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</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">Mammalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artiodactyl" title="Artiodactyl">Artiodactyla</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Infraorder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cetacea" title="Cetacea">Cetacea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rorqual" title="Rorqual">Balaenopteridae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balaenoptera" title="Balaenoptera"><i>Balaenoptera</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Species complex</i>: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Minke whale species complex</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Species </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Balaenoptera_acutorostrata" class="mw-redirect" title="Balaenoptera acutorostrata">Balaenoptera acutorostrata</a></i> <small></small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Balaenoptera_bonaerensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Balaenoptera bonaerensis">Balaenoptera bonaerensis</a></i> <small></small></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>minke whale</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>), or <b>lesser rorqual</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Species_complex" title="Species complex">species complex</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baleen_whale" title="Baleen whale">baleen whale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Malde_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malde-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and the Antarctic (or southern) minke whale.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The minke whale was first described by the Danish naturalist <a href="/wiki/Otto_Fabricius" title="Otto Fabricius">Otto Fabricius</a> in 1780, who assumed it must be an already known species and assigned his specimen to <i>Balaena rostrata</i>, a name given to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_bottlenose_whale" title="Northern bottlenose whale">northern bottlenose whale</a> by <a href="/wiki/Otto_Friedrich_M%C3%BCller" title="Otto Friedrich Müller">Otto Friedrich Müller</a> in 1776.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1804, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de" title="Bernard Germain de Lacépède">Bernard Germain de Lacépède</a> described a juvenile specimen of <i>Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name is a partial translation of <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a> <i>minkehval</i>, possibly after a Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a northern minke whale for a <a href="/wiki/Blue_whale" title="Blue whale">blue whale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_(1872).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg/220px-Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg/330px-Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg/440px-Whale_comparison_Public_Domian_photo_by_Charles_Melville_Scammon_for_coast_of_North_America_%281872%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1672" /></a><figcaption>Comparison of humpback and minke whale. Illustration by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Melville_Scammon" title="Charles Melville Scammon">Charles Melville Scammon</a> (1825–1911).</figcaption></figure> <p>Most modern classifications split the minke whale into two <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a>: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Common_minke_whale" title="Common minke whale">Common minke whale</a></b> or <b>northern minke whale</b> (<i>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</i>), and</li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Antarctic_minke_whale" title="Antarctic minke whale">Antarctic minke whale</a></b> or <b>southern minke whale</b> (<i>Balaenoptera bonaerensis</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Taxonomists</a> further categorize the common minke whale into two or three <a href="/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a>; the North Atlantic minke whale, the North Pacific minke whale and dwarf minke whale. All minke whales are part of the <a href="/wiki/Rorqual" title="Rorqual">rorquals</a>, a family that includes the <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whale" title="Humpback whale">humpback whale</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Fin_whale" title="Fin whale">fin whale</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bryde%27s_whale" title="Bryde's whale">Bryde's whale</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sei_whale" title="Sei whale">sei whale</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Blue_whale" title="Blue whale">blue whale</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">junior synonyms</a> for <i>B. acutorostrata</i> are <i>B. davidsoni</i> (Scammon 1872), <i>B. minimia</i> (Rapp, 1837), and <i>B. rostrata</i> (Fabricius, 1780). There is one synonym for <i>B. bonaerensis</i> – <i>B. huttoni</i> (Gray 1874). </p><p>Writing in his 1998 classification, Rice recognized two of the subspecies of the <b>common minke whale</b> – <i>B. a. scammoni</i> (Scammon's minke whale) and a further taxonomically unnamed subspecies found in the Southern Hemisphere, the <b>dwarf minke whale</b> (first described by Best as "Type 3," 1985).