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	Minke Whales - the Dwarf Minke Whale
		Dwarf minke whales were first recognised as a distinct form in the mid 1980s and there is still little known about them.
		Dwarf minke whales were taken during commercial whaling in South African waters until this ceased in 1975.
		Minke whales, like all baleen whales, lack the system of air sacs and sound generating 'phonic lips' in the forehead region above the skull, that are found in toothed whales, such as dolphins.
	www.minkewhale.org (794 words)

	Whale Watching Guidelines
		As researchers learn more about dwarf minke whales and their response to interaction with humans some modifications to these requirements are being recommended.
		Prior to their encounter with dwarf minke whales, passengers must be well briefed to prepare them for possible weather and sea conditions, the likely emotions they will feel at being so close to the whales, and their interaction with the whales.
		Queensland whale watching regulations are being reviewed but the current situation is that within Queensland waters, a person must not enter the water closer than 300 metres to a whale.
	www.minkewhale.org /whale_watching_guidelines.htm (1323 words)

	Minke Whale
		The identifying characteristic of the mink whale are the thick white bands on each of the whales pectoral fins.
		Whales of the Northern Hemisphere migrate from cooler northern waters to warmer equatorial waters in the autumn, returning to the cool northern waters in the spring.
		The whales of the Southern Hemisphere migrate from cooler southern waters to warmer equatorial waters in the spring, returning to the cool southern waters in the autumn.
	www2.canisius.edu /~noonan/cac_marine_mammals/minke_whale.htm (570 words)

	Minke Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Minkes typically live for 30-50 years and some sources estimate a maximum longevity of 60 years in exceptional cases.
		Minke Whales are widely distrubed throughout the world, commonly found from the poles to the tropics but prefer the open sea.
		Minke Whales first attracted the attention of whalers in Iceland in 1914.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/m/mi/minke_whale.html (722 words)

	Minke Whales - About Pacific Minkes
		Minke whales are slender with a prominent dorsal fin located on the rear third of the body.
		The common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) consists of minke whales in the Northern Hemisphere and the dwarf minke whale, which is found in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Minke whales are common in the Bering Sea, Central and Western Aleutian Islands and are thought to be migratory, and these comprise the Alaska stock.
	www.northeastpacificminke.org /aboutminkes.htm (779 words)

	Minke Whales - Minke whale distribution
		Minke whales have a worldwide distribution but most are seasonal in occurrence due to their migration from their calving and breeding grounds in the tropics to their feeding grounds towards the polar regions.
		Minke whales can be found offshore but on their summer feeding grounds they tend to occupy coastal and inshore waters, entering bays and inlets.
		The winter breeding distribution of minkes whales is poorly documented and this lack of knowledge is one of the main mysteries of the minke whale.
	www.projectminke.com /worldwide.htm (236 words)

	The Ultimate Whaling Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		Whales are killed by firing a harpoon near the head of the animal.
		The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was founded by the ICRW for the purpose of giving management advice to the member nations on the basis of the work of the Scientific Committee.
		However whales are killed using explosive harpoons, which puncture the skin of the whale and then explode inside the body.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Whaler (3926 words)

	Minke whale
		The taxonomy of the minke whale is confusing.
		The minke whale is the smallest of the rorqual whales, seldom exceeding 10 m in length.
		In Korean waters, the minke whales are usually between 5.8 and 6.5 m and weigh 2-2.7 metric tonnes.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jaap/minke.htm (900 words)

	Minke Whale - Dolphins And Whales Window
		The gestation period for Minke Whales is 10 months and babies measure 2.4 to 2.8 metres (7'10" to 9'2") at birth.
		Whaling: Whaling was mentioned in Norwegian written sources as early as the year 800 and hunting Minke Whales with harpoons was common in the 11th century.
		Minke Whale-watching: On account of their relative abundance Minke Whales are often the focus of whale-watching cruises setting sail from, for instance, the Isle of Mull in Scotland and Husavik in Iceland.
	dolphins.jump-gate.com /whales/minke_whale.shtml (817 words)

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		The flippers of dwarf minkes are white at the base and dark at the tip, with a white shoulder patch where the flipper joins the body and dark patches extending in front of the flippers and onto the throat.
		Antarctic minke whales summer in the Antarctic zone, especially close to the edge of the pack ice, and winter in the north, from the equator to the 35th parallel.
		The "dwarf" minke whale tends to be distributed in the lower latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere with wintering grounds from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and the eastern coast of South America from March to December.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=26762 (1242 words)

	Omniseek: Search results for 'Minke Whale'
		Minke Whale blowing water vapour from its spout The Minke whale is the smallest of all the baleen whales only growing to a size of about 9 metres.
		The minke whales are the smallest of the baleen whales.
		Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) The Minke Whale is the smallest of the baleen whales with a maximum length of 28 feet.
	www.omniseek.com /search/search.html?t=Minke+Whale (430 words)

