APPENDIX MYSTICETE AND ODONTOCETE—WHALES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC1 Mysticete: Balaenidae Balaena mysticetus: Bowhead whale/Greenland whale Length: 14–18 m Weight: 60–100 tons Group size: 1–6; up to 60 Distribution: Arctic ocean, Davis Strait, Iceland to Jan Mayen, Svalbard. Southern limit at 65°N. Eubalaena glacialis: Northern Right whale Length: 11–18 m Weight: 30–100 tons Group size: 