. Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Cetacea; Mammals. MEDIUM-SIZED CETACEANS (to n meters maximum length) This section includes one baleen whale, the minke. and eight toothed whales. Of these latter, only three are seen in significant frequency in the SCB. The others are rarely seen or positively identified m the area. Residents and Common Migrants. Minke Whale Baliitncptera atuloroslratii Lacepede, 1804 Although the minke whale has a world-wide distribution, because of its small size it was not actively hunted by commercial whalers in most areas until the reduction i
. Cetaceans of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Cetacea; Mammals. MEDIUM-SIZED CETACEANS (to n meters maximum length) This section includes one baleen whale, the minke. and eight toothed whales. Of these latter, only three are seen in significant frequency in the SCB. The others are rarely seen or positively identified m the area. Residents and Common Migrants. Minke Whale Baliitncptera atuloroslratii Lacepede, 1804 Although the minke whale has a world-wide distribution, because of its small size it was not actively hunted by commercial whalers in most areas until the reduction in populations of larger, more valuable, species (such as right, bowhead, blue, fin and sei whalesj required a shih in whaling focus. In the North Pacific, minke whales were killed, historically, m very small numbers by natives of the Pacific Northwest of North America, especially those at Cape Flattery. Washington. Minke whales began to be exploited in the coastal waters of Japan several centuries ago. Whalers used the traditional multiple boat driving and killing methods employed for the larger species. The Norwegian method of whaling using small caccher boats, introduced to Japan in about 1890, was used to take minke whales, but they were not the primary species pursued and did not, until recently, become the object of a focused fishery in Japanese Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leatherwood, Stephen; Stewart, Brent S; Folkens, Pieter A; Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Calif. ); United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. [Santa Barbara, Calif. ] : National Marine Sanctuary Program
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