublished). 14pp.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1998. Population structure in the North Pacific minke whale as revealed by RFLP
and sequencing analyses of the mtDNA control region. Paper SC/50/RMP7 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, April 1998 (unpublished). 15pp.
*Lindstrøm, U., Fujise, Y., Haug, T. and Tamura, T. 1998. Feeding habits of western North Pacific minke
whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, as observed in July-September 1996. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 48:463-469.
*Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Kishino, H. 1998. An estimate of mixing proportion of ‘J’ and ‘O’ stocks minke
whales in sub-area 11 based on mitochondrial DNA haplotype data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 48: 471-474.
*Tamura, T., Fujise, Y. and Shimazaki, K. 1998. Diet of minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata in the
Northwestern part of the North Pacific in summer 1994 and 1995. Fisheries Science 64(1): 71-76.
*Uchida, A., Kawakami, Y., Yuzu, S., Kishikawa, S., Kuramochi, T., Araki, J., Machida, M. and Nagasawa, K.
1998. Prevalence of parasites and histopathology of parasitisation in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)from the western North Pacific Ocean and Southern Sea of Okhotsk. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 48: 475-479.
[1999](5)Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 1999. Genetic population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale
examined by mtDNA control region sequencing analysis. Paper SC/51/RMP8 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, May 1999 (unpublished). 12pp.
*Martinez, I. and Pastene, L.A. 1999. RAPD-typing of Central and Eastern North Atlantic and Western North
Pacific minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56:640-651.
*Le, T.H.L., Takahashi, S., Saeki, K., Nakatani, N., Tanabe, S., Miyazaki, N. and Fujise, Y. 1999. High
percentage of butyltin residues in total tin in the livers of cetaceans from Japanese coastal waters. Environmental
Science & Technology 33(11): 1781-1786.
Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Fujise Y. 1999. Review of the studies on stock identity in the minke whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the North Pacific. Paper SC/51/RMP15 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, May 1999 (unpublished). 28pp.
Zenitani, R., Fujise, Y., Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Ichihashi, H., Shimokawa, T., Krasnenko, A.S.,
Taguchi F., Kinoshita, T., Mori, M., Watanabe, M., Ichinomiya, D., Nakamura, M., Sakai, K., Matsuzaka, K.,
Kamei, H. and Tohyama, D. 1999. Cruise report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under a Special
Permit in the North Pacific in 1998. Paper SC/51/RMP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, May 1999
(unpublished). 20pp.
[2000](43)Mitani, Y., Bando, T., Takai, N. and Sakamoto, W. 2000. Diet records and stock structure of minke whales
Balaenoptera acutorostrata around Japan examined by d13 C and d15 N analyses. Paper SC/F2K/J20 presented
to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North PacificMinke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.
Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Geographical and seasonal changes of prey species in the western North Pacificminke whale. Paper SC/F2K/J22 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme
under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 26pp.
Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Diurnal change in feeding activity in the western North Pacific minke whale.
Paper SC/F2K/J23 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme underSpecial Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 16pp.
Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Daily and seasonal food consumption by the western North Pacific minke whale.
Paper SC/F2K/J24 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme underSpecial Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.

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Tamura, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Brief review of the studies of feeding ecology in the minke whale Balaenoptera
acutorostrata from the western North Pacific prior to JARPN surveys. Paper SC/F2K/J31 presented to theWorkshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke
Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 6pp.
Tamura, T., Ohsumi, S. and Fujise Y. 2000. Some examinations on body fatness of the western North Pacificminke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J25 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research
Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 20pp.
Tamura, T. and Ohsumi, S. 2000. Regional assessments of prey consumption by marine cetaceans in the world.
Paper SC/52/E6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 42pp.
Abe, H., Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale
inferred from microsatellite analysis. Paper SC/F2K/J10 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese
Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000
(unpublished). 14pp.
Fujise, Y., Hakamada, T., Aoki, M., Niimi, S., Nakata, H., Honda, K. and Tanabe, S. 2000. An attempt toidentify stocks in the western North Pacific minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) using the accumulationlevels of heavy metals and organochlorines as ecological tracers. Paper SC/F2K/J18 presented to the Workshop
to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales(JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale based on RFLP
and sequencing analyses of mtDNA control region, using data from the 1994-1999 JARPN surveys. Paper
SC/F2K/J11 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special
Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 15pp. + Appendix 1pp.