<sup id="cite_ref-Best1985_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Best1985-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On at least one occasion, an <a href="/wiki/Antarctic" title="Antarctic">Antarctic</a> minke whale has been confirmed migrating to the <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arctic_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arctic-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hybrid_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hybrid-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, at least two wild hybrids between a common minke whale and an Antarctic minke whale have been confirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-arctic_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arctic-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hybrid_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hybrid-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gloveretal2013_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gloveretal2013-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg/300px-Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg/450px-Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg/600px-Balaenoptera_acustorostrata_-_Zwergwalskelett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2469" data-file-height="1217" /></a><figcaption>Minke whale skeleton, <a href="/wiki/Museum_Koenig" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum Koenig">Museum Koenig</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bonn" title="University of Bonn">University of Bonn</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_(Balaenoptera_acutorostrata).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_%28Balaenoptera_acutorostrata%29.jpg/220px-Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_%28Balaenoptera_acutorostrata%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_%28Balaenoptera_acutorostrata%29.jpg/330px-Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_%28Balaenoptera_acutorostrata%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_%28Balaenoptera_acutorostrata%29.jpg/440px-Heart_of_a_Minke_whale_%28Balaenoptera_acutorostrata%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2393" data-file-height="2203" /></a><figcaption>Heart of a minke whale (<i>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</i>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The minke whales are the second smallest baleen whale; only the <a href="/wiki/Pygmy_right_whale" title="Pygmy right whale">pygmy right whale</a> is smaller. Upon reaching sexual maturity (7–8 years of age),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> males measure an average of 8.35 m (27.4 ft) and 7 t (6.9 long tons; 7.7 short tons) and females measure an average of 8.9 m (29 ft) and 8.25 t (8.12 long tons; 9.09 short tons) in length and body mass, respectively; estimated maximum size for females suggest that they can reach lengths exceeding 10 m (33 ft) and weigh more than 10–12 t (9.8–11.8 long tons; 11–13 short tons) in body mass.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The minke whale has a black/gray/purple color.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (May 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Common minke whales (Northern Hemisphere variety) are distinguished from other whales by a white band on each flipper. The body is usually black or dark-gray above and white underneath. Minke whales have between 240 and 360 baleen plates on each side of their mouths. Most of the length of the back, including dorsal fin and blowholes, appears at once when the whale surfaces to breathe. </p><p>Minke whales typically live between 30–50 years, but in some cases, they may live for up to 60 years. They have a gestation and calving period of approximately 10–11 months and 2 years, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Minke whales have a digestive system composed of four compartments with a high density of anaerobic bacteria throughout. The presence of the bacteria suggests minke whales rely on microbial digestion to extract nutrients provided by their food.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with most Mysticetes, the auditory system for the minke whale is not well understood. However, magnetic resonance imaging points to evidence that the minke whale has fat deposits in their jaws intended for sound reception, much like <a href="/wiki/Odontocetes" class="mw-redirect" title="Odontocetes">Odontocetes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Brain" title="Brain">brains</a> of minke whales have around 12.8 billion <a href="/wiki/Neocortex" title="Neocortex">neocortical</a> <a href="/wiki/Neuron" title="Neuron">neurons</a> and 98.2 billion neocortical <a href="/wiki/Glia" title="Glia">glia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, despite its relatively large size, the minke whale is very fast, capable of swimming at speeds of 30 knots (35 mph), and their surfacing can be sporadic and hard to follow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behavior">Behavior</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Behavior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right;margin-left: 1em;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <td><b>Multimedia relating to the minke whale</b><br /><div class="small"><i>Note that whale calls have been sped up to ten times their original speed.</i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlantic_minke_whale_call.ogg" title="File:Atlantic minke whale call.ogg">An Atlantic minke whale</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="10" data-mwtitle="Atlantic_minke_whale_call.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Atlantic_minke_whale_call.ogg" type="audio/ogg; 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See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg/220px-Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg/330px-Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg/440px-Minke_Whale_on_its_Back.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>A minke whale rolled over on its back</figcaption></figure> <p>The whale breathes three to five times at short intervals before "deep-diving" for 2 to 20 minutes. Deep dives are preceded by a pronounced arching of the back. The maximum swimming speed of minkes has been estimated at 38 km/h (24 mph). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Migration">Migration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Migration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both species undertake seasonal migration routes to the poles during spring and towards the tropics during fall and winter. The difference between the timing of the seasons may prevent the two closely related species from mixing.