2024年11月26日 · Learn more about humpback whales and what NOAA Fisheries is doing to study this species and best conserve their populations. Before a final moratorium on commercial whaling in 1985, all populations of humpback whales …

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Since January 2016, elevated humpback whale mortalities have occurred along the Atlantic coast from Maine through Florida. A table of mortalities by state is below. This event was declared an Unusual Mortality Event in April 2017, and includes humpback whale deaths from 2016 and on. Learn more about Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events

Learn how our scientists are using the best available science to conserve these species. Whale watching boats helped locate and track the entangled whale so our expert teams could respond. This is the third entangled humpback whale detected off Southern California in about 2 weeks.

Humpback whales have a unique pattern on the underside of their tail. This whale is named “Azrael” because it has a pattern shaped like pointed cat ears on the bottom of his tail, like the cartoon character Azrael. Credit: Laura Howes/NOAA under NOAA Fisheries Permit no. 27272

We evaluate the growth, decline, and movement of queen conch by tagging and measuring individuals and studying their habitat. This large, slow-growing snail is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A companion video to our Fact or Fiction web story about humpback whales. See the full article at http://1.usa.gov/1DhxKwM.

Humpback whales are characterized by wing-like pectoral flippers that are from one-fourth to one-third their total body length, heads cov-ered in bumps known as tubercles, and tail flukes with individually identifiable trailing-edge patterns (Fig. 15).

2016年9月6日 · Endangered humpback whales in nine of 14 newly identified distinct population segments have recovered enough that they don’t warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries said today. International conservation efforts to protect and conserve whales over the past 40 years proved successful for most populations.

2022年4月18日 · Maps and GIS data representing critical habitat for the Western North Pacific distinct population segment (DPS), the Central America DPS, and the Mexico DPS of humpback whales. Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, critical habitat may be designated by NOAA Fisheries for the conservation of threatened and endangered species under its ...

This document provides information on the occurrence of three Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in waters off the coast of Alaska.