Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus in Canada
Table of contents
- COSEWIC Assessment Summary
- COSEWIC Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Designatable Units
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Summary of Status Report
- Technical Summary - Atlantic Population
- Technical Summary - Pacific Population
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writers
- Collections Examined
Pacific Population - Threatened 2005
Atlantic Population - Special Concern 2005
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2005. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the fin whale Balaenoptera physalus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 37 pp.
Previous report
Meredith, G.N., and R.R. Campbell. 1987. COSEWIC status report on the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 42 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Edward J. Gregr for writing the update status report on the fin whale Balaenoptera physalus prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Hal Whitehead (previous Co-chair) and Randall Reeves (current Co-chair), the COSEWIC Marine Mammal Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le rorqual commun (Balaenoptera physalus) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Fin whale --Illustration by A. Denbigh, courtesy Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2005
Catalogue No. CW69-14/428-2005E-PDF
ISBN0-662-40575-7
HTML: CW69-14/428-2005E-HTML
ISBN 0-662-40576-5
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