Goto, M., Abe, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Estimation of the mixing proportion of the ‘J’ and ‘O’ stocks in subarea 11 using uni- and bi-parental genetic markers. Paper SC/F2K/J27 presented to the Workshop to Review theJapanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February
2000 (unpublished). 10pp. + Appendix 8pp.
Goto, M., Abe, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Additional analyses of mtDNA control region sequences in thewestern North Pacific minke whales using JARPN samples. Paper SC/F2K/J32 presented to the Workshop to
Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales(JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 5pp.
Goto, M., Kim, Z.G., Abe, H. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. A note on the possibility of identifying individual J stock
animals from a mixed assemblage based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Paper SC/F2K/J28 presented to theWorkshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke
Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Re-estimation of the mixing proportion of the‘J’and‘O’stocks using alternative
stratification. Paper SC/52/RMP6 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. A note on additional mtDNA analysis on western North Pacific minke whale
using JARPN samples. Paper SC/52/RMP7 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished).
12pp.
Hakamada, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Preliminary examination of the heterogeneity of external measurements ofminke whales in the western part of the North Pacific, using data collected during 1994-1999 JARPN surveys.
Paper SC/F2K/J15 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme underSpecial Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.
Hakamada, T. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Further examination of morphological heterogeneity in North Pacific minke
whales collected during the JARPN surveys. Paper SC/52/RMP16 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee,
June 2000 (unpublished). 5pp.

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Hatanaka, H. 2000. Comprehensive summary on W stock hypothesis of minke whale through JARPN program.
Paper SC/F2K/J21 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme underSpecial Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 8pp.
Kuramochi, T., Araki, J., Uchida, A., Moriyama, N., Takeda, Y., Hayashi, N., Wakao, H., Machida, M. andNagasawa, K. 2000. Summary of parasite and epizoit investigations during JARPN surveys 1994-1999, withreference to stock structure analysis for the western North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J19 presented to
the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North PacificMinke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 22pp.
Martien, K.K. and Taylor, B.L. 2000. The limitations of hypothesis testing as a means of demographicallydelineating independent units. Paper SC/F2K/J3 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale
Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000
(unpublished). 32pp.
Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Fujise, Y. and Miyashita, T. 2000. Distribution pattern of minke whales based onsighting data during the JARPN 1994-1999. Paper SC/F2K/J16 presented to the Workshop to Review theJapanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February
2000 (unpublished). 17pp.
Nakata, H., Tanabe, S., Niimi, S., Minh, T.B., Sakakibara, A., Fujita, K. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Population
structure in minke whale from the North Pacific examined by the persistent organic pollutants as chemical
tracers. Paper SC/F2K/J17 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme
under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.
Okamura, H., Zenitani, R., Hiramatsu, K. and Kato, H. 2000. Some analyses on the possibility of the existence ofW-stock minke whale in sub-area 9 using the information on conception dates. Paper SC/F2K/J14 presented to
the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North PacificMinke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 9pp.
Okamura, H. and Goto, M. 2000. The statistical power of the hypothesis testing for the elucidation of genetic
population structure in the North Pacific minke whales using allele frequency data. Paper SC/F2K/J30 presented
to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North PacificMinke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 7pp.
Pastene, L.A., Goto, M. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Review of the studies on stock identity in the minke whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the North Pacific. Paper SC/F2K/J1 presented to the Workshop to Review theJapanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February
2000 (unpublished). 22pp. + Appendix 4pp.
Punt, A.E., Butterworth, D.S. and Wada, S. 2000. On the use of allele frequency data within a Bayesianframework to evaluate the relative probabilities of alternative stock structure hypotheses for the North Pacificminke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J2 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme
under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 12pp.
*Punt, A.E., Butterworth, D.S. and Wada, S. 2000. On the use of allele frequency data within a Bayesianframework: evaluation of relative probabilities of alternative stock structure hypotheses for North Pacific minke
whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 2(2): 151-158.
