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	Minke Whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minke Whale or Lesser Rorqual is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales.
		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 Whales were not then regularly hunted by the large-scale whaling operations in the Southern Ocean on account of their relatively small size.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minke_whale (870 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.
		The minke whale is widespread and seasonally abundant in the North Atlantic.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jaap/minke.htm (900 words)

	WWF - Whale watching in the Arctic - The Northern (or Common) Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The minke whale is the smallest of the rorqual whales.
		Minke whales tend to feed on the food source that is most abundant in a given area, primarily krill and small schooling fish, but occasionally larger fish such as mature arctic cod and haddock.
		Northern minke whales are caught in the North East Atlantic by Norway pursuant to an objection to the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) whaling moratorium, and by Greenlanders as "aboriginal subsistence" whaling.
	ngo.grida.no /wwfap/whalewatching/whales_minke.shtml (604 words)

	Minke Whales - the Dwarf Minke Whale
		The Minke Whale Project is a combined initiative of James Cook University, the Museum of Tropical Queensland and Undersea Explorer.
		The largest dwarf minke whale that was accurately measured was 7.8 m long; adults weigh 5 6 tonnes.
		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 (797 words)

	Activities: The Mammal Society
		The minke is the smallest of the baleen (filter-feeding) whales and is found throughout the world's oceans, from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
		The minke whale is unusual in apparently not conforming to this pattern, although they seem to move further away from the shore in the autumn, perhaps for breeding purposes.
		Minke was an 18th-century Norwegian whaler, infamous for regularly breaking the rules concerning the sizes (and therefore species) of whales that he was permitted at that time to hunt.
	www.abdn.ac.uk /mammal/minke.shtml (889 words)

	Whale - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The term whale is ambiguous: it can refer to all cetaceans, just the largest ones, or only to members of particular families within the order Cetacea—which leads to difficulties, as the Killer Whale and the Pilot Whale[?] are members of the family Delphinidae[?] and technically dolphins.
		Whales are broadly classed as predators, but their food ranges from microscopic plankton to very large fish.
		The hunting of whales is the subject of one of the classics of the English language literary canon, Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
	openproxy.ath.cx /wh/Whale.html (465 words)

	RIGHT WHALE
		Right whales were named by whalers who considered them the "right" whales to hunt, since they were rich in blubber, they were easy to catch (they are relatively slow swimmers) and they floated after being killed.
		The right whale gestation period is about 12 months and the calf is born tail first (this is normal for cetaceans) and near the surface.
		Northern right whales are near extinction due to past hunting pressures and are an endangered species; it is estimated that there are 500-1,000 northern right whales alive and they are near extinction.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/whales/species/Rightwhale.shtml (810 words)

	Whales on the Net - Whale FAQ
		Although male Sperm whales often have large scars on their bodies the scars are usually the result of battles with other adult males and not the result of life-and-death struggles with monstrous squid.
		Exceptions are the Gray whale, the Beluga, the Narwhal, Baird's Beaked whale, Southern Bottlenose whale, Andrews' Beaked whale, Hubbs' Beaked whale, Ginkgo-toothed Beaked whale, Longman's Beaked whale, Lesser Beaked whale and Stejneger's Beaked whale.
		The baleen whale species that approach the Equator from the north to mate and calve, if they were then to carry on south after the mating and calving season in the northern winter would encounter the southern winter in what was supposed to be their summer feeding season.
	www.omplace.com /omsites/discover/faq (5967 words)

	Minkw Whale Biology
		The dwarf minke whale is most closely related to the northern hemisphere minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata) and may be considered an as yet un-named subspecies.
		Dwarf minke whales are found in the waters of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the east coast of South America.
		Dwarf minke whales have been seen swimming at 20 40 m depth and one dwarf minke whale was recovered from a net set in 140.
	www.minkewhale.org /dwarf_minke_whale_biology.htm (828 words)

