On October 19, 2013 (Saturday), at the 5th floor large conference room of Shimonoseki City University Main Building II, "The 6th Whaling Archives Symposium: The Frontline of Whaling Research: From Dolphin to Large Whaling-" was held. Three instructors invited from outside the university gave a research report, and about 50 people participated. After the end, there was a lively question-and-answer session, and it was a fruitful symposium. Mr. Sou Ishikawa, Director of the Whaling Laboratory, Shimonoseki Academy of Marine Science and Technology.

　In the research report, Professor Masao Amano of the Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, gave a presentation on the ecology of whales entitled "Field Research and Results of Wild Whales". In addition, Koji Matsuoka, Director of the Observation Research Laboratory of the Research and Research Department of the Japan Whale Research Institute, and Riki Tamura, Director of the Marine Ecosystem Laboratory of the Research and Research Department, gave presentations based on data obtained by actually boarding the research vessel, and participants listened enthusiastically to the latest research report.

Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Science, Nagasaki University
Professor Masao Amano

Research and Research Department, Japan Whale Research Institute
Mr. Koji Matsuoka

Marine Ecosystem Laboratory, Research and Research Department, Japan Whale Research Institute
Tamura Power Office Manager

Whale Laboratory, Shimonoseki Academy of Marine Science
Director of Sou Ishikawa

Shimonoseki City University with a greeting
President Naoki Yoshizu

Q&A session

[Published date: October 23, 2013]

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