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Balaenoptera bonaerensis. The minke whale (/ ˈmɪnki /), or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale. [ 1 ] The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and the Antarctic (or southern) minke whale. [ 2 ]
The common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest species of the rorquals and the second smallest species of baleen whale. Although first ignored by whalers due to its small size and low oil yield, it began to be exploited by various ...
Whaling in Norway. Whaling in Norway involves hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food in Norway and for export to Japan. Whale hunting has been a part of Norwegian coastal culture for centuries, and commercial operations targeting the minke whale have occurred since the early 20th century. [1]
A dead minke whale was seen floating off The Gurnet in Duxbury on Aug. 15. It was towed to Duxbury Beach, where a necropsy was performed on it, the results of which are still pending. "This summer ...
The Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), also known as the Minke Whale or the Minke Whale, is a small whale (7 to 9 m) with a pointed, ... (MAP), approved in ...
The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena, [1] all of which were formerly classified as a single species. Because of their docile nature, their slow surface-skimming feeding behaviors, their tendencies to stay close to the coast, and their high ...
Minke whales are the only legally hunted species. Catches have fluctuated between 487 animals in 2000 to 592 in 2007. For the year 2011 the quota is set at 1,286 minke whales. [89] The catch is made solely from the Northeast Atlantic minke whale population, which is estimated at 102,000. [90]
Prior to 1974 minke whaling went unregulated in Iceland. National authorities set quotas and limits for Icelandic whalers, but IWC quotas were not established for North Atlantic minke whales until 1977. [17] Before 1977, minke whales were indeed taken by fishermen from small villages, but were considered too insignificant to record catch ...