. Breviora. 1983 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES 70° N 4> ** ' VII-68. Figure 1. Distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaenaglacialis) recorded in American whaling logbooks between 1857 and 1897. The dots show where whales were encountered at sea, and the coastal encounters are indicated by arrows. Months are indicated bv roman numerals. Although these whaleships departed and returned to port (usually New Bedford) in all seasons, there is no mention of right whales seen near the New England or Canadian coasts. Before the mid 1700's right whales were caught in Massachusetts waters fro
. Breviora. 1983 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES 70° N 4> ** ' VII-68. Figure 1. Distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaenaglacialis) recorded in American whaling logbooks between 1857 and 1897. The dots show where whales were encountered at sea, and the coastal encounters are indicated by arrows. Months are indicated bv roman numerals. Although these whaleships departed and returned to port (usually New Bedford) in all seasons, there is no mention of right whales seen near the New England or Canadian coasts. Before the mid 1700's right whales were caught in Massachusetts waters from small shore- based boats, mostly in the winter and spring (Macy, 1835). From 1955 to the present, right whales have been observed locally in all seasons (Schevill, Moore, and Watkins, 1981; Watkins and Schevill, in press). It seems highly unlikely that these 19th century whalers would have ignored such valuable animals wherever seen, and so it may be that Eubalaena were then very scarce in these coastal waters, although they had been abundant there from the 16th well into the 18th Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
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