SEI WHALE (Balaenoptera borealis): Western North Atlantic Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Kenney; Payne; Balaenoptera borealis; North Atlantic; Sei Whale; Copepods
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.295.239; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao1995whse-wn.pdf

Indications are that, at least during the feeding season, the sei whale population is centered in northerly waters, perhaps on the Scotian Shelf (Mitchell and Chapman 1977). The southern portion of the species ' range during spring and summer includes the northern portions of the U.S. Atlantic...