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Minke
Whale In the North Pacific, especially the eastern North Pacific, minkes are primarily a coastal species (Green et al. 1989) and feed on euphausiids, copepods, schooling fish, and squid (Nemoto 1970, Stewert and Leatherwood 1985). They breed year round, and breeding activity appears to peak in January and June (Omura and Sakiura 1956). There are no reliable estimates of population status or trends for north Pacific minke whales (Small and DeMaster 1995). |
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