	Dwarf minke whale song--research by Jason Gedamke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		During minke whale encounters (which have lasted almost 11 hours and can involve nearly 30 animals), whales typically approach the boat and snorkelers to within a few meters.
		Often, when the whales are vocalizing, a snorkeler can not only hear, but literally feel the loud vocalizations as a whale passes closely by.
		The uppermost blue oval is a whale that remained relatively stationary for two hours, while the blue line shows a whale moving approximately 5km south through the array.
	people.ucsc.edu /~jgedamke (553 words)

	CNN.com - Whale populations at risk - July 24, 2001
		These are the North Pacific minke whale, the Southern Hemisphere minke whale, the North Atlantic minke whale, the sperm whale, bryde's whale, and gray whale.
		Up until the 1930s, no one in the whaling industry bothered with minke whales because their larger relatives, such as finbacks and blues, were plentiful and brought a higher profit per catch.
		By the time the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling was passed in 1982, minkes were the most important species for whaling in both the North Atlantic and the Antarctic.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/23/whales (580 words)

	State Aquatic Emblem: Selected species: Dwarf Minke Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Dwarf Minke Whale is a small streamlined Baleen Whale with a maximum length of 10 metres.
		Dwarf Minke Whales are active, highly manoeuvrable whales, which can swim at 12 knots for at least short bursts and may dive to at least 140 metres.
		Dwarf Minke Whales are very widespread but may have a complex population structure.
	www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au /emblem/ss_whale.html (394 words)

	ACS - American Cetacean Society
		The minke whales is the smallest member of the rorqual family of whales (those whales with baleen, a dorsal fin, and throat pleats).
		Minke whales feed primarily on krill in the southern hemisphere and on small schooling fish (capelin, cod, herring, pollock) or krill in the northern hemisphere.
		Scientists are still examining the populations of minke whales in areas where they are harvested, and have discovered that the largest numbers of minkes are found in the southern hemisphere.
	www.acsonline.org /factpack/MinkeWhale.htm (852 words)

	Informat.io on Minke Whale
		Minke Whales typically live for 30-50 years; in some cases they may live for up to 60 years.
		The total population of Minke Whales is estimated to be in the order of 184,000 (95% confidence interval, IWC Scientific Committee 2004)) in the Central and North East Atlantic.
		In contrast to the spectacularly acrobatic Humpback Whale, minkes do not raise their fluke out of the water when diving and are less likely to breach (jump clear of the sea surface).
	www.informat.io /?title=minke-whale (1101 words)

	Factsheets: Minke Whale
		The Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata is a small streamlined baleen whale with a maximum length 10m.
		Krill is the principal prey for Minke whales, especially in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Although in the Southern Hemisphere the Minke whale is not considered a migratory species some movement of animals to lower latitudes occurs during winter when birth of young and mating takes place.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/minke_whale.htm (381 words)

	-- The mystery of the dwarf minke -- -- BOOT PORTAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dr Birtles and his team have been researching the dwarf minke whales for nine years, and have developed a Code of Practice for swimming with whales in co-operation with the tourism industry.
		Dwarf minke whales occur right around the southern oceans, but this is the only place in the world they are known to gather year after year,” Dr Birtles said.
		The Minke Whale Project is a combined initiative of James Cook University, the Museum of Tropical Queensland and Undersea Explorer, with support from the dive industry, CRC Reef and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
	boot.de /cipp/md_boot/custom/pub/content,lang,2/oid,10341/... (403 words)

	PWLF.org - The Pacific WildLife Foundation - Minke Whale
		The Minke Whale is the second smallest of the baleen whales after the pygmy right whale –females measure about 7.3 to 8.8 meters and males are 6.7 to 8.4 meters long (Wilson and Ruff 1999).
		Some scientists think there is a third subspecies of Minke whale known colloquially as the dwarf Minke whale found off Australia, South Africa, South Ameica and the South Pacific Islands.
		Minke whales were too small, too fast, and carcasses sank when harpooned so the commercial whaling industry pursued large whales a century ago.
	www.pwlf.org /minkewhale.htm (494 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The minke whale is the smallest of the rorquals; females reaching a maximum length of approximately 10.5 m and males reaching 10 m.
		In the western Pacific, minke whales are found from the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea in the north to the Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea in the south.
		Minke whales sometimes aggregate for feeding in coastal and inshore areas of cold temperate to polar seas.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species_old/tsn/180524 (1527 words)

