The waters are also home to minke whales, several seal species, and walruses, among a multitude of other creatures. |
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Now, a scientist believes male dwarf minke whales may make a sci-fi sound to attract females. |
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Dolphins, porpoises and even minke whales have all been sighted, while the grey seal colony is always entertaining. |
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Complete isolation and frequent sightings of porpoises and minke whales set the scene. |
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There was a pod of 10 minke whales in the vicinity, indulging in a game of hide-and-seek. |
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Penguins, orcas, minke whales, colossal squid, seals, krill, and a multitude of other animals all call the ice and ocean home. |
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The harp seal and the minke whale together consume about the same amount of biomass as the Norwegian fishermen land, i.e. about 3 million tonnes. |
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Dall's porpoises and a minke whale were also seen rapidly moving away from the vessel. |
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One of the species that we decided to focus on is one of the most unique whale populations in the world, the Antarctic minke whale. |
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Those known to visit British waters include the humpback, the fin, the sei, the minke and the giant blue whale. |
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There's always the chance of a minke whale, too, while terns, fulmars, guillemots, puffins and shearwaters come as standard. |
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The plan is to hunt a total of 100 minke whales, 100 fin whales and 50 sei whales over the next two years. |
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Harbour porpoises, the smallest of their family in the UK, are a common sight here, along with minke whales, dolphins and basking sharks. |
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This catch is in addition to the 400 minke whales caught by the Japanese fleet every year in the Antarctic. |
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The air is thick with gannets, and over the years, I have encountered blue, sei, humpback and minke whales and orcas within a stone's throw of the rock. |
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We saw minke whales, hump backed whales, bald eagles, puffins and moose. |
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For a Norwegian combined fishing and whaling vessel, typically 65 feet in length, this means passing the seasons catching saithe, herring, cod and minke whales. |
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This is true for minke whale, Antarctic fur seal, Adelie, chinstrap, gentoo and macaroni penguins, black-browed albatross, and white-chinned and cape petrels. |
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Norway argues that minke whales, the largest of the baleen whales at up to nine metres, are plentiful off its coast and can sustain a controlled hunt. |
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The dish is whale, minke whale, a little strip of raw flesh from the belly of an animal protected from commercial hunting by a moratorium that has survived 15 years. |
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While the cod, pollack and haddock may have all but disappeared, you stand a good chance of spotting porpoises, minke whales and even the odd beluga. |
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It includes minke, Bryde's, sei, fin, humpback, and blue whales. |
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On the agenda are 59 proposals involving the minke whale, yellow-naped Amazon parrot, bigleaf mahogany, Malaysian giant turtle, and Patagonian toothfish, among others. |
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Fourteen years later, Norway is preparing to resume the international trade in whale meat with a 10 ton shipment of meat and blubber from minke whales destined for Iceland. |
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There are over 80 species of cetaceans, marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins and whales, but the Norwegians have traditionally hunted minke. |
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Bill tells the story of a huge minke that came in close for a snoop during a deco stop, an encounter captured on video by one of my fellow-divers. |
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The dwarf minke belongs in the same genus as the mightiest animals on the planet, including the blue, finback and sei whale. |
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After that Iceland plans to kill 100 minke whales, 100 fin whales and 50 sei whales every year. |
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Just last year, 759 harbour porpoises were spotted, as well as 179 whitebeaked dolphins and 54 minke whales. |
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Some Japanese scientists have suggested minke whale populations may have grown as much as eightfold over the last 100 years. |
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An unprecedented 15 minke whales and even one rare humpback whale were seen swimming within 14 hours. |
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Japan has continued killing thousands of minke and fin whales under a loophole that allows IWC members to kill whales for scientific research. |
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Offshore, minke whales, Killer whales, basking sharks, porpoises and dolphins are among the sealife that can be seen. |
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In addition, at least two wild hybrids between a common minke whale and an Antarctic minke whale have been confirmed. |
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On at least one occasion, an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed migrating to the Arctic. |
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Of three orca ecotypes in the Antarctic, one preys on minke whales, the second on seals and penguins and the third on fish. |
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With a total population of about 110,000, minke whales are by far the most common whales in the sea. |
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They are known to swim alongside other cetaceans such as humpback, fin, minke, pilot, and orca whales on occasion. |
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Knobble the minke whale is loved by tourists and wildlife watchers, hundreds of whom follow him on Facebook. |
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Now named Knobble, so-called because of a knobble on his dorsal fin, the minke has become quite an attraction. |
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Greenpeace activist Mikey Resto braved force-11 winds to grab the harpoon and unfurl a protest banner on top of the dying minke whale. |
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This type of asymmetry is seen in Omura's whale and occasionally in minke whales. |
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By 1979, the minke was the only whale caught by Southern Ocean fleets. |
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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. |
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The Scientific Committee acknowledged that this estimate is subject to a negative bias because some minke whales would have been outside the surveyable ice edge boundaries. |
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In 2012, the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission agreed upon a population estimate of 515,000 for the Antarctic minke stock. |
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All minke whales are part of the rorquals, a family that includes the humpback whale, the fin whale, the Bryde's whale, the sei whale and the blue whale. |
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Because researchers following the whales saw no other marine mammals nearby, Risch and colleagues conclude April 23 in Biology Letters that minke whales are the bio-ducks. |
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The name is a partial translation of Norwegian minkehval, possibly after a Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a northern minke whale for a blue whale. |
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Adelie penguins, meanwhile, have their work cut out keeping their chicks safe from skuas, and a minke whale suffers at the hands of a family of killer whales. |
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The breathtaking blue whale is one of the rorquals, a family that also includes the humpback whale, fin whale, Bryde's whale, sei whale, and minke whale. |
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Fin whales are rorquals, members of the family Balaenopteridae, which also includes the humpback whale, the blue whale, Bryde's whale, the sei whale, and the minke whales. |
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Japan also harvests several hundred Antarctic and North Pacific minke whales each year, ostensibly for scientific research in accordance with the moratorium. |
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The 2006 catch by Japanese whalers included 505 Antarctic minke whales. |
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The IUCN Red List labels the common minke whale as Least Concern. |
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You could see minke whales, harbour porpoises and white-beaked dolphins on the two-night mini-break, which costs from PS53pp sharing a double cabin in September. |
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Following the moratorium, most hunting of minke whales ceased. |
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There were three attempts to keep minke whales in captivity in Japan. |
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