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A long-term photo identification study on the British Columbian and Washington coasts showed that some individuals travel as far as 424 km north in the spring, and 398 km south to warmer waters in the autumn. Many specifics about migration in this species still remain unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Whale_reproduction" class="mw-redirect" title="Whale reproduction">Whale reproduction</a></div> <p>The gestation period for minke whales is ten months, and calves measure 2.4 to 2.8 m (7.9 to 9.2 ft) at birth. The newborns <a href="/wiki/Lactation" title="Lactation">nurse</a> for five to ten months. Breeding peaks during the summer months. Calving is thought to occur every two years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The timing of conception and birth varies between region. </p><p>In the North Atlantic, conception takes place from December to May with a peak month of February with birth taking place from October to March with a peak in December. In the North Pacific off Japan there appears to be two phases of conception, the majority of which occurs from February to March but also from August to September, with births occurring from December to January and June to July. In the Yellow Sea stock these two phases have not been noted with conception occurring from July to September and birth peaking from May to June. </p><p>In the Southern Hemisphere conception takes place from June to December with a peak in August and September. Peak birth time occurs from July to August.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Predation">Predation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Predation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Killer_whale" class="mw-redirect" title="Killer whale">Killer whale</a> predation on minke whales has been well documented.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A study in 1975 found that in 49 killer whale stomachs, 84% had consumed minke whale.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minke whale carcasses investigated after attacks show that killer whales have an affinity for minke tongues and lower jaw. The anti-predatory mechanism of the minke whale is strictly a flight response, as when this fails no physical retaliation is observed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chases most commonly lead into open ocean, although there have been records of minke whales inadvertently swimming into confined, shallow waters. There have been two recorded instances of minke whales ending high speed chases by hiding under a ship's hull; however, both instances were unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diet">Diet</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Diet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Atlantic">North Atlantic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: North Atlantic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Minke whales in the north Atlantic are observed to take a variety of food items.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before 1993, minke whales in the north <a href="/wiki/Barents_Sea" title="Barents Sea">Barents Sea</a> fed predominantly on <a href="/wiki/Capelin" title="Capelin">capelin</a> until stocks collapsed and the whales switched to <a href="/wiki/Krill" title="Krill">krill</a> as their primary prey type.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The minke whale population in the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sea" title="Norwegian Sea">Norwegian Sea</a> primarily feeds on adult <a href="/wiki/Herring" title="Herring">herring</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while krill, capelin, and <a href="/wiki/Sand_eels" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand eels">sand eels</a> are also recorded prey types.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Scotland, sand eels are the most commonly observed prey species, followed by herring and sprat.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seasonal variations are observed off <a href="/wiki/Finnmark" title="Finnmark">Finnmark</a>, with krill the most popular prey type in the summer and cod in the autumn.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stable isotope analysis from 2003 shows minke whales in the north Atlantic also feed on prey from lower trophic levels.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Pacific">North Pacific</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: North Pacific"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two stocks of minke whale are observed in the <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="North Pacific">North Pacific</a>: the "J stock" (Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, East China sea) and the "O stock" (Okhotsk sea, west Pacific).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seasonal variations in diet exist. J-stock whales' primary prey type is <a href="/wiki/Japanese_anchovy" title="Japanese anchovy">Japanese anchovy</a> during May and June, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_saury" title="Pacific saury">Pacific saury</a> in July and August, and <a href="/wiki/Krill" title="Krill">krill</a> in September. O-stock whales primarily feed on krill in July and August.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most minke whales observed in 2002 (90.4%) fed solely on one prey species.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antarctic">Antarctic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Antarctic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Antarctic_minke_whale" title="Antarctic minke whale">Antarctic minke whales</a> are diurnal feeders.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This minke whale population mainly feeds on <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_krill" title="Antarctic krill">Antarctic krill</a> in offshore areas and <a href="/wiki/Ice_krill" class="mw-redirect" title="Ice krill">ice krill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Coastal" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal">coastal</a> areas on the continental shelf such as the Ross sea and Prydz bay.