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  2. Whale conservation - Wikipedia

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    A minke whale's annual diet consists of 10 kilograms of fish per kilogram of body mass, [53] which puts a heavy predatory pressure on commercial species of fish, thus whalers say that an annual cull of whales is needed in order for adequate amounts of fish to be available for humans. Anti-whaling campaigners say that the pro-whaling argument is ...

  3. Minke whale - Wikipedia

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    The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and the Antarctic (or southern) minke whale. [2] The minke whale was first described by the Danish naturalist Otto Fabricius in 1780, who assumed it must be an already known species and assigned his specimen to Balaena rostrata , a name given to the northern bottlenose ...

  4. Common minke whale - Wikipedia

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    Common minke whale breaching off the Azores. Common minke whales are normally seen singly. In the San Juan Islands, although up to six whales could be seen in a feeding area at once they usually acted independently, with no indications of cooperative feeding like that observed in their larger relatives the humpback and fin whale. On occasion ...

  5. Whale meat - Wikipedia

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    Sashimi of whale meat The fluke (oba) which are thinly sliced and rinsed (sarashi kujira). Topped with vinegar-miso sauce Whale bacon Whale bacon on pizza Icelandic fin whale meat on sale in Japan in 2010 A beluga whale is flensed in Buckland, Alaska in 2007, valued for its muktuk which is an important source of vitamin C in the diet of some ...

  6. Mediterranean cetaceans - Wikipedia

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    The sei whale, or Rudolph's whale (Balaenoptera borealis), lives mainly in the North Atlantic and avoids enclosed seas, [22] but occasionally makes occasional incursions into the Mediterranean, although this is considered exceptional [12] and restricted to Spain and France. [14] The sei whale is classified as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List. [23]

  7. Drone video of gray whales offers new insight into how they eat

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    Drone videos of gray whales off Oregon have revealed new details about how the marine mammals find food. The findings were described in studies this summer. Drone video of gray whales offers new ...

  8. Institute of Cetacean Research - Wikipedia

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    From 1994 to 1999, the ICR carried out a program in the northwestern Pacific. Its stated goals were to improve knowledge of stock identity, improve implementation simulation trials for north Pacific common Minke whales and act as a feasibility study for a program on feeding ecology. The program called for 100 minke whales to be killed annually.

  9. Boaters witness ‘incredible’ moment 17 predators hunt ...

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