SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES: FIN WHALE (Balaenoptera physalus) RESOURCES
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Figure 1. The worldwide geographic
distribution of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus.3 Download
full-size figure (1 MB PDF).
Figure 2. Sightings and group
sizes (where available) for fin whales from Southwest
Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) ship surveys 1991-2001
and seven surveys of marine mammals compiled in
the Computer Database Analysis System (CDAS) v2.1,
1975-1997 (reprinted from NCCOS 2005; see Figures 6.1.2 of that report for actual transects lines surveyed by SWFSC and Figure 6.1.5 for the survey effort of the surveys in the CDAS).4 Download
full-size figure (1 MB PDF).
Images
Fin whale with biopsy dart. Photo: Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, La Jolla, California. http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/.
Fin whale on the surface. Photo: Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, La Jolla, California. http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/.
Fin whale blow. Photo: Protected Resouces Division, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, La Jolla, California. http://swfsc.nmfs.noaa.gov/PRD/.
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