. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1988 Meredith and Campbell: Status of the Fin Whale 355. Figure 4. Distribution of Fin Whale stocks in Canadian waters (chiefly Rice 1974; Mitchell 1974): 1. Eastern North Pacific Population; 2. Newfoundland-Labrador Population; 3. Nova Scotia-Gulf of St. Lawrence Stock. Newfoundland [48° to 55° N] (Mitchell 1974). A small stock summers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as far upriver as the confluence of the Saguenay River at Tadoussac, Quebec (48° N, 70° W) and may be to some extent, separate from the Nova Scotia stock (Sergeant 1977). Mitchell (1974) has shown tha
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1988 Meredith and Campbell: Status of the Fin Whale 355. Figure 4. Distribution of Fin Whale stocks in Canadian waters (chiefly Rice 1974; Mitchell 1974): 1. Eastern North Pacific Population; 2. Newfoundland-Labrador Population; 3. Nova Scotia-Gulf of St. Lawrence Stock. Newfoundland [48° to 55° N] (Mitchell 1974). A small stock summers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as far upriver as the confluence of the Saguenay River at Tadoussac, Quebec (48° N, 70° W) and may be to some extent, separate from the Nova Scotia stock (Sergeant 1977). Mitchell (1974) has shown that there is no interchange between the populations in the west Greenland or east Greenland-Iceland area with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland-Labrador stocks. Studies by Allen (1971) and Mitchell (1974) indicate a relative distinctness between the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland stocks, with maximum interchange of about 10%. Mitchell's (1974) evidence supports Kellog's (1929) hypothesis that two overlapping populations exist; the southern population occupying the winter grounds of the northern population during the summer, with southward movement of both in winter. Brodie (1975) noted that Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Fin Whales differed in mean and maximum size and also suggested different feeding strategies for the stock based on distributions in summer and winter. Little is known of the winter distribution of Fin Whales of the northwest Atlantic (Sergeant 1977) and the breeding and calving grounds are unknown (Mitchell 1974). Fin Whales are known to winter along the North American coast as far south as 35°N (Mitchell 1974) and some Fin Whales have been sighted along the Continental Shelf from November to May, with the majority being north of 40°N (Slijper et al. 1964). Brodie (1975) reported Fin Whales off eastern Nova Scotia from December to May which may be representative of animals from the Gulf of St. Lawrence or the Newfoundland stock. Protection International CITES: Fin Whal
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