Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

	Video: Minke Whale & the "Boing" Sound NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center
	Did You Know? · The southern minke whale is the most numerous baleen whale, with estimates between 750,000 and 800,000 individuals. · It comes up snout first when surfacing for air and rarely shows its flukes above water. · The minke whale is the smallest baleen whale in North American waters.

Status
MMPA - Minke whales, like all marine mammals, are protected under the MMPA.

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Balaenoptera
Species: acutorostrata

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
Stock Assessment Reports	n/a	various

More Information

• NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center Video: The "Boing" Sound
• NOAA Ocean Explorer: Audio & Spectrogram of Minke Whale Call
• NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Minke Whale Sounds
• Mass Stranding in North Carolina, 2005
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS-SEAMAP) Minke Whale Profile 
• Discovery of Sounds in the Sea (DOSITS): Minke Whale Sounds