Current status of Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis in San Matías Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina) and results of experimental whale watching activities

ARIAS, MAGDALENA; ROMERO, MARIA ALEJANDRA; SVENDSEN, GUILLERMO M; CURCIO, NADIA; JARMA, DAYANA; COSCARELLA, MARIANO; DANS, SILVANA L; CRESPO, ENRIQUE A

San Diego

Workshop; Meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee SC66A.; 2015

IWC

The objective of this paper is to present information on the current status of Southern Right Whale in SMG and preliminary results regarding the distribution, abundance and social structure, as well as a characterization of the emerging activity of whale-watching tourism. Results are compared with data gathered in previous (2007-2008) studies and discussed and integrated with historical data for SMG and available information for Peninsula Valdes area.