	SUSD Wandy's World
		Although the taxonomic status of the dwarf minke whale is still unresolved, it is widely accepted as a subspecies of minke whale.
		When swimming with the dwarf minkes the first things you will see are the white patches on the shoulder area and at the base of the flippers as the animal approaches.
		The people that study dwarf minke whales on their way north, try to identify individual whales by comparing the white and grey patches that are different for each animal.
	www.acay.com.au /~arwenick/SUUC/ww.html (1729 words)

	Programs of the first phase of the NHT: Marine Species Protection Program Completed Projects: Developing Ecologically ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dwarf minke whales are unusual, in that they often approach humans and initiate inter-species interactions.
		It is important that the whales and not humans initiate these interactions, so that the whales retain the freedom to choose whether these encounters occur.
		The aim of this is to provide guidance to the tourism industry regarding its interactions with minke whales and ensuring that there are consistently high quality experiences for tourists, whilst minimising impacts on the minke whale population.
	www.nht.gov.au /nht1/programs/mspp/dwarfminke.html (633 words)

	What to do
		Eden, a former whaling town in New South Wales, has become one of the best places to view humpbacks as they travel to Antarctica from September to November, often stopping to feed with their young.
		The Ribbon Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef are the perfect place during June and July to spot dwarf minke whales.
		Between June and October, southern right whale females winter with their calves at Logan's Beach in Warrnambool, Victoria, often swimming close to shore from where they can be viewed from beach platforms.
	www.eaustraliahotel.com /what_to_do.cfm (711 words)

	DiveTheReef: diving great barrier reef, Australia scuba diving, great barrier reef, adventure tour Australia, outback, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dwarf Minke Whales were only recently noticed and described as a unique species of whale in the 1980’s.
		These whales are very similar to minke whales; with their smaller size, distinct color pattern, and exclusive distribution in Southern oceans distinguishing them from their larger cousins.
		The whales reliable migration into this area, combined with their tendency to approach boats and snorkelers lying still in the water, and to linger in these encounters for great lengths of time have enabled dive operators to offer Minke Whale trips during June and July.
	www.divethereef.com /minke.asp (442 words)

	"Star Wars" Sound Traced to Dwarf Minke Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 2001 ocean scientist Jason Gedamke discovered that dwarf minke whales are the source of a mysterious ba-ba-boinnnngggg noise that scientists have heard in the oceans for more than 25 years.
		Since identifying the dwarf minke whales as the futuristic noise's makers, Gedamke has continued to study and track the whales.
		He was on the boat to study a population of dwarf minke whales known for their remarkable curiosity.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/03/0330_050330_minkewhales.html (854 words)

	Minke Whale Research
		The dwarf minke whales within the northern Great Barrier Reef are probably the most curious and interactive of all the baleen whales.
		The minke project is working to ensure that the dwarf minke whale tourism is ecologically sustainable at a time when currently most in-water marine mammal interactions are being banned around the world due to potentially unsustainable practices.
		During the expeditions, individual whales are identified by colour patterns on the body, scars and other unique features, and resightings of known animals have occurred from days apart to two years later.
	www.undersea.com.au /information_minke_expeditions.htm (594 words)

	Scuba diving and Liveaboard dive trips to Great Barrier Reef
		The Dwarf Minke Whale is the smallest of the baleen whales growing up to 7 metres in length and weighing up to 10 tonnes.
		The Dwarf Minke is the only species of whale at present, with which humans are allowed purposeful in the water interaction.
		You are likely to see these whales approach the vessel and interact with guests on board by jumping, breaching, spy hopping (poking one eye out of the water to look at you) or presenting their belly.
	www.taka.com.au /minke-whale.htm (631 words)

	Whale Watching BC - Jamies - Whales We See
		When the whales get to the bottom, the roll generally on their right side and plow their faces into the sand and muck on the bottom.
		The orca (Orcinus orca), commonly known as the killer whale, and often called the grampus, is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.
		The population of this baleen whale was hunted to near extinction in the late 1800s and early 1900s before being declared endangered world-wide in 1966.
	www.jamies.com /site/more_about/whales_we_see.html (2104 words)

	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Balaenoptera acutorostrata
		There are thought to be approximately 120,000 minke whales in the northeastern North Atlantic, but this stock has been reduced by whaling to an estimated 45¿70% of its pre-exploitation level of abundance and it continues to be hunted commercially by Norway (c.
		The commercial hunt for minke whales in Icelandic waters ended in 1986 and has yet to resume, despite repeated press reports that resumption is imminent.
		Also, since the meat and blubber of "by-caught" whales has commercial value in Japan and the Republic of Korea, there is an incentive to set gear deliberately in places where it is likely to catch minke whales, or to"drive" whales toward the nets.
	www.iucnredlist.org /search/details.php/2474/all (998 words)

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