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Aquatic Mammals 2003 291 150ndash172

New observations and a review of killer whale (Orcinus orca)sightings in Papua New Guinea waters

Ingrid N Visser1 and Frank J Bonoccorso2

1Orca Research Trust PO Box 1233 Whangarei New Zealand2National Museum amp Art Gallery PO Box 5560 Boroko NCD Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Although typically considered a temperate to coldwater species killer whales (or orca) (Orcinus orca)have been reported intermittently in tropical watersWhile the IUCN (IUCN 2000) does not list thespecies as present in Papua New Guinea watersthe records presented here indicate it is found inthe area for at least 10 months of the year A totalof 94 sightings of killer whales in Papua NewGuinea waters were complied Thirty-seven sight-ings from April 1987 to July 2002 were recordedwith an exact date and location with a further 57sightings of unknown date or exact locationTwenty-seven of all records had either photographsor videotape to con rm species identi cation Theearliest reference to killer whales in this region wasfrom 1956 when they were recorded taking sh oVlong-lines Killer whales from Papua New Guineawaters have been observed feeding on four speciesof elasmobranchs (scalloped-hammerhead sharkSphyrna lewini grey reef shark Carcharhinusamblyrhynchos manta ray Manta birostris andblue-spotted ray Dasyatis kuhlii) and four speciesof n- sh (yellow- n tuna Thunnus albacares big-eye tuna Thunnus obesus Indo-Paci c sail shIstiophorus platypterus and sun sh Mola mola)These are the rst records worldwide of killerwhales feeding on scalloped-hammerhead sharksgrey reef sharks and blue-spotted rays Killerwhales in these waters have been reported in associ-ation with two species of cetaceans (sperm whalesPhyseter macrocephalus and spinner dolphinsStenella longirostris) Photo-identication imageswere collected for 14 individuals and a catalogueestablished Matches were made for two animalsmdashafemale sighted approximately 30 n mi and two daysapart and a sub-adult male sighted in the sameregion 16 months apart Some individual killerwhales from these waters have been observed withgrey under-ukes in contrast to white which istypically described for this species

Key words Killer whale Orcinus orca Papua NewGuinea photo-identication foraging elasmo-branches n- sh

Introduction

The status of Papua New Guinea cetaceans islargely unknown The only systematic study ofspecies or individuals within a species was con-ducted in 2001 targeting sperm whales (Physetermacrocephalus) (Bonoccorso unpublished data)Munday (1994) compiled anecdotal information oncetaceans in the Kimbe Bay area (New BritainIsland Papua New Guinea) for a lsquoRapid EcologicalAssessmentrsquo and noted that Orcinus orca had beenobserved However only approximate timings ofsightings by month or year were given and onlygeneral locations were stated In addition althoughkiller whales were listed as lsquouncommonrsquo no quan-ti cation was given for this classi cation (Munday1994) Although the IUCN Red Data List (IUCN2000) does not list killer whales as present in PapuaNew Guinean waters they are known to occurintermittently in the area (Cousteau amp Richards1989 Munday 1994)

Therefore following Aragones et al (1997) whosuggest an order of procedures for cetaceanresearch in developing countries (ie interviewsfollowed by actual surveys) a preliminary KimbeBay Cetacean Research Project was instigated inApril 2002 Over a 13-day period six species wererecorded including killer whales (Visser 2002a)Details from that survey along with other recordsof the species in Papua New Guinea waters arepresented here

Materials and Methods

Records and anecdotal sightingsFor this paper scienti c manuscripts newspapersdive magazines books unpublished newsletters the

2003 EAAM

lsquoInternetrsquo anecdotal sightings and unpublisheddata were sourced for details of killer whale sight-ings Records were divided into two types lsquocom-pletersquo and lsquodata-decientrsquo For lsquocompletersquo recordsan exact date and an exact location was known(Table 1 Figure 1) whereas for lsquodata-de cientrsquorecords only a month or year was known or nodate at all and an exact location may not have beenknown Because uncertainty in dates could result inconfusion or replication of sightings without dateslsquodata-decientrsquo records were listed in a separatetable (Table 2 Figure 2)

