Sampling of minke, humpback and fin whales in two Areas
indicated above704 also provides an important opportunity to gain insight into the dynamics of whale and inter-species competition through comparative analysis It was regarded as neither important nor appropriate to include other whale species, such as blue whales or Southern right whales, because of their very low abundance (biomass), in the light of Objective 1 of JARPA II (Monitoring of the Antarctic Ecosystem) as well as the conservation of those depleted species