. The Canadian field-naturalist. 494 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 107. Figure 4. Catch positions of Northern Bottlenose Whales taken by catcher boats from Blandford, Nova Scotia, 1964-1967. Data from Table 1. The 100 and 1000 fathom contours are shown with solid lines. in southern Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea (of. Reeves et al. 1983) from as early as mid-April through May (Table 2), and recent sightings off the southeast coast of Baffin Island and in the Labrador Sea from February through October (Tables 3 and 4; Figure 3) indicate that at least some are present at high latitudes du
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 494 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 107. Figure 4. Catch positions of Northern Bottlenose Whales taken by catcher boats from Blandford, Nova Scotia, 1964-1967. Data from Table 1. The 100 and 1000 fathom contours are shown with solid lines. in southern Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea (of. Reeves et al. 1983) from as early as mid-April through May (Table 2), and recent sightings off the southeast coast of Baffin Island and in the Labrador Sea from February through October (Tables 3 and 4; Figure 3) indicate that at least some are present at high latitudes during much of the year. Together with the information from the Gully cited above, these data suggest that at least some Bottlenose Whales do not make seasonal migrations. Mitchell and Kozicki (1975) speculated that some Bottlenose Whales winter on the continental slope and offshore from Cape Cod to the Grand Bank. However, during aerial surveys of the continental shelf and slope (to 5 nautical miles [ km] seaward of the 1000 fathom [1829 m] isobath) between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, from October 1978 to January 1982, only Table 2. Bottlenose Whale catches and observations by Scottish whalers. Records from Davis Strait are plotted on Figure 3. (* = not plotted on Figure 3) Record Date Bottlenose Whales Location Source Number Seen Secured Struck/Lost 1 11 March 1862 3 63°55'N,01°00'E* Acr/v^, Lubbock (1937: 458) 2 18 May 1874 3 79°N, 00°03'E* //ope, Gray (1933: 9) 3 11 March 1879 Some 64°32'N, 03°46'E* Perseverance (1879) 4 25 April 1879 Some (chased) 70°44'N,01°15'E* Perseverance (1879) 5 26 April 1879 Some (chased) —* Perseverance (1879) 6 28 April 1879 Some (chased) 71°43'N,00°45'E* Perseverance (1879) 7 13-14 May 1879 5 66°53'N, 09°20'W* Perseverance (1879) 8 15 May 1879 Some —* Perseverance (1879) 9 17 May 1879 2 1 67°I8'N, 10°15'W* Perseverance (1879) 10 18 May 1879 Some (chased) 64°06'N, 11°05'W* Perseverance (1879) 1
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