Although species identi cation may be uncertainwhen suggested by non-specialists killer whales areconsidered one of the easiest species of marinemammal to identify at sea based on their sizepostocular white patch and the large dorsal ns on males (Heyning amp Dahlheim 1988) Inaddition many observations recorded here wereaccompanied by photographs or videotape or theobserver had multiple encounters with the specieseg M Benjamin and T Peluso (Table 1)

Photo-identi cationPhoto-identication uses photographs to recordindividual congenital andor acquired identi cationmarks (Hammond et al 1990) For killer whalesevery individual can be uniquely identi ed fromhigh-quality photographs (Baird 2000) The dorsal n is the main feature photographed because it isexposed above water most often (Bigg 1982) Somekiller whale research projects use photographs ofonly one side of the dorsal n eg in the Paci cNorth West (Ford amp Ellis 1999 Ford et al 1994)and Norway (T Similauml pers comm) Howeverwherever possible during this study both sides ofthe killer whales were photographed as pigmenta-tion patterns can diVer considerably on each side ofan animal (Leatherwood et al 1984 Visser ampMaumlkelaumlinen 2000) and a record of both sidescould improve the chances of subsequent matchesMoreover this allows photographs from the public(which may be taken of either side of an animal) tobe matched (Visser amp Maumlkelaumlinen 2000)

Killer whales can also be photo-identied by theirdistinctive saddle patches (Baird amp Stacey 1988Bigg 1982) eye patches (Visser amp Maumlkelaumlinen2000) pigmentation patterns on the underside ofthe tail (Visser 2000b) malformations (Berghan ampVisser 2000) scars from propellers (Visser 1999bVisser amp Fertl 2000) and other scars such as teethrake marks (Baird 2000 Visser 1998) Thereforephotographs (including underwater images) andvideotape illustrating any unique features werecollected

To catalogue the killer whales each animal wasassigned a unique consecutive number preceded bythe letters PNG signifying that it was identi ed in

Papua New Guinea waters ie PNG1 PNG2PNG3 etc This catalogue was compared to thenearest geographic population of killer whales forwhich an identi cation catalogue is held ie NewZealand

Agesex classi cationPhoto-identied killer whales were grouped byage and sex following Bigg (1982) and Bigget al (1990) These groupings were lsquoadult malersquolsquosub-adult malersquo lsquofemalersquo lsquojuvenilersquo lsquocalfrsquo andlsquounidenti edrsquo

Results

lsquoCompletersquo and lsquodata-decientrsquo sightingsNinety-four sightings of killer whales in Papua NewGuinea waters were complied Twenty-seven of allrecords had either photographs or videotape tocon rm species identi cation Table 1 lists thosesightings where exact date and location wereknown Of these lsquocompletersquo killer whale sightings(n=37) 567 come from the Kimbe Bay area(West New Britain Island)

Table 2 lists lsquodata-de cientrsquo sightings (n=57) forwhich exact dates or precise locations could not beestablished To enable future researchers access todata and clarity of the records all known lsquodata-de cientrsquo records are listed here However it ispossible that some records in Table 2 are duplicateseg sighting No 10 (Table 1) and sighting No 19(Table 2) both record killer whales at BradfordShoal Kimbe Bay in 1994 and both record forag-ing on a shark yet these sightings cannot con-clusively be shown to be either the same nordiVerent events

Sightings by month and yearRecords from Table 1 and 2 (lsquocompletersquo and lsquodata-de cientrsquo) were plotted by month where known(n=52) (Fig 3) The most sightings were recordedin April (n=15) followed by July (n=8) There wereno sightings recorded for January or February (Fig3) For a 15 year period (1987ndash2002) killer whaleshave been sighted each year (with the exception of1989 and 1990mdashTable 1)

Photo-identi cationAll killer whales photographed in Papua NewGuinea with high quality images were identi ableThe Papua New Guinea killer whale photo-identi cation catalogue is currently comprised ofdorsal n saddle-patch and eye-patch surfacephotographs and side-on full-body and partial-body underwater photographs (catalogue held byVisser) From these images 14 unique animals wereregistered in the catalogue (PNG1ndashPNG14) Ofthese two are adult males three are females one is

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a sub-adult male one is a juvenile two arecalves and ve are unclassi ed into any age or sexgrouping

