Recent advances in fisheries science and ecological research for small cetaceans
Update: 03. 15, 2012
(Apr. 19, 2012)
Date: April.19.2012 (Thu) 10:00 - 17:00
Venue: Auditorium
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8564, JAPAN
Tel: +81-4-7136-6011
Conveners:
Hiroshi Okamura, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries
tel: 045-788-7514, fax: 045-788-5004,email: okamura[at]fra.affrc.go.jp
Masao Amano, Nagasaki University
Hiroshi Ohizumi, Tokai University
Contact Person at AORI:
Kunio Shirakihara, email: shirak[at]aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
10:00 - 10:10 Brief Introduction (Hiroshi Okamura)
Part I: Ecological research in small cetaceans (Chair : Hiroshi Okamura)
10:10 - 10:40 Feeding habits and depredation of toothed whales
Hiroshi Ohizumi (Tokai University)
Yoshihiro Horii (Tokyo Metropolitan Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Izu Islands)
10:40 - 11:10 Social Ecology of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins around Amakusa, western Kyushu, Japan
Miki Nishita (Nagasaki University)
Miki Shirakihara (Toho University)
Masao Amano (Nagasaki University)
11:10 - 11:40 Genetic and family structure in small odontocete by population genetic approach
Yuki F. Kita (Tokai University)
11:40 - 12:10 From acoustics to sociality in small odontocetes
Tadamichi Morisaka (Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University)
== Lunch ==
Part II: Population assessment and management of small cetaceans (Chair: Hiroshi Ohizumi)
13:30 - 14:00 Abundance of small cetaceans
Hiroshi Okamura (National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries)
14:00 - 14:30 Distributional patterns of small cetaceans in the North Pacific
Yu Kanaji (National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries)
Makoto Okazaki (National Research Institute of Fisheries Science)
14:30 - 15:00 Bycatch of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins and finless porpoises
Miki Shirakihara (Toho University)
15:00 - 15:30 Population management procedures for small cetaceans and marine mammals in domestic and overseas waters
Toshihide Kitakado (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Part III: Discussion about future small cetacean research and management (Chair: Hiroshi Okamura)
15:45 - 17:00
Commentators:
Masao Amano (Nagasaki University)
Toshihide Iwasaki (National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries)
Nanami Kurasawa (Iruka & Kujira (Dolphin & Whale) Action Network)
Kunio Shirakihara (University of Tokyo)