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2. Methodology

a. The proposed research is supposed to address questions that cannot be answered by analysis of existing data. However, without a review of the data already collected in the previous 18 years it is not possible to evaluate this critical issue, especially as the new proposal provides an undefended rationale to more than double the take of minke whales.

b. The research claims to address a question or questions that cannot be practically or scientifically achieved by non-lethal means. In this case, the use of non-lethal means (biopsy) has been clearly demonstrated to address temporal and spatial changes in stock structuring, which is an important component of the RMP.

c. The research is supposed to yield results leading to reliable answers to the questions being addressed. However, the research methodologies specified in the proposal are very poorly developed and presented, and they thus negate the possibility of a reasonable review.