Taylor, B.L., Chivers, S.J. and Dizon, A.E. 2000. Estimating the statistical power to detect population
subdivision using mitochondrial DNA. Paper SC/F2K/J4 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese
Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000
(unpublished). 13pp.
Taylor, B.L. and Chivers, S.J. 2000. Evaluating the performance of different statistics to detect population
subdivision. Paper SC/F2K/J5 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme
under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 10pp.

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Taylor, B.L. 2000. Genetic population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale: an analysis of
mtDNA data. Paper SC/F2K/J6 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme
under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 4pp.
Taylor, B.L. and Chivers, S.J. 2000. An example of the calculation of the statistical power to detect population
sub-division in North Pacific minke whales. Paper SC/F2K/J7 presented to the Workshop to Review theJapanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February
2000 (unpublished). 12pp.
Taylor, L.B. 2000. Relating stock depletion to dispersal: The western North Pacific minke whale example. Paper
SC/52/SD10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished). 5pp.
Wada, S. 2000. Stock structure of the western North Pacific minke whales based on the allozyme analyses. Paper
SC/F2K/J12 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special
Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 4pp.
Zenitani, R., Kato, H and Fujise, Y. 2000. Some analyses on biological parameters of western North Pacificminke whales, from a view point of stock identification. Paper SC/F2K/J13 presented to the Workshop to
Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales(JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 18pp.
Fujise, Y. 2000. Outline of the research activities of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit
in the North Pacific (JARPN) from 1994 to 1999. Paper SC/F2K/J8 presented to the Workshop to Review theJapanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February
2000 (unpublished). 30pp.
Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Ohtani, S., Takeda, S., Kitajima, A., Kimura, T., Masaki, T. andTohyama, D. 2000. Cruise Report of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the North
Pacific (JARPN) in 1999. Paper SC/F2K/J9 presented to the Workshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research
Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales (JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 32pp.
Goto, M. and Pastene, L.A. 2000. Results of molecular genetic analyses of whale products collected from theJapanese retail markets in 1996 and 1999/2000 surveys. Paper SC/52/SD7 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, June 2000 (unpublished). 21pp.+ Appendix 11pp.
Nishiwaki, S. 2000. Performance of biopsy skin sampling for minke whales during the JARPN and JARPA
surveys using ICR air gun. Paper SC/52/O5 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, June 2000 (unpublished).
8pp.
Okamura, H., Matsuoka, K., Hakamada, T., Okazaki, M. and Miyashita, T. 2000. The GAM-based analyses on
the density index of minke whales in the JARPN survey. Paper SC/52/RMP3 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, June 2000 (unpublished). 10pp.
Ohsumi, S., Hatanaka, H. and Fujise, Y. 2000. Review on the objectives of Japanese Whale Research Program
under Special Permit in the north-western North Pacific (JARPN). Paper SC/F2K/J29 presented to the Workshop
to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke Whales(JARPN), February 2000 (unpublished). 7pp.
*Uchida, A. and Araki, J. 2000. The ectoparasites and endoparasites in the minke whale, Balaenoptera
acutorostrata from the western North Pacific Ocean. J. Jpn. Vet. Med. Assoc. 53(2): 85-88 (in Japanese).
Watanabe, T., Matsuoka, K., Tamura, T. and Fujise Y. 2000. Oceanographic conditions of the western subarctic
gyre region based on oceanographic data during the JARPN 1994-1999. Paper SC/F2K/J26 presented to theWorkshop to Review the Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit for North Pacific Minke
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Goto, M., Kanda, N. and Pastene, L.A. 2002. An Additional genetic analysis to investigate the plausibility ofdifferent stock scenarios in North Pacific minke whale IST. Paper SC/54/RMP15 presented to the IWC ScientificCommittee, May 2002 (unpublished). 8pp.
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Fujise, Y., Tamura, T., Bando, T., Yasunaga, G., Konishi, K., Murase, H., Yoshida, T., Ito, S., Ogawa, R., Oka,T., Sasaki, T., Fukutome, K., Isoda, T., Birukawa, N., Horii, N., Zharikov, K.A., Park, K.J., Tohyama, D. and
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Appendix 2
Protocol for access to samples/data from the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), Tokyo, Japan underProcedure B (JCRM 6 (suppl.): in press
INTRODUCTION
This protocol has been developed in the context of Procedure B of the IWC Scientific Committee's rules for data
availability adopted at the 55th Annual Meeting (Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6 (suppl.): inpress). Procedure B applies to data required for analyses deemed important in providing advice to the Committee
other than catch limits. Conditions for data recipients (repeated below) as specified in the rules for data
availability are applicable.
