BLUE WHALE (Balaenoptera musculus): Western North Atlantic Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Little is known about the population size of blue whales exce; Arctic; Belle Isle; Canada; Greenland; Lawrence River; Mansfield; Strait of Belle Isle; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Davis Strait; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.174.5362; http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm201/pdfs/275-276.pdf

The distribution of the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, in the western North Atlantic generally extends from the Arctic to at least mid-latitude waters. Blue whales are most frequently sighted in the waters off eastern Canada, with the majority of recent records from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Sea...