Blue whales and seismic surveying in Australia

• Main Author: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) 2015
• Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Marine ecology; Mining; Oil industries; Gas industry; Antarctic; Bonney; Kangaroo Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://apo.org.au/node/54253

Blue whale populations were devastated in the last century by commercial whaling, which reduced blue whales from a quarter of a million to just a few hundred animals. Australian waters are home to both the Antarctic blue whale and a smaller sub- species, the pygmy blue whale. Blue whale numbers have...