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    BOOK REVIEW: WHALES OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: BIOLOGY, WHALING, AND PERSPECTIVES OF POPULATION RECOVERY by Y. A. Mikhalev

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    Document Number:
    WG-FSA-09/11
    Author(s):
    Delegation of Ukraine
    Agenda Item(s)
    WG-FSA-09 - 10 - Considerations of ecosystem management
    Abstract

    Examined the distribution and migration patterns of whales in the Southern Hemisphere. The presence of a new species of killer whale in the Antarctic, Orcinus nana, is shown. The impacts of extermination of whales in the Antarctic ecosystem are examined. Regions are defined which could be used as testing areas for whale survey methods.