	Northern hemisphere minke whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata: More Information - ARKive
		The northern hemisphere minke whale is the whale most likely to be seen from the coasts of the UK and Ireland, particularly from Scotland, western Ireland and the Northern Isles (5).
		Minke whales feed on fish and various invertebrates; like all baleen whales they filter their food from the water using their baleen plates like sieves (1).
		Minke whales have an average life span of around 50 years (5).Minke whales are fairly inquisitive and often swim by the side of boats for up to half an hour (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/ARK/mammals/Balaenoptera_acutorostrata/more_info.html (865 words)

	THE HUSAVIK WHALE CENTRE IN ICELAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The minke whale is the smallest of the baleen whales, reaching 8 - 10 metres in length, weighing up to 10 tons.
		Minke whales of the northern hemisphere have white diagonal stripes across their flippers, unlike their relatives in the South, which have mostly plain fl flippers.
		The Icelandic minke whale population is estimated to be 50,000 - 60,000 individuals.
	www.icewhale.is /?Id=553 (201 words)

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		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.
		Minke whales may also be threatened by entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships, ocean pollution (marine debris, chemical contamination, oil spills and noise) and habitat degradation by coastal development.
	www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=95490 (1220 words)

	Minke Whale , Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick
		The colour of the plates vary from region to region; in the North Atlantic, it tends to be creamy white; in the North Pacific, it is usually creamy yellow; and in the Southern hemisphere it is creamy white at the front and dark grey at the back.
		Minke whales can be found virtually worldwide, but are less common in the tropics than in cooler waters.
		The Minke Whale is the smallest Rorqual and has a central ridge on top of a flat head.
	new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/whales/minke.html (847 words)

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		Northern minkes In the Northern Hemisphere, there are two separate populations of B. acutorostrata, one in the Atlantic and one in the Pacific, which do not mix.
		Southern minkes The minkes in the Southern Hemisphere are the Antarctic Minke whale (B. bonaerensis).
		Norway hunts Northern minkes in the NE Atlantic, the North Sea and the Barents sea under their objection to the moratorium, setting its own quotas, and Japan catches minkes for “scientific research”, both Southern minkes within the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary and Northern minkes in the western North Pacific.
	www.panda.org /downloads/species/minke.doc (958 words)

	ACS minke whale Cetacean Fact Sheet - American Cetacean Society
		FEEDING 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.
		Killer whales are known to prey on minkes, especially in parts of the southern 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 (908 words)

	Wildlife in Canada's Southern and Northern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada
		Male and female Minke Whales measure an average of 6.9 and 7.4 metres in length, respectively, at sexual maturity (6-8 years of age).
		Minkes typically live for 30-50 years and some sources estimate a maximum longevity of 60 years in exceptional cases.
		The total population of Minke Whales is not known but is believed to be in the order of 150,000 in the North Atlantic, 25,000 in the North Pacific, and 750,000 in the Southern Ocean.
	www.gulfislandsguide.com /wildlife/minke-whale.htm (701 words)

	Whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The term whale is ambiguous: it can refer to all cetaceans, just the largest ones, or only to members of particular families within the order Cetacea which leads to difficulties, as the Killer Whale and the Pilot Whale are members of the family Delphinidae and technically dolphins.
		Environmentalists have long argued that some cetaceans including whales are endangered by sonar and especially by the very powerful sonar used by the US defense department.
		British scientists have recently suggested (in the journal Nature) that the sonar is connected to whale beachings and to signs that the beached whales have experienced decompression sickness (see a BBC report about the Nature article or the Nature article itself (requires subscription)).
	usapedia.com /w/whale.html (576 words)

	Blue Whale: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Northern hemisphere animals are usually smaller, reaching 75-80 feet (23-27 m) and weighing 200,000 pounds (90,000 kg).
		Blue whales are found most frequently along the edges of continental shelves and are seldom seen in nearshore Alaska waters.
		Hunting of blue whales was banned by the International Whaling Commission in 1966, and there have been no intentional killings of blue whales in recent years.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/marine/blue.php (894 words)

	KonaWhaleWatch.com - Hawaii’s cetaceans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Northern Hemisphere Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and the Southern Hemisphere Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis).
		Minke whales are actually different species, further divided into discrete biological populations, each with a different conservation status.
		Minkes are found in oceans all over the world, though they are less common in tropical waters, because they prefer cooler temperatures.
	www.konawhalewatch.com /main_file.php/general/27/16 (487 words)

