Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the availability of a new publication on the presence of humpback whales around Trindade Island, located 1,140 km off southeast Brazil, in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
Pdf can be downloaded at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjoce/v60n3/16.pdf Salvatore Siciliano, Jailson F. de Moura, Henrique R. Filgueiras, Paulo P. Rodrigues and Nilamon de Oliveira Leite Jr. 2012. Sightings of humpback whales on the Vitoria-Trindade chain and around Trindade Island, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, vol. 60 no.3 Sao Paulo jul./set. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-87592012000300016 Summary We report on two sets of opportunistic sightings of humpback whales off the southeast coast of Brazil between 2003 and 2007. Sightings were made onboard a longline fishing boat operating along the Vitoria-Trindade Chain from 27 October to 10 November 2003. A second set of sightings was collected during a trip to Trindade Is. from July to August 2007. Observations of humpback whale groups during 2007 were made from cliff-top vantage points on the mainland. Whenever possible, a description of the general behavior of the whales was recorded ad libitum. Our results and the previous published information suggest that the region around the Trindade and Martim Vaz archipelago may represent a migratory route for humpbacks that visit Brazilian waters. Furthermore, the frequency of groups of whales in this oceanic region during migration may be increasing due to population growth and the reoccupation process on the part of the stock of whales that have been using Brazilian waters after the cessation of whaling activities. Best regards to all, Salvatore ------------------------------------------------------- Salvatore Siciliano Escola Nacional de Saude Publica/FIOCRUZ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & IMMAR/GEMM-Lagos _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
