Molecular Genetic Identification of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Proceedingsof a Workshop on the Forensic Use of Molecular Techniques to Identify Wildlife Products in the Marketplace. Held in La Jolla, California on June 14-16, 1999

摘要

With the International Whaling Commission's (IWC's) moratorium on commercialwhaling in effect for more than a decade, several research teams have sampled cetacean products in Asian markets and restaurants, paticularly in Japan and Republic of Korea (South Korea), and used molecular genetic techniques to identify which species and stocks are represented. This forensic use of moleculer techniques to identify which species and stocks are represented. This forensic use of molecular techniques to identify wildlife products in the marketplace is of practical interest to the IWC as it develops a Revised Management Scheme (RMS) to regulate any future whaling, and to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which is responsible for regulating the international trade in whale products.