	All about Whales - Minke whale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Migrating minke whales are regularly sighted in the Hervey Bay area, although not nearly as often as humpbacks.
		Much excitement was caused on August 18 1995 by a 4.5 metres long Minke whale which beached itself on the Western side of Fraser Island, towards the northern end.
		The whale was stranded on the beach for 10 hours before National Parks and Wildlife officers were able to get it back to into deeper water with the help of many enthusiastic locals.
	www.bangalorenet.com /system1/yasin/Minke.htm (241 words)

	CSI Whales Alive! Vol. XIII No. 3 Whaling Update and the IWC
		Not only did the country begin its whale hunt in the first week of May (with a quota of 670 minke whales), it also undertook an extensive administrative and Parliamentary debate on the whaling issue.
		On the 1st of June, the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries, Arni Mathiesen, announced that Iceland was planning to continue its scientific whaling program on minke whales, although for a reduced number of 25, down from the 36 it killed in 2003 and far less than its original plans to kill 250 whales a year.
		All three whaling nations attempt to justify the scientific kill of whales as being a necessary way to get information on the whales' feeding habits, claiming that whales are putting commercial fish stocks in jeopardy.
	csiwhalesalive.org /csi04301.html (1395 words)

	[CINC] Minke Whale Butchering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is an indication of the impact that > whales are having on the marine ecosystem.
		At the same time > it seems probable that the more numerous whale species, such as minke > whales, fin whales and sei whales, may actually be taking over the > ecological niche, which some of the endangered whale species used to > fill, making it more difficult for them to recover as a result.
		As signs of > overexploitation of whales emerged early in the last century, Iceland > declared a ban on whaling for large whales in Iceland 1915 - 1935 > Whaling was not resumed again until 1948 (except for limited catches > from one land station 1935 - 1939).
	www.rain.org /pipermail/sanctuary-naturalist-corps/2003-September/002040.html (1136 words)

	TRAFFIC: COP11
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		Because of the highly migratory nature of the great whales, drafters of the ICRW deemed it necessary that the Convention have jurisdiction over whaling operations in "all waters in which whaling is prosecuted" including territorial and international waters.
		Whales of the Eastern North Pacific stock spend most of their time within the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of range States and harvest within national waters does not constitute introduction from the sea.
	www.traffic.org /cop11/recommendations/recommendations.html (15190 words)

	WhaleTimes Fishin' for Facts - Minke Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Minkes from the northern hemisphere eat herring, cod, pollack, capelin and krill.
		Adult minke whales have 230 to 360 yellowish baleen plates which range in size from 12 cm to 20 cm.
		One of a killer whales' favorite food seems to be minke whales.
	www.whaletimes.org /minkewhale.htm (164 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		So perhaps the wisest thing for the whaling opponents would be to diametrically change their tactic and lobby in favour of the proposals.
		One indication that this is the case is that Norwegian whaling interests are strongly opposed to the Japanese whale proposals.
		We therefore want to keep open the option to move the whaling management from the IWC to regional management regimes based on the Law of the Sea, and with a genuine desire to promote the principles of conservation and sustainable use.
	www.traffic.org /intell/hna1.htm (1761 words)

	Species Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Of these, twelve do not have teeth (there are now two recognised species of minke whale, increasing the mysticetes by one).
		They are the baleen whales, and their group contains all the large whales, with the exception of the sperm whale which is toothed.
		WDCS would be very grateful for any images of whales and dolphins in the wild that could be donated to us to help us in our conservation, campaigns and education.
	wdcs.org /dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577 (290 words)

	Dwarf minke whale song--research by Jason Gedamke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		Since the minke whales repeat this song regularly, I was able to track multiple animals' movements simultaneously over many hours.
		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)

	Navy Times - News - More News
		They were out to listen for whale sounds and create the first census of whale populations in the Pacific Ocean, said Paul E. Smith, a fisheries biologist and researcher with the La Jolla, Calif.-based center.
		This was the first boing heard and the first minke whale seen after three months of surveys,” according to the report.
		And “twice a minke whale surfaced at that location,” the report states.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1445671.php (404 words)

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