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The fin whale is the second-largest whale species and is found throughout the world’s oceans. It is listed as endangered throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act and depleted throughout its range under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Fin whales are found from temperate to subpolar oceans worldwide, with a distributional hiatus between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres within 20o to 30o of the equator (Edwards et al. 2015). ). Fin whales occur throughout the North Pacific, from the northeastern Chukchi Sea (Crance et al. 2015) to the
In this region, fin whales are the dominant large cetacean species during all seasons, having the largest standing stock, the largest food requirements, and therefore the largest influence on ecosystem processes of any cetacean species (Hain et al. 1992, Kenney et al. 1997).
Ocean, fin whales are found seasonally off the coast of North America and in the Bering Sea during the summer (Fig. 1). Information on seasonal fin whale distribution has been gleaned from the detection of fin whale calls using bottom-mounted, offshore hydrophone arrays along the U.S. Pacific coast, in the central North
Short-finned pilot whales are found globally in tropical and temperate oceans. They differ slightly in size, features, coloration, and pattern from the long-finned pilot whale. Learn more about the short-finned pilot whale species.
Sei whales have a tall, hooked dorsal fin located about two-thirds down their back. Sei whales have 219 to 410 baleen plates (long plates made out of keratin, the same material as our fingernails, instead of teeth) that are dark in color with gray/white fine inner fringes in their enormous mouths.
The most well-studied killer whale populations occur in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Resident killer whales have been seen from California to Russia. Offshore killer whales have the largest range of any community, and often occur more than 9 miles offshore.
Humpback whales are a favorite of whale watchers―they are often active, jumping out of the water and slapping the surface with their pectoral fins or tails. NOAA Fisheries is dedicated to the conservation of humpback whales.
Minke whales have a fairly tall, sickle-shaped dorsal fin located about two-thirds down their back. Their body is black to dark grayish/brownish, with a pale chevron on the back behind the head and above the flippers, as well as a white underside.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada (DFO) generated fin whale estimates from a large-scale aerial survey of Atlantic Canadian shelf and shelf break habitats extending from the northern tip of Labrador to the U.S. border off southern Nova Scotia in August and September of 2016 (Lawson and Gosselin 2018).