Matches were made for two animals One afemale with a calf was sighted (13 April 2002) andphotographed (Fig 4) east of Cape HuessenerKimbe Bay (05)0151+S150)1169+E sightingNo 33 Table 1) and photographed again two dayslater to the north of Kimbe Village (05)2937+S150)0874+E sighting No 34 Table 1) Theselocations are approximately 30 n mi apart A sub-adult male with a distinctive white mark on theright-side of the top of the dorsal n was photo-graphed in the Kimbe Bay region approximately 16months apart however exact date and location forthe resighting were not available (sighting No 21Table 1 and sighting No 34 Table 2)

Two individuals were observed (one in a photo-graph and the other in a videotapemdashsighting No 3and No 17 Table 1 respectively) to have light greyunder- ukes (Visser 2002b) in comparison to the

typical white under- ukes described as diagnosticfor the species (Heyning amp Dahlheim 1988)

Group size and compositionGroup size varied from one to approximately 20individuals with the group sizes of three (n=15)of two (n=11) of one (n=9) and of ve (n=6)reported most often Calves were noted 16 times(Tables 1 and 2) Adult males were not recorded inall groups (Tables 1 and 2) and four sub-adultmales were noted (Tables 1 and 2)

Foraging behaviour and interactions with othercetaceansKiller whales in Papua New Guinea waters havebeen observed foraging on four species of elasmo-branchs four records of scalloped-hammerheadshark (Sphyrna lewini) (sightings No 10 and No33 Table 1 and sightings No 19 and 20 Table 2)three records of grey reef shark (Carcharhinusamblyrhynchos) (sighting No 3 Table 1) two

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records of manta ray (Manta birostris) (sightingNo 3 Table 1 sighting No 45 Table 2) and onerecord of blue-spotted ray (Aetobatus narinari)(sighting No 27 Table 2)

The earliest records of killer whales in PapuaNew Guinea waters describe the animals removing sh (tuna of various species) from long-lines(Iwashita et al 1963 Sivasubramaniam 1964) Anadditional two species of n- sh have been ident-i ed as free-swimming prey Indo-Paci c sail shIstiophorus platypterus (sighting No 12 Table 1)and sun sh Mola mola (sighting No 26 Table 2)

During the interaction between an estimated 20killer whales and 12 sperm whales (Physeter macro-cephalus) (sighting No 16 Table 1) anecdotalinformation suggested that the killer whales couldhave harassed the sperm whales in an attempt toattack them Subsequent to the two species separat-ing into their conspeci c groups the sperm whaleswere observed for approximately 20 min and theirbehaviour did not appear to change from when rst

encountered Divers entered the water and wereable to take underwater photographs The killerwhales were observed for approximately 20 minas they traveled at high speed in a tight group ina north east direction until contact was lost(T Peluso pers comm)

During two other killer whale encounters spin-ner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) were sightedporpoising at high speed In encounter sightingNo 38 (Table 2) a group of three killer whales wereobserved oV Restorf Island After following themfor a short period a group of approximately 100spinner dolphins were observed to move away fromthe vicinity porpoising at high speed The killerwhales were not observed to follow the dolphinsand were not resighted In the second encounter(sighting No 34 Table 1) a group of approxi-mately 50 spinner dolphins were observed toporpoise at high speed away from an areawhere killer whales were last sighted surfacingapproximately 30 min earlier

Figure 2 Approximate locations of lsquolsquoData-de cientrsquorsquo records of killer whale sightings in Papua New Guinea waters(extracted from Table 2)


DiscussionAlthough typically considered a temperate to coldwater species killer whales have been reported fromtropical areas around the world (eg Dahlheimet al 1982) Sightings in tropical Oceania Indo-Paci c and South-east Asia although not commonare widespread (Table 3) In addition to thosesightings listed in Table 3 there are the records fromPapua New Guinea presented here (Tables 1 and 2)From these it is apparent that killer whales are notuncommon in Papua New Guinea waters Thepeople living around the coastline occasionally sightthem (Table 1 and 2) and call them in PidginEnglish black white bigpla dolphin (black andwhite big-fellow dolphin) The people living in the

southern islands call them Ulaulasi in the Tawalalanguage It is of note that local Papua New Guineapeople have names for this species in that they arefamiliar enough with them to warrant a speci cname (ie they do not just classify them as alsquogeneralrsquo dolphin) This is not the case in NewZealand were although the killer whales are verycoastal in their habits (Visser 1999a Visser2000b) the local Maori people have no names normyths or legends about them (Best 1982a Best1982b Grace 1907 Orbell 1995) The vernacularname lsquoorcarsquo is used in Papua New Guinea havingbeen introduced by the expatriate communitywhich is primarily from Australia and NewZealand

