Gulf of California North Pacific North Atlantic Southern Ocean Southeastern Pacific

CURRENT NUMBER OF
SPECIES:
Global population estimates
range from less than 100,000 to
roughly 119,000

Fin whales left: ≈400,000

≈100,000
Reasons:
- Over a thousand fin whales are HABITAT:
killed each year
- For met, body parts to be sold Live in the oceans, typically
for commercial gain found in deep, offshore waters
- Their oil, blubber, and of all major oceans, dive to
cartilage are used in depths as far as 200 metres,
pharmaceuticals and health primarily in temperate to polar
supplements latitudes
- Can be used as a ‘traditional
dish’

CONSERVATION:
- Reducing entanglement in fishing gear is a
primary cause of serious injury and death
- Reducing vessel strikes
- Tackling the ocean noise
- Monitoring marine species' health
- Addressing stranding response
DIET:
- Krill
- Small schooling
fish (including
herring, capelin,
and sand lance)
- Squid
APPEARANCE:
- Have sleek, streamlined bodies with V-shaped head
- Have a tall, hooked dorsal fin (two-thirds of the way back on
the body rises at a shallow angle from the back)
- Have distinctive colouration—black or dark brownish-grey on
the back and sides; and white on the underside

Sickle-shaped Slim, cone-

V-shaped
dorsal fin shaped
head
(25 feet high)

Jaw

Dark grey
flukes