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population has been recorded to forage on ten known species: five fish (<a href="/wiki/Antarctic_silverfish" title="Antarctic silverfish">Antarctic silverfish</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Antarctic_jonasfish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antarctic jonasfish (page does not exist)">Antarctic jonasfish</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Antarctic_lanternfish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antarctic lanternfish (page does not exist)">Antarctic lanternfish</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chionodraco" title="Chionodraco">Chionodraco</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Notothenia" title="Notothenia">Notothenia</a></i>), four euphausiids (Antarctic krill, ice krill, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Euphausia_frigida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euphausia frigida (page does not exist)">Euphausia frigida</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thysanoessa_macrura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thysanoessa macrura (page does not exist)">Thysanoessa macrura</a></i>), and one <a href="/wiki/Amphipod" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphipod">amphipod</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Themisto_gaudichaudii" title="Themisto gaudichaudii">Themisto gaudichaudii</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-:3_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population_and_conservation_status">Population and conservation status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Population and conservation status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2018, the <a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List</a> labels the common minke whale as <a href="/wiki/Least_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Least Concern">Least Concern</a><sup id="cite_ref-iucn1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Antarctic minke whale as Near Threatened.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/COSEWIC" class="mw-redirect" title="COSEWIC">COSEWIC</a> puts both species in the Not At Risk category.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/NatureServe" title="NatureServe">NatureServe</a> lists them as <a href="/wiki/NatureServe_conservation_status" title="NatureServe conservation status">G5</a> which means the species is secure on global range.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Population estimates are generated by the Scientific Committee of the <a href="/wiki/International_Whaling_Commission" title="International Whaling Commission">International Whaling Commission</a>. The 2004 estimate yielded 515,000 individuals for the Antarctic minke stock.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Whaling">Whaling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Whaling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Whaling" title="Whaling">Whaling</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NorwegianWhaleCatches.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Line chart that shows catches peak at >4,000 in the 1950s, decline to 0 in the late eighties and increase to >1,000 by 2006" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/NorwegianWhaleCatches.png/300px-NorwegianWhaleCatches.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/NorwegianWhaleCatches.png/450px-NorwegianWhaleCatches.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/NorwegianWhaleCatches.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="309" /></a><figcaption>Norwegian minke whale quotas (blue line, 1994–2006) and catches (red line, 1946–2005) in numbers (from official Norwegian statistics)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG/220px-Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG/330px-Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG/440px-Mink_Whale_Meat_Iceland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>Minke whale meat kebabs, sold in <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg/220px-Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg/330px-Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg/440px-Minke_Whale_sweet_potatoes_Duus_Keflarvik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Marinated minke whale meat with <a href="/wiki/Sweet_potatoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweet potatoes">sweet potatoes</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Keflav%C3%ADk" title="Keflavík">Keflavík</a>, Iceland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minke_Whale_Sahimi_(2016-11-28).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Minke_Whale_Sahimi_%282016-11-28%29.jpg/220px-Minke_Whale_Sahimi_%282016-11-28%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Minke_Whale_Sahimi_%282016-11-28%29.jpg/330px-Minke_Whale_Sahimi_%282016-11-28%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Minke_Whale_Sahimi_%282016-11-28%29.jpg/440px-Minke_Whale_Sahimi_%282016-11-28%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Minke whale <a href="/wiki/Sashimi" title="Sashimi">sashimi</a> from <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>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<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. In the 19th century, they were considered too small to chase, and received their name from a young Norwegian whale-spotter in the crew of <a href="/wiki/Svend_Foyn" title="Svend Foyn">Svend Foyn</a>, who harpooned one, mistaking it for a <a href="/wiki/Blue_whale" title="Blue whale">blue whale</a> and was derided for it.