Figure 3 Killer whale sightings in Papua New Guinea plotted by month where known (n=52) Dataextracted from Tables 1 and 2

Figure 4 Female killer whale and calf (catalogue numbers PNG4 amp PNG5 respectively)Photographed oV Cape Huessener Kimbe Bay West New Britain Island Papua New Guinea15 April 2002 The eye-patch of the calf is clearly visible as is a notch at the anterior base of femalersquosdorsal n Both animals show the typical black and white pigmentation pattern of killer whales fromthis area Photo I N Visser


Although there were only 52 sightings in PapuaNew Guinea waters for which the month wasknown (Fig 3) it appears that killer whales can befound between March and December inclusiveIwashita et al (1963) commented that killer whaleswill stay in the same region (which included PapuaNew Guinea waters) for at least three months andbased on predation from long-lines they tend toremain in tropical waters throughout the year

Apparent peaks in sightings (or lack of sightings)recorded here may be due to observer bias andordata collection bias (eg weather conditions maynot be conducive to cetacean sightings during thelsquowetrsquo season of DecemberndashFebruary) Observer biasis likely to be a factor contributing to the highnumber of sightings in April eg a survey con-ducted during this month (Visser 2002) It is alsolikely to be a contributing factor to the high numberof sightings from the Kimbe Bay area (567 oflsquocon rmedrsquo sightings) This area is one of the fewplaces in Papua New Guinea where for many yearsdive boats have made daily trips more than venautical miles from base (M Benjamin perscomm)

Because there are only two matches within thecatalogue and both are within the same area ofKimbe Bay it is not possible to suggest any pat-terns of movement The two killer whales with greyunder- ukes were not the same animal (Visserunpublished data) and they were observed in dif-ferent locations (one oV Wuvulu Island and theother at Kimbe Bay) Therefore it is possible thatmore killer whales in Papua New Guinea watersmay have grey under- ukes and this may be anindicative pigmentation feature for this population(Visser 2002b) Further collection of photographsand comparison with catalogues from adjacentareas is encouraged

Although the primary food source for thispopulation of killer whales is unknown elasmo-

branchs form at least part of their prey with the rst documentation worldwide of killer whalesfeeding on scalloped-hammerhead sharks greyreef sharks and blue-spotted rays (Fertl et al1996)

There are records of killer whales feeding on rays(albeit diVerent species) from Brazil the GalaacutepagosIslands and New Zealand (Fertl et al 1996 Visser1999a) and although a population of killer whalesoV New Zealand has been recorded eating a widerange of elasmobranchs (n=8 species) (Visser1999a Visser 2000a Visser et al 2000) they havenot been recorded foraging on grey reef sharksscalloped-hammerhead sharks or manta raysHowever grey reef sharks are not found in thetemperate waters of the area and scalloped-hammerhead sharks and manta rays are not com-mon perhaps contributing to these species notrecorded as prey for New Zealand killer whalesThe only other records of killer whales feeding onmanta rays are from the Galaacutepagos Islands (Fertlet al 1996)

It is noteworthy that where detailed observationswere made all elasmobranchs were held upside-down (Table 1) In some instances the prey werestill alive while being carried or when subsequentlydropped New Zealand killer whales have beenobserved lsquo ippingrsquo live rays dorsoventrally (Visser2000b) and in all instances oV New Zealand whereelectric rays (Torpedo fairchildii) were observed asprey they were held dorsoventrally (Visser unpub-lished data) Elasmobranchs can be a high-risk prey(eg the death of a killer whale was attributedto a sting-ray spine (Duignan et al 2000) anddefences such as teeth and electrical charges arealso potentially lethal) It is possible given thatelasmobranchs can be induced to exhibit lsquotonicimmobilityrsquo (an unlearned response characterisedby a state of immobility which may last from lessthan a min to several h) (Henningson 1994) that