It was agreed that the Committee shall specify the nature of the work and the data required during the meeting at
which the recommendation is made, to the fullest extent possible in the time available at the meeting and inaccord with the published protocol. Requests to the ICR for data under Procedure B of the Scientific Committee's
rules for data availability shall be submitted by the Data Availability Group assisted by a nominated member of
ICR.
It was also agreed that if the correct process is followed, the data owners will normally approve the applications
within a ‘specified time period’; in this case ICR agrees that it will respond within XXX weeks of receiving anapplication.

FORMAT OF THE APPLICATION
The format for the application is based on the revised application for catch-at-age analyses agreed by all
members of the Scientific Committee at the end of the Scientific Committee meeting in 2003 (Annex G,
Appendix 11).
(a) Title of the proposal, giving the broad subject of the proposed analyses.
(b) Investigators: the full name and affiliation of the principal investigator(s) and co-investigator(s) should
be provided. This should include at least one scientist from ICR.
(c) Objectives and rationale of the study as specified by the by the Scientific Committee along with theappropriate reference to the report(s) of the Scientific Committee. This will include the reasons why the
proposed analyses are important and how they fit into previous work.
(d) Data to be used will include a general description of all data to be used as well as data held by ICR. For
the ICR-held data, the precise requirements will be given, including the level of disaggregation.
(e) Description of the methods likely to be used. The level of detail must be in accordance with the level ofnovelty of the proposed methods and the particular research questions they will address. References tosimilar analyses should be included where available.
(f) Schedule of the work: this should include estimated times for the various analyses to be carried out andan indication of which investigators will collaborate on individual components. If the project is a longterm project, annual progress reports will be required by ICR and the Scientific Committee.
(g) Output of the research: this will follow the rules for publication agreed at the Scientific Committee
meeting and given below. ICR may consider requests for less stringent conditions (e.g. presentations at
non-IWC scientific meetings, publications, etc.). Such requests should be detailed here.
CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSAL
If an application has been approved by the whole Scientific Committee at an annual meeting, it will normally beapproved by ICR. However, the final decision will always remain the prerogative of ICR. ICR may request
reviews by an internal review group and/or external experts. The following factors will be taken in to account by
ICR when considering applications.
(a) Priority: highest priority for analysis/research of samples/data produced by Japan's Whale Research
Programs under Special Permit, will be for the scientists that collected and obtained the data in any
particular field.
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(c) Level of co-operation with ICR scientists.
The response to an application for data will be communicated by the ICR's Director General to the Data
Availability Group and may include requests for further information. If the research proposal is accepted, ICR
will nominate a scientist, (normally one of the co-investigators) who shall be responsible for making thenecessary arrangements to provide the required samples/data.

Agreed Scientific Committee conditions for data recipients
Applications deemed suitable under Procedure A or Procedure B below are granted under the following
conditions:(1) Data shall not be transmitted to third parties.
(2) Papers may only be submitted to a Committee meeting in accordance with the time restrictions given
below. Such papers must not include the raw data or the data in a form in more detail than is necessary
to understand the analysis.
(3) Papers must carry a restriction on citation except in the context of IWC meetings.
(4) Data owners are offered co-authorship.
(5) Publication rights remain strictly with the data owner.
(6) Data shall be returned, to the Secretariat or the data owner as appropriate, immediately after the meetingat which the paper is submitted and any copies destroyed, unless an extension is granted.
(7) Data requesters sign a form agreeing to the above conditions. Such forms will be held by the data ownerand the Secretariat. In the case of Procedure B, the Data Availability Group will sign the agreement on
the Committee’s behalf and ensure that the conditions of any agreement are met by any individual
scientists involved in the analysis.
(8) In the event of a breach of the conditions in (6), serious sanctions [to be determined] will apply.

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