Bering Climate and Ecosystem - What is happening to whales in the Bering Sea? A Bering Climate and Ecosystem essay
NMFS
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Distribution of Whales in the Bering Sea
Fin Whale
Lori Mazzuca, AFSC/Kodiak
Whales, dolphins and porpoises all belong to the same taxonomic order called
cetaceans
. Cetacean distribution and abundance in the Bering Sea is poorly described, with even recent reviews of cetaceans' role in the ecosystem reliant on data from historical whaling records. Commercial harvests of baleen whales (mysticetes) were extensive in the North Pacific and Bering Sea, especially between 1835 and 1850 for North Pacific right whales (
Balaena japonica
) and between 1965 and 1979 for fin whales
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| Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the Finback Whale or Razorback or Common Rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second largest whale and the second largest living animal after the Blue Whale, growing to nearly 27 metres (88 ft) long. |
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