Table 3. Sighting history, number of associations, sex, and maximum half-weight association index (HWI)1 of individual humpback off west South Africa.
Individual | Sex | Date first seen | Date last seen | No. of encounters | No. of associates | Max. HWI | Mean HWI |
#97 | M | 16 Dec. 01 | 21 Nov. 04 | 4 | 12 | 0.57 | 0.06 |
#80 | F | 31 Oct. 01 | 17 Dec. 01 | 2 | 11 | 0.50 | 0.06 |
#100 | F | 16 Dec. 01 | 17 Dec. 01 | 3 | 10 | 0.67 | 0.06 |
#102 | M | 16 Dec. 01 | 17 Dec. 01 | 2 | 11 | 0.50 | 0.06 |
#115 | F | 17 Dec. 01 | 06 Nov. 02 | 3 | 10 | 0.67 | 0.06 |
#118 | F | 17 Dec. 01 | 15 Nov. 02 | 3 | 12 | 0.40 | 0.06 |
#101 | M | 16 Dec. 01 | 29 Nov. 04 | 8 | 14 | 0.55 | 0.05 |
#70 | F | 24 Oct. 01 | 06 Oct. 03 | 3 | 11 | 0.40 | 0.05 |
#29 | - | 18 Mar. 97 | 02 Nov. 02 | 3 | 11 | 0.40 | 0.05 |
#126† | F | 17 Dec. 01 | 28 Jan. 04 | 3 | 10 | 0.40 | 0.05 |
#15 | F | 05 May 92 | 20 Jan. 05 | 8 | 13 | 0.50 | 0.04 |
#17 | F | 17 Oct. 93 | 29 Oct. 05 | 8 | 7 | 0.50 | 0.03 |
#18 | - | 17 Oct. 93 | 31 Oct. 93 | 5 | 6 | 0.44 | 0.03 |
#22 | - | 27 Oct. 93 | 31 Oct. 93 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.03 |
#24 | - | 27 Oct. 93 | 31 Oct. 93 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.03 |
#107 | M | 10 Feb. 99 | 19 Nov. 06 | 4 | 4 | 0.67 | 0.03 |
= of whales with mean HWI at or above 0.03.
= known mortality.