Killer Whales
Killer Whale (Orca) Management in Alaska
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Killer whales. Photo: Jan Haaga, NOAA Fisheries
- Petition and Actions to Designate AT1 Group as Depleted
- 69 FR 31321, June 3, 2004. Final rule to designate the AT1 group of transient killer whales as a depleted stock of marine mammals. Effective July 6, 2004.
- Stock Assessment Reports
Research
- Predation by Killer Whales in Cook Inlet and Western Alaska: An Integrated Approach 2008-2009 Project R0303-01 Final Report, Revised April 2011
- Killer whales as predators in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, 2007
- Killer Whale Predation on Belugas in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Implications for a Depleted Population, Marine Mammal Science, 19(3):529–544, July 2003
- Quantifying the effects of prey abundance on killer whale reproduction, Ward et al., Journal of Applied Ecology, 2009
- Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutantconcentrations in "Southern Resident" killer whales, Krahn et al., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2009
- News Release: Scientists studying offshore killer whales, September 2008
- Documentation of Sea Otters and Birds as Prey for Killer Whales, Marine Mammal Science, 22(1): 201–205, January 2006
- Killer Whale Surveys in Western Alaska, June/July 2005
- Surveying Killer Whale Abundance and Distribution, 2001-2003
- Killer Whale Research in SE Alaska, 1998
Killer whales. Photo: Amy Martins, NOAA Fisheries
