Minke

Cecil said the morning boat had seen a Minke, which is the smallest whale, and one or two had been spotted last week.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

The meat lobby is so powerful here even the well intentioned Carlos Minke cannot hold them back.

Global Voices in English » Brazil: Land reform or deforestation boost for the Amazon? 2009

Also, I didn't get to see the carcass of the fifteen-foot, one-ton juvenile Northern Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) that washed ashore last week at Matunuck, and now it's been towed away and buried in the dunes.

"Until all these shivers subside, just look in my eyes." greygirlbeast 2008

Minke whales are opportunistically taken in Alaska.

Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009

Minke whales feed on various species of fish and over most of the area from May to September [5].

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas) 2009

The vacation was well overdue and included an encounter with a Minke whale…up close while fishing.

A familiar story about Milton Taxes 2009

Minke whales have been hunted in landlocked bays (“whaling bays”) along the coast of Norway since olden times.

Fisheries and aquaculture in the Northeast Atlantic (Barents and Norwegian Seas) 2009

More significant was the recognition by Larsen that new technologies (particularly the recently invented grenade harpoon gun) would allow hunting of the more difficult but more common rorqual whales (Blue, Fin, Humpback, Sei and Minke Whales) in the Southern Ocean.

Exploration of the Antarctic in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century 2009

Now Japan has backed off of the humpbacks...but still intend to kill other whales including Fin whales and Minke whales..you can read more about it on the Greenpeace website.

GreenPeace protection against Japanese Whalers Jax 2008

The latest result of this new position is a truly shocking video that shows the death-throes of two Minke whales, almost certainly a mother and her calf.

Australia: The New Commons Hero glyn moody 2008