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Before 1993, minke whales in the north Barents Sea fed predominantly on capelin until stocks collapsed and the whales switched to krill as their primary prey type. [26] The minke whale population in the Norwegian Sea primarily feeds on adult herring [27] while krill, capelin, and sand eels are also recorded prey types. [28]
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 ...
Fin whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off the coast of Labrador. The fin whale is more prevalent in high-latitude regions than throughout the tropics.However, in the autumn, Northern Atlantic fin whale populations off the coast of Labrador appear to migrate to the Caribbean islands, passing through Bermuda [2] [3]
Short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus DD; Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas DD (ssp. edwardii - southern long-finned pilot whale NE, ssp. melas - North Atlantic long-finned pilot whale NE, unnamed spp. - North Pacific long-finned pilot whale EX) Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus LC; Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei LC
The primary diet of transient orcas includes harbor seals, Steller sea lions, harbor porpoises, Dall's porpoises, Pacific white-sided dolphins, and Minke whales. Among these, the harbor seal is the most common prey; one survey estimated that more than half of the diet of transients in the Salish Sea region consists of harbor seals. [ 16 ]
A baby minke whale surfaces while swimming in the Gowanus Bay on April 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. It is also not uncommon to see dead humpback whales wash up near New York ...
Ten years ago, scientists said they had found evidence that the ounds were made by Antarctic minke whiles. Now, the Acoustical Society of America has called the researchers’ findings into question.
An orca breaching in Hood Canal. The marine mammals of the Salish Sea are numerous and diverse, both in taxonomy and morphology. A total of six species of pinnipeds, eight species of baleen whales, seventeen species of toothed whales, and one mustelid (the sea otter) inhabiting the local waters of the Salish Sea and the outer coastal waters over the continental shelf off Washington and British ...