Return of large fin whale feeding aggregations to historical whaling grounds in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Herr, Helena, Viquerat, Sacha, Devas, Fredi, Lees, Abigail, Wells, Lucy, Gregory, Bertie, Giffords, Ted, Beecham, Dan, Meyer, Bettina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56676/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56676/1/Herr_etal_2022.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.f264677f-d20e-4ab0-87b4-8fe5818d4fa8; https://hdl.handle.net/

Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) of the Southern Hemisphere were brought to near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but disappeared from previously highly frequented feeding grounds in Antarctic waters. Our dedicated surveys now confirm their return...