Table 3 Sightings of killer whales in tropical Oceania Indo-Paci c and South-east Asia (for Papua New Guinea sightingssee Tables 1 and 2)

Location Source

Borneo Beasley (1997) Rudolph (1997)Federated States of Yap Reeves (1999) B Acker (pers comm)Indonesia Barnes (1991) Hembree (1980) Rudolph (1997) Sivasubramaniam (1964)New Guinea Iwashita (1963)Malaysia Corkeren (1995)Naru Eldredge (1991)New Caledonia Das (1993) Garrigue and Greaves (2001)Palau Iwashita (1963)Solomon Islands Newbert (1995) Shimada (1995)Thailand Andersen (1999) Chantrapornsyl (1996)Tonga I N Visser (unpublished data)


the killer whales invert them dorsoventrally torender them defenceless However this should beinterpreted with caution as a lack of response fromthe prey may be the result of injury and theposition the prey is held by the killer whales may bea consequence of prey shape

Killer whales have been reported taking sh oVlong-lines in many areas of the world (eg Visser2000a) and although tuna have been reported asprey oV Papua New Guinea this seems to bepredominately associated with removing them fromlong-lines (eg Iwashita 1963 Sivasubramaniam1964 Visser 2000a) Killer whales take sword- sh (Xiphias gladius) from long-lines in Brazilianwaters (della Rosa 1995 Secchi amp Vaske 1998)but the instance reported here of the killer whalesforaging on Indo-Paci c sail sh is the rst forthis prey species and also as a free-swimming preyTwo other records exist for killer whales foragingon sun sh both from the South Paci cmdashone oVNew Zealand (Visser 2001) and one oV the GreatBarrier Reef Australia (Gladstone 1988)

JeVerson et al (1991) recorded interactionsbetween killer whales and other marine mammalsand divided killer whale interactions with othermarine mammals into two types predatory andnon-predatoryThey reported most attacks on largewhales (eg sperm whales) were by groups of oneto ve killer whales which is well below the groupsize associated with the sperm whales in sightingNo 16 (Table 1) Although neither predatorybehaviour nor avoidance behaviour was observedacoustic harassment by either species cannot beruled-out as no hydrophone recordings were made

JeVerson et al (1991) did not list any predatoryinteractions between killer whales and spinnerdolphins and listed only one record of non-predatory behaviour where a single killer whalewhich had escaped captivity was seen associatingwith spinner dolphins oV Hawaii (Pryor 1973) Thegroup size (of both prey and predator) for the twoevents involving killer whales and spinner dolphinsin Papua New Guinea waters (sighting No 34Table 1 and sighting No 38 Table 2) could havein uenced the responses of the animals Group sizesof the killer whales recorded in these interactionswere ve and three respectively Although JeVersonet al (1991) recorded instances of harassment ofprey by small groups of killer whales ( 5) theysuggested that attacks on large herds of dolphins($ 10 prey) are most common by groups of 6ndash10killer whales

Based on JeVerson et al (1991) we classify thethree events presented here (involving killer whalessperm whales and spinner dolphins) as non-predatory because there was no apparent attemptsat predation by the killer whales (again acousticharassment cannot be ruled-out)

It is generally accepted that marine mammalsform an important part of the diet of some killerwhale populations (Baird 1994 Baird 2000 Bairdamp Dill 1995 Barrett-Lennard et al 1996 Ford ampEllis 1999 Visser 1999c) Although they have notbeen recorded as prey in Papua New Guinea it isunlikely that the dolphins would ee the vicinity ofkiller whales if they were not potential prey Flightresponses are considered to be lsquoexpensiversquo in termsof energy expenditure (Ydenberg 1986) but theyare an eVective predator avoidance strategy Itis likely as marine mammal research expands inPapua New Guinea cetaceans will be reported asprey for killer whales in these waters

