Fin #whales making strong comeback in the Southern Ocean https://www.hi.no/en/hi/news/2024/april/fin-whales-making-strong-comeback-in-the-southern-ocean/

Estimated summer abundance and #krill consumption of #FinWhales throughout the #ScotiaSea during 2018/19 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-57378-3

"For a long time, there has been great uncertainty about whether the #FinWhale has managed to recover after the industrial #whaling in the #SouthernOcean in the first half of the 20th century. Now #scientists can confirm the comeback of fin whales in a key region of the Southern #Ocean"

Fin whales making strong comeback in the Southern Ocean

Marine scientists estimate that there may be many times more fin whales than thought in the Southern Ocean.

Institute of Marine Research