Diet and food availability for Northeast Atlantic minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata

• Main Authors: Haug, Tore, Lindstrøm, Ulf, Nilssen, Kjell Tormod, Røttingen, Ingolf, Skaug, Hans Julius
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1995
• Subjects: minke whale; vågehval; food supply; mattilgang; sampling; prøvetaking; stomach data; magedata; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923; Norway; Bear Island; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; North Norway; Northeast Atlantic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/105481

Ecological studies of the Northeast Atlantic minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostra) were carried out during spring (mainly April-May), summer (June-July) and autumn (AugustSeptember) in 1993 and 1994. Four small-type whaling vessels were chartered for operations in four selected subareas in Norwegia...