HUMPBACK WHALE (Megaptera novaeangliae): Gulf of Maine Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Bear Island; Christensen; Greenland; Jan Mayen; Newfoundland; Norway; Humpback Whale; Iceland; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Atlantic; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.295.166; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao2002whhb-gme.pdf

In the western North Atlantic, humpback whales feed during spring, summer and fall over a range which encompasses the eastern coast of the United States (including the Gulf of Maine), the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland/Labrador, and western Greenland (Katona and Beard 1990). Other North Atlantic...