Fin Whale

*** Partial Action Plan for Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, B. borealis, and Eubalaena japonica) in Pacific Canadian Waters http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/consultation/sara-lep/lgwhale-gdbaleine/docs/action-eng.pdf

*** Recovery Strategy for Blue, Fin, and Sei Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, and B. borealis) in Pacific Canadian Waters http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/plans/rs_Blue_fin_sei_whales_Pacific_popln_0706_e1.pdf


Species information by the Hakai Institute “Central Coast Biodiversity” http://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/marine-mammals.html

COSEWIC report on the status of the fin whale - be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for any further reports on the species.

May 2015 - Fin whale dragged into Vancouver Harbour on the front of a cruise ship. See link below and google additional news items. Article at link below includes population estimate of +/- 1,000 see article - http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Dead+whale+dragged+into+Burrard+Inlet+cruise+ship/11046854/story.html 

Study providing insight into why large whales may not be able to evade vessel strike. Direct link to the study http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v27/n3/p219-232/ Article on this study http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/whales-ships-collisions-050415.html

http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/bckgrnd/2005/bg015b_e.htm and http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/fishdeve/cetacea5.htm - DFO pages

BC Cetacean Sightings Network species information

American Cetacean Society information (see link on left) http://acsonline.org/education/fact-sheets/

May 30, 2013 information from the Marine Mammal Research Consortium on population structure and vocals.

See information from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

May 2013 article on fin whale vocals and further species information “Scientists track giant whales by their earthshaking calls - UW scientists are using seafloor seismometers to pick up booming calls from endangered fin whales and track their movements off the Northwest coast”

http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/consultations/largewhales/LargeWhaleAP-Jan07.pdf - Draft Action Plan for Canada's Right, Fin, Sei and Blue Whales

Voices of the Sea - website where you can hear the sounds of fin whales, see the spectrogram of their sounds, see video clips and learn cool facts from scientists! Click on the humpback whale and then click on the fin whale at the bottom of the page. 

Another fin whale hit be a cruise ship in BC, July 25th, 2009

DFO publication: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of British Columbia, Canada - http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/241969.pdf

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/05/03/EDGF4PJOJA1.DTL An explanation of the arguments used by pro-whaling nations about why whaling should be "okay." A perspective by Dr. Jonathon Stern. (May 2007)

Pacific Wildlife Foundation’s species information.

  http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's species information Not a Canadian page

http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/School_Programs/whales/s-finwhale.html Royal British Columbia Museum's fact sheets

http://www.ukogorter.com/portfolio/cetaceanslides/index.html - great illustration, use the drop down menu under the right whale to find your animal

http://www.dosits.org/gallery/intro.htm - click your species name to hear its sounds! and http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.

http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/mammals/whales/accounts/fin.htm - Fin whale information from the University of Guelph, Ontario.  Be sure to explore all the pages, links given on the left. 

http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=75 - lots of detail about identification some information about  behaviour and threats. An international webpage. 

http://www.cetacea.org/fin.htm - Site is currently down.  Will be up again in the summer of 2007.  Especially valuable for its "influence of man" section 

http://www.junglewalk.com/frames.asp - type in "fin whale" in the search bar and you will get - many site listings, lots of video footage, even sounds!

http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/whales_dolphins/information-on-species.asp - detailed facts

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/finwale.htm  Not a Canadian page

http://www.whales.org.au/discover/fin/index.html Not a Canadian page

http://www.dosits.org/gallery/marinemm/2.htm - click baleen whales and then fin whale for acoustic samples

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Balaenoptera_physalus.html  Not a Canadian page

http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/finwhl.htm - American Cetacean Society Fact Sheet  

http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfap/whalewatching/whales_fin.shtml

www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=5 - Click "marine mammals" and do a search for your animal. Excellent on-line field guides Not a Canadian page

  www.racerocks.com/racerock/marmam/mammals.htm and http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archivemammals.htm
- involvement of Lester B. Pearson School in a fantastic marine mammal project.  Search the site at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/web/sitemap.htm

http://www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/home.html - natural history of cetaceans

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/fungames/animations/swim-with-the-whales  - click your species for information about whaling and also watch the animated video of relative whale sizes (“Diving With Whales”)

http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm  - net vet marine mammals; search links for information that may be relevant to your species Not a Canadian page