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Personal Communications:

Jean-François Blouin: Centre de d'Étude et de Protection de la Baleine Noire du Saint Laurent, Chandler, Québec.

Nathalie Cadet: Observation Littoral Percé, Percé, Québec.

Timothy Cole: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole Massachusetts.

Jack Lawson: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Robert Michaud: Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals, Tadoussac, Québec.

Laurie Murison: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station, Grand Manan, New Brunswick.

Richard Sears: Mingan Island Cetacean Study, Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, Québec.

Andrew Westgate: Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina.

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