Japan claims that the current
population of around 761,000 Antarctic minkes (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is so abnormally
abundant that it is hindering the recovery of other large endangered species, such as the blue
whale.
Genetic analyses refute the hypothesis that an overly
abundant population of minke
whales is creating too much competition over food for
populations of other
whale species to rebound, according to a new study supported by...