. The Canadian field-naturalist. 92 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 103 Table 1. Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) sightings in Newfoundland and Labrador waters (1978-1987). Date(s) Seen By Latitude/ Longitude Location 10-21 July 1978 MUN1 47°05'N; 53°49'W Norman's Cove, Trinity Bay 25 August 1979 DFO2 47°00'N; 53°45'W St. Mary's Bay 6 October 1981 MICS3 50°11'N;65°06'W Sheldrake, North Shore, Quebec 17 February 1984 MUN 47°33'N;59°10'W Channel Head, Port aux Basques 26-28 July 1984 MUN 46°45'N;53°38'W Peter's River, Holyrood Bay 'Memorial University of Newfoundland. 2Canadian Department of
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 92 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 103 Table 1. Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) sightings in Newfoundland and Labrador waters (1978-1987). Date(s) Seen By Latitude/ Longitude Location 10-21 July 1978 MUN1 47°05'N; 53°49'W Norman's Cove, Trinity Bay 25 August 1979 DFO2 47°00'N; 53°45'W St. Mary's Bay 6 October 1981 MICS3 50°11'N;65°06'W Sheldrake, North Shore, Quebec 17 February 1984 MUN 47°33'N;59°10'W Channel Head, Port aux Basques 26-28 July 1984 MUN 46°45'N;53°38'W Peter's River, Holyrood Bay 'Memorial University of Newfoundland. 2Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 3Mingan Island Cetacean Study. were simply seen traveling without exhibiting other distinctive behaviours. The animal seen in July 1984 was entrapped in a codtrap and resisted all attempts by humans to come near it. At times it was very aggressive toward approaching boats. Eventually the animal towed the codtrap with all its supporting grapnels out to sea. Despite extensive searching the animal was not seen again, and it is believed that it could not have survived. Discussion The only sighting program in this study where results can be quantified was the one operated by MUN. For this program, sighting rate of Right Whales by land-based observers was per person-week of observation. This compares with for Killer Whales {Orcinus orca); for Humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae); for Minke Whales {Balaenoptera acutorostrata); and for Long-finned Pilot Whales {Globicephala. Figure 1. Locations of Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) sightings (1978 1987). Sightings reported here are represented by ?; sightings cited from Scars (1980) and Beamish (1981) arc represented by A. melaena) [Lynch 1987]. Although Right Whales occasionally occur in waters off Newfoundland and Labrador, they are indeed very rare. During the decade (1978-1987), there were three additional sightings of Right Whales that have been reported. Sears (1980) saw th
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