-
researchers studying belugas noticed concentrations of
bowheads in the
study area. Thus,
bowheads in the Sea of
Okhotsk were once
called "forgotten whales"...
- The IWC
quota for
hunting bowheads was 100 in 2020, with 7 for
Russia and 93 for the
United States. US
hunters stuck 69
bowheads, of
which they were able...
-
summer range of
bowhead whales into the
Beaufort Sea and
further east into the
Canadian Archipelago. Like
other whale species,
bowheads tend to
avoid ice-choked...
-
single species,
Balaena mysticetus. Eventually, it was
recognized that
bowheads and
right whales were in fact different. Later,
morphological factors such...
- waters. In
April 2009
Greenland landed its
first bowhead whale in
nearly 40 years. It
landed three bowheads each year in 2009 and 2010, one each in 2011 and...
- Forget-me-not
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skimmer dragonfly Mammal Land:
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Bowhead whale Tree
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- the
Middle Ages,
early whaling fleets aimed at
baleen whales, such as
bowheads. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the
Dutch fleet had
about 300 whaling...
- 1853 the
majority of the
fleet went to the
Bering Strait region to hunt
bowheads, but
intense competition, poor ice conditions, and
declining catches forced...
-
Annual catches vary
between 300 and 500
belugas and 40 to 70
bowheads. The hunt
takes the
bowhead whales from a po****tion of
about 10,000 in
Alaskan waters...
- are
produced especially during migration season.
During breeding season,
bowheads make long, complex,
variable songs for
mating calls. Many tens of distinct...
