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DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRAY WHALE(ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS) OFF THE COAST OF CHINA

WANG Peilie   

  1. Research Institute of Marine Fisheries, Liaoning Province
  • Online:2011-11-22 Published:2011-11-22

灰鲸在中国近海的分布

王丕烈   

  1. 辽宁省海洋水产研究所

Abstract: Three skeletons of the gray whales have been obtained off Liaonin, Zhejiang and Guangdong Province in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea respectively. It is believed that some individuals of the western Pacific stock migrated through the waters off the east ccast of China, and entered the calving grounds in the coastal waters of Guangdong Province in former times, these calving grounds are possibly in the Daya Bay and Wailuo Harbour. Occasionally, a few individuals probably reached as far south as 20°N in the adjacent wateis of the east coast of Hainan Island.

摘要: 灰鲸(Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxleben 1777)现仅存于北太平洋,曾因各捕鲸国滥捕而几近绝灭,是最早受到保护的鲸种之一。东太平洋群体,经数十年的保护,资源量已恢复到一万头左右。但沿亚洲侧洄游的西太平洋群体,资源仍未有恢复迹象,尚亟待保护。对中国近海的灰鲸只有过少量报道。本文根据作者在海上的实际观察和对南、北方重点渔区的数次调查,就灰鲸在中国近海的分布及洄游探讨如下。