Aragones et al (1997) suggested that preliminaryinvestigations for cetaceans in developing countriescould collect anecdotal information and use plat-forms of opportunity because resources are oftenlimited for starting such a project This protocolwas followed and the results presented in a prelimi-nary cetacean survey of Kimbe Bay (Visser 2002)and herein suggesting that a research project tar-geting killer whales is not only feasible but due tothe lack of robust information about the species inthis area urgent Due to the time constraints forplatforms of opportunity such as scuba-divingboats and the lack of precise data from anecdotalinformation we believe that a dedicated vessel withtrained observers would be most successful Such adedicated long-term project would provide scien-ti c information to assist government and non-government organisations in protecting theseanimals in Papua New Guinea where their status isunknown

AcknowledgmentsM amp C Benjamin of Walindi Plantation Resorthosted the Kimbe Bay Preliminary Cetacean Surveyand provided logistical support (including vesselscrew and fuel) without their kind support thisstudy would not have been possible T Pelusoassisted extensively with data collection and logis-tics Many people provided access to unpublishedreports of orca in Papua New Guinea and theirresponse is gratefully acknowledged D Eglitis ADutton S Ritchie the crew of Fe Brina and thelsquodive crewrsquo at Walindi were helpful beyond wordsJ Grove and W Zender of Zegrahm Expeditionsallowed research to be conducted during theirPapua New Guinea Expedition Thanks to BNickel who compiled the maps J Berghan PMunday J McDowell T JeVerson S Imberti andC Guinet provided helpful comments and reviewedthe manuscript

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Visser I N (1998) Proli c body scars and collapsingdorsal ns on killer whales in New Zealand watersAquatic Mammals 24 71ndash81

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Visser I N (1999b) Propeller scars and known migrationof two orca (Orcinus orca) in New Zealand waters NewZealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33635ndash642

Visser I N (1999c) A summary of interactions betweenorca (Orcinus orca) and other cetaceans in NewZealand waters New Zealand Journal of NaturalScience 24 101ndash112

Visser I N (2000a) Killer whale (Orcinus orca) inter-actions with longlines sheries in New Zealand watersAquatic Mammals 26 241ndash252

Visser I N (2000b) Orca (Orcinus orca) in New Zealandwaters PhD Dissertation University of AucklandAuckland

Visser I N (2001) Foraging behaviour and diet of(Orcinus orca) in New Zealand waters Proceedings ofthe 14th biennial conference on the biology of marinemammals Vancouver Canada November 28ndashDecember 3 2001

Visser I N (2002a) Kimbe Bay Preliminary CetaceanSurvey Report Unpublished report submitted toWalindi Plantation Resort and Mahonia na DariConservation and Research Centre PO Box 4 KimbeWest New Britain Papua New Guinea

Visser I N (2002b) Pigmentation as an indicative featurefor populations of killer whales Proceedings of theOrca Symposium Niort France 23ndash28 September2002

Visser I N Fertl D Berghan J amp van Meurs R(2000) Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on ashort n mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in NewZealand waters Aquatic Mammals 26 229ndash231

Visser I N amp Fertl D C (2000) Stranding resightingand boat strike of a killer whale (Orcinus orca) oV NewZealand Aquatic Mammals 26 232ndash240

Visser I N amp Maumlkelaumlinen P (2000) Variation in eyepatch shape of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in NewZealand waters Marine Mammal Science 16 459ndash469

Wright A (1980) An investigation of Japanese long-line tuna shing operations in the region of PapuaNew Guinea Research Bulletin G Yamamoto (ed)Papua New Guinea Government (Department ofPrimary Industry) Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)pp 49

Ydenberg R C (1986) The economics of eeing frompredators Advances in the study of behaviour 16 229ndash249


lsquoInternetrsquo anecdotal sightings and unpublisheddata were sourced for details of killer whale sight-ings Records were divided into two types lsquocom-pletersquo and lsquodata-decientrsquo For lsquocompletersquo recordsan exact date and an exact location was known(Table 1 Figure 1) whereas for lsquodata-de cientrsquorecords only a month or year was known or nodate at all and an exact location may not have beenknown Because uncertainty in dates could result inconfusion or replication of sightings without dateslsquodata-decientrsquo records were listed in a separatetable (Table 2 Figure 2)

