Acoustic Occurrence and Affiliation of Fin Whales Detected in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea, July to October 2007–10

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Delarue, Julien, Martin, Bruce, Hannay, David, Berchok, Catherine L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: fin whale; Balaenoptera physalus; Chukchi Sea; distribution; detection; passive acoustic monitoring; song; stock assessment; rorqual commun; mer des Tchouktches; détection; surveillance acoustique passive; chant; évaluation de stock; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Rorqual; Arctic; Chukchi; Fin whale; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67334

Fin whales are common throughout the North Pacific region, particularly in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, even though these areas were heavily depleted by decades of whaling. Whalers also took fin whales in the southwestern Chukchi Sea, but only five sightings have been reported for the enti...