Dear Readers,

On behalf of my co-authors, I'm pleased to announce 4 beaked whale papers:

Bachara, W. and Jean-Baptiste Deffontaines. 2015. First stranding record of a Cuvier’s beaked whale in Mozambique- a short note. Unpublished paper submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. SC/66a/SM/1    

Bachara, W., H. Dols, and N. Yusniasita-Dols. 2015. First stranding record of a Mesoplodon densirostris in Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia.Unpublished paper submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. SC/66a/SM/4          

Bachara, W., M. Watkins Gilkes and J. Bolaños-Jiménez. 2015. First stranding record of a Ziphius cavirostris on Antigua and Barbuda, Eastern Caribbean. Unpublished paper submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. SC/66a/SM/5

Bachara, W. 2015.Second stranding record of a Ziphius cavirostris in the Marshall Islands.Unpublished paper submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. SC/66a/SM/8

They can be downloaded from:
https://iwc.int/sc66adocs