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the 1930s, they were the target of coastal whaling by Brazil, Canada, China, Greenland, Japan, Korea, Norway, and South Africa. Minke whales were not then regularly hunted by the large-scale whaling operations in the Southern Ocean because of their relatively small size. However, by the early 1970s, following the overhunting of larger whales such as the <a href="/wiki/Sei_whale" title="Sei whale">sei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fin_whale" title="Fin whale">fin</a>, and blue whales, minkes became a more attractive target of whalers. By 1979, the minke was the only whale caught by Southern Ocean fleets. Hunting continued apace until the general moratorium on whaling began in 1986. </p><p>Following the moratorium, most hunting of minke whales ceased. Japan continued catching whales under the special research permit clause in the IWC convention, though in significantly smaller numbers. The stated purpose of the research is to establish data to support a case for the resumption of sustainable commercial whaling. Environmental organizations and several governments contend that research whaling is simply a cover for commercial whaling. The 2006 catch by Japanese whalers included 505 Antarctic minke whales.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Between November 2017 and March 2018, Japan reported catches of a total of 333 Minke whales, of which 122 were pregnant females.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Norway initially followed the moratorium, they had placed an objection to it with the IWC and resumed a commercial hunt of the Common minke whale in 1993. The quota for 2006 was set at 1,052 animals, but only 546 were taken.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quota for 2011 was set at 1286.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2003, Iceland announced it would start research catches to estimate whether the stocks around the island could sustain hunting. Three years later, in 2006, Iceland resumed commercial whaling. </p><p>A 2007 analysis of DNA fingerprinting of <a href="/wiki/Whale_meat" title="Whale meat">whale meat</a> estimated South Korean fishermen caught 827 minke between 1999 and 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> approximately twice the officially reported number. This raised concerns that some whales were being caught deliberately. </p><p>In July 2019, Japan resumed commercial whaling activities. The permitted catch for the initial season (July 1 – December 31, 2019) is 227 whales, of which 52 can be minke.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Whale_watching">Whale watching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Whale watching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv/220px--Breaching_minke_whale.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="4" data-mwtitle="Breaching_minke_whale.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Breaching_minke_whale.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv/Breaching_minke_whale.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Common_minke_whale" title="Common minke whale">Common minke whale</a> breaching in the <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_River" title="St. Lawrence River">St. Lawrence River</a> near <a href="/wiki/Tadoussac" title="Tadoussac">Tadoussac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of whale poking its nose through hole in icepack" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg/200px-Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg/300px-Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg/400px-Minke_whale_in_ross_sea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1534" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Minke whale in the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Sea" title="Ross Sea">Ross Sea</a></figcaption></figure><p>Due to their relative abundance, minke whales are often the focus of <a href="/wiki/Whale-watching" class="mw-redirect" title="Whale-watching">whale-watching</a> cruises setting sail from, for instance, the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Mull" title="Isle of Mull">Isle of Mull</a> in Scotland, <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a> in Ireland, and <a href="/wiki/H%C3%BAsav%C3%ADk" title="Húsavík">Húsavík</a> in Iceland, and tours taken on the east coast of Canada. They are also one of the most commonly sighted whales seen on whale-watches from <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> and eastern Canada. In contrast to <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whale" title="Humpback whale">humpback whales</a>, minkes do not raise their flukes out of the water when diving and are less likely to <a href="/wiki/Whale_surfacing_behaviour" class="mw-redirect" title="Whale surfacing behaviour">breach</a> (jump clear of the sea surface). </p><p>In the northern <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> (Australia), a swim-with-whales tourism industry has developed based on the June and July migration of dwarf minke whales. A limited number of reef tourism operators (based in <a href="/wiki/Port_Douglas,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Douglas, Queensland">Port Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a>) have been granted permits by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/">Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority</a> to conduct these swims, given strict adherence to a code of practice, and that operators report details of all sightings as part of a monitoring program. </p><p>Scientists from <a href="/wiki/James_Cook_University" title="James Cook University">James Cook University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Tropical_Queensland" title="Museum of Tropical Queensland">Museum of Tropical Queensland</a> have worked closely with participating operators and the Authority, researching tourism impacts and implementing management protocols to ensure these interactions are ecologically sustainable. </p><p>Minke whales are also occasionally 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World</i>, Reeves, Stewart, Clapham and Powell, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-41141-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-41141-0">0-375-41141-0</a></li> <li><i>Whale Watching in Iceland</i>, Asbjorn Bjorgvinsson and Helmut Lugmayr, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9979-761-55-5" title="Special:BookSources/9979-761-55-5">9979-761-55-5</a></li> <li><i>Whales & Dolphins Guide to the Biology and Behaviour of Cetaceans</i>, Maurizio Wurtz and Nadia Repetto. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84037-043-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-84037-043-2">1-84037-043-2</a></li> <li><i>Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals</i>, editors Perrin, Wursig and Thewissen, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-12-551340-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-12-551340-2">0-12-551340-2</a></li> <li><i>Odin</i> Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thearctic.is/articles/cases/minkewhaling/enska/kafli_0200.htm">"Modes of Production and Minke Whaling: The Case of Iceland"</a>, Gísli Pálsson (2000).</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minke_whale&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit 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href="/wiki/Hourglass_dolphin" title="Hourglass dolphin">Hourglass dolphin (<i>L. cruciger</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_white-sided_dolphin" title="Pacific white-sided dolphin">Pacific white-sided dolphin (<i>L. obliquidens</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusky_dolphin" title="Dusky dolphin">Dusky dolphin (<i>L. obscurus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Right_whale_dolphin" title="Right whale dolphin">Lissodelphis</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Right whale dolphins)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_right_whale_dolphin" title="Northern right whale dolphin">Northern right whale dolphin (<i>L. borealis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_right_whale_dolphin" title="Southern right whale dolphin">Southern right whale dolphin (<i>L. peronii</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Orcaella" title="Orcaella">Orcaella</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irrawaddy_dolphin" title="Irrawaddy dolphin">Irrawaddy dolphin (<i>O. brevirostris</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_snubfin_dolphin" title="Australian snubfin dolphin">Australian snubfin dolphin (<i>O. heinsohni</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Orcinus" title="Orcinus">Orcinus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orca" title="Orca">Orca or killer whale (<i>O. orca</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Melon-headed_whale" title="Melon-headed whale">Peponocephala</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melon-headed_whale" title="Melon-headed whale">Melon-headed whale (<i>P. electra</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/False_killer_whale" title="False killer whale">Pseudorca</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/False_killer_whale" title="False killer whale">False killer whale (<i>P. crassidens</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Sotalia_(genus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sotalia (genus)">Sotalia</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tucuxi" title="Tucuxi">Tucuxi (<i>S. fluviatilis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guiana_dolphin" title="Guiana dolphin">Guiana dolphin (<i>S. guianensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Humpback_dolphin" title="Humpback dolphin">Sousa</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Humpback dolphins)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pacific_humpback_dolphin" title="Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin">Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (<i>S. chinensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_humpback_dolphin" title="Indian Ocean humpback dolphin">Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (<i>S. plumbea</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_humpback_dolphin" title="Australian humpback dolphin">Australian humpback dolphin (<i>S. sahulensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_humpback_dolphin" title="Atlantic humpback dolphin">Atlantic humpback dolphin (<i>S. teuszii</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Stenella" title="Stenella">Stenella</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pantropical_spotted_dolphin" title="Pantropical spotted dolphin">Pantropical spotted dolphin (<i>S. attenuata</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clymene_dolphin" title="Clymene dolphin">Clymene dolphin (<i>S. clymene</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striped_dolphin" title="Striped dolphin">Striped dolphin (<i>S. coeruleoalba</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_spotted_dolphin" title="Atlantic spotted dolphin">Atlantic spotted dolphin (<i>S. frontalis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinner_dolphin" title="Spinner dolphin">Spinner dolphin (<i>S. longirostris</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Rough-toothed_dolphin" title="Rough-toothed dolphin">Steno</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rough-toothed_dolphin" title="Rough-toothed dolphin">Rough-toothed dolphin (<i>S. bredanensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Bottlenose_dolphin" title="Bottlenose dolphin">Tursiops</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Bottlenose dolphins)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pacific_bottlenose_dolphin" title="Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin">Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (<i>T. aduncus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrunan_dolphin" title="Burrunan dolphin">Burrunan dolphin (<i>T. australis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamanend%27s_bottlenose_dolphin" title="Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin">Tamanend's bottlenose dolphin (<i>T. erebennus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_bottlenose_dolphin" title="Common bottlenose dolphin">Common bottlenose dolphin (<i>T. truncatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monodontidae" title="Monodontidae">Monodontidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Beluga_whale" title="Beluga whale">Delphinapterus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beluga_whale" title="Beluga whale">Beluga whale (<i>D. leucas</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Narwhal" title="Narwhal">Monodon</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Narwhal" title="Narwhal">Narwhal (<i>M. monoceros</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Porpoise" title="Porpoise">Phocoenidae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Porpoises)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Finless_porpoise" title="Finless porpoise">Neophocoena</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Finless porpoises)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pacific_finless_porpoise" title="Indo-Pacific finless porpoise">Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (<i>N. phocaenoides</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_finless_porpoise" title="Yangtze finless porpoise">Yangtze finless porpoise (<i>N. asiaeorientalis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_finless_porpoise" title="East Asian finless porpoise">East Asian finless porpoise (<i>N. sunameri</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Phocoena" title="Phocoena">Phocoena</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectacled_porpoise" title="Spectacled porpoise">Spectacled porpoise (<i>P. dioptrica</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbour_porpoise" title="Harbour porpoise">Harbour porpoise (<i>P. phocoena</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaquita" title="Vaquita">Vaquita (<i>P. sinus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmeister%27s_porpoise" title="Burmeister's porpoise">Burmeister's porpoise (<i>P. spinipinnis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Dall%27s_porpoise" title="Dall's porpoise">Phocoenoides</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dall%27s_porpoise" title="Dall's porpoise">Dall's porpoise (<i>P. dalli</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physeteroidea" title="Physeteroidea">Physeteridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Physeter" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Physeter" title="Physeter">Physeter</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sperm_whale" title="Sperm whale">Sperm whale (<i>P. macrocephalus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kogiidae" title="Kogiidae">Kogiidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Kogia" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Kogia" title="Kogia">Kogia</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pygmy_sperm_whale" title="Pygmy sperm whale">Pygmy sperm whale (<i>K. breviceps</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwarf_sperm_whale" title="Dwarf sperm whale">Dwarf sperm whale (<i>K. simus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iniidae" title="Iniidae">Iniidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Inia" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Inia" title="Inia">Inia</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Araguaian_river_dolphin" title="Araguaian river dolphin">Araguaian river dolphin (<i>I. araguaiaensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_river_dolphin" title="Bolivian river dolphin">Bolivian river dolphin (<i>I. boliviensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphin" title="Amazon river dolphin">Amazon river dolphin (<i>I. geoffrensis</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lipotidae" title="Lipotidae">Lipotidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Lipotes" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Baiji" title="Baiji">Lipotes</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baiji" title="Baiji">Baiji (<i>L. vexillifer</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Platanistidae" title="Platanistidae">Platanistidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Platanista" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_river_dolphin" title="South Asian river dolphin">Platanista</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_river_dolphin" title="Ganges river dolphin">Ganges river dolphin (<i>P. gangetica</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_river_dolphin" title="Indus river dolphin">Indus river dolphin (<i>P. minor</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_dolphin" title="La Plata dolphin">Pontoporiidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Pontoporia" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_dolphin" title="La Plata dolphin">Pontoporia</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_dolphin" title="La Plata dolphin">La Plata dolphin (<i>P. blainvillei</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beaked_whale" title="Beaked whale">Ziphiidae</a><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Beaked whales)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Berardius" title="Berardius">Berardius</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnoux%27s_beaked_whale" title="Arnoux's beaked whale">Arnoux's beaked whale (<i>B. arnuxii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baird%27s_beaked_whale" title="Baird's beaked whale">Baird's beaked whale (<i>B. bairdii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sato%27s_beaked_whale" title="Sato's beaked whale">Sato's beaked whale (<i>B. minimus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Bottlenose_whale" title="Bottlenose whale">Hyperoodon</a></i><br /><small><span style="color:#696969"><span class="nobold">(Bottlenose whales)</span></span></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_bottlenose_whale" title="Northern bottlenose whale">Northern bottlenose whale (<i>H. ampullatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_bottlenose_whale" title="Southern bottlenose whale">Southern bottlenose whale (<i>H. planifrons</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><i><a href="/wiki/Tropical_bottlenose_whale" title="Tropical bottlenose whale">Indopacetus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_bottlenose_whale" title="Tropical bottlenose whale">Tropical bottlenose whale (<i>I. pacificus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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