Sentences with phrase «minke whale populations»

The authors note that minke whale populations are roughly similar, if anything smaller, to what they were prior to early 20th century industrial whaling of larger species such as blue, humpback, sei, and fin whales.

Research on minke whale populations off the Queensland coast show they have a complex language with a rich vocabulary.

The genetic data also revealed that the Antarctic minke whale population may be the oldest surviving whale population on Earth.

He later said that the minke whale population estimate was mistaken and noted that there was little compelling evidence showing that killer whales were significantly reducing minke whale numbers in that region.

The Japanese argument is that the minke whale population around Antarctica has grown unnaturally large due to larger whales in the region being over-hunted in the past.

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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.

The model predicts that conservationists wouldn't have any incentive to buy shares of minke whales until hunters deplete the population to a level of concern, which could take 10 years.

But the scientific committee has not done enough work yet to complete management plans for four populations: the western North Pacific common minke, Antarctic minke, sei, and Southern Ocean fin whales.

Catch - limit models have been run for several of the whale populations currently being hunted — such as the western North Pacific Bryde's whales and the North Atlantic common minke whales.

Before the herring population of the Salish Sea crashed due to human interference, there were around 30 minke whales that foraged all summer in the San Juan Islands.

The coastal population of minke whales from California through Washington is estimated at only 600-1000 individuals.

Compared with other bodies of water its size, the Sea of Cortez supports the largest and most varied population of whales in the world: humpback, Bryde's, minke, orca, and sperm whales also live there.

All other populations of whales, except most minkes, are of disputed status.

Populations of minke whales in the Sea of Japan may face extinction from such intense harvesting, Baker says.

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...