Abundance and survival of Pacific humpback whales in a proposed critical habitat area.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Erin Ashe, Janie Wray, Christopher R Picard, Rob Williams
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; First Nations; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075228; https://doaj.org/article/5bd78dc56477402d9bc7f3528139b536

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were hunted commercially in Canada's Pacific region until 1966. Depleted to an estimated 1,400 individuals throughout the North Pacific, humpback whales are listed as Threatened under Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) and Endangered under the US E...