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SC/69B/SH/18
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22160
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Document Number
SC/69B/SH/18
Full Title
Migratory movements and acoustic activity of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the eastern Mozambique Channel
Author
Salvatore Cerchio, Tahina Rasoloarijao, Meredith Sackett, Liam Mueller-Brennan, Danielle Cholewiak
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Publisher
IWC
Publication Year
2024
Abstract
Migratory baleen whales of the Southern Ocean, particularly Antarctic blue (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia), pygmy blue (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) and fin (Balaenoptera physalus) whales, move each year into subtropical and tropical waters during the Austral winter, presumably for breeding; however, information for each is highly limited regarding migratory timing, population distribution, and potential breeding habitat. Previous evidence indicated the presence of blue whales off northwest Madagascar, ca. latitude 13.3?S, prompting an acoustic monitoring project in the continental slope waters off western Madagascar, the eastern Mozambique Channel.