Although species identi cation may be uncertainwhen suggested by non-specialists killer whales areconsidered one of the easiest species of marinemammal to identify at sea based on their sizepostocular white patch and the large dorsal ns on males (Heyning amp Dahlheim 1988) Inaddition many observations recorded here wereaccompanied by photographs or videotape or theobserver had multiple encounters with the specieseg M Benjamin and T Peluso (Table 1)

Photo-identi cationPhoto-identication uses photographs to recordindividual congenital andor acquired identi cationmarks (Hammond et al 1990) For killer whalesevery individual can be uniquely identi ed fromhigh-quality photographs (Baird 2000) The dorsal n is the main feature photographed because it isexposed above water most often (Bigg 1982) Somekiller whale research projects use photographs ofonly one side of the dorsal n eg in the Paci cNorth West (Ford amp Ellis 1999 Ford et al 1994)and Norway (T Similauml pers comm) Howeverwherever possible during this study both sides ofthe killer whales were photographed as pigmenta-tion patterns can diVer considerably on each side ofan animal (Leatherwood et al 1984 Visser ampMaumlkelaumlinen 2000) and a record of both sidescould improve the chances of subsequent matchesMoreover this allows photographs from the public(which may be taken of either side of an animal) tobe matched (Visser amp Maumlkelaumlinen 2000)

Killer whales can also be photo-identied by theirdistinctive saddle patches (Baird amp Stacey 1988Bigg 1982) eye patches (Visser amp Maumlkelaumlinen2000) pigmentation patterns on the underside ofthe tail (Visser 2000b) malformations (Berghan ampVisser 2000) scars from propellers (Visser 1999bVisser amp Fertl 2000) and other scars such as teethrake marks (Baird 2000 Visser 1998) Thereforephotographs (including underwater images) andvideotape illustrating any unique features werecollected

To catalogue the killer whales each animal wasassigned a unique consecutive number preceded bythe letters PNG signifying that it was identi ed in

Papua New Guinea waters ie PNG1 PNG2PNG3 etc This catalogue was compared to thenearest geographic population of killer whales forwhich an identi cation catalogue is held ie NewZealand

Agesex classi cationPhoto-identied killer whales were grouped byage and sex following Bigg (1982) and Bigget al (1990) These groupings were lsquoadult malersquolsquosub-adult malersquo lsquofemalersquo lsquojuvenilersquo lsquocalfrsquo andlsquounidenti edrsquo

Results

lsquoCompletersquo and lsquodata-decientrsquo sightingsNinety-four sightings of killer whales in Papua NewGuinea waters were complied Twenty-seven of allrecords had either photographs or videotape tocon rm species identi cation Table 1 lists thosesightings where exact date and location wereknown Of these lsquocompletersquo killer whale sightings(n=37) 567 come from the Kimbe Bay area(West New Britain Island)

Table 2 lists lsquodata-de cientrsquo sightings (n=57) forwhich exact dates or precise locations could not beestablished To enable future researchers access todata and clarity of the records all known lsquodata-de cientrsquo records are listed here However it ispossible that some records in Table 2 are duplicateseg sighting No 10 (Table 1) and sighting No 19(Table 2) both record killer whales at BradfordShoal Kimbe Bay in 1994 and both record forag-ing on a shark yet these sightings cannot con-clusively be shown to be either the same nordiVerent events

Sightings by month and yearRecords from Table 1 and 2 (lsquocompletersquo and lsquodata-de cientrsquo) were plotted by month where known(n=52) (Fig 3) The most sightings were recordedin April (n=15) followed by July (n=8) There wereno sightings recorded for January or February (Fig3) For a 15 year period (1987ndash2002) killer whaleshave been sighted each year (with the exception of1989 and 1990mdashTable 1)

Photo-identi cationAll killer whales photographed in Papua NewGuinea with high quality images were identi ableThe Papua New Guinea killer whale photo-identi cation catalogue is currently comprised ofdorsal n saddle-patch and eye-patch surfacephotographs and side-on full-body and partial-body underwater photographs (catalogue held byVisser) From these images 14 unique animals wereregistered in the catalogue (PNG1ndashPNG14) Ofthese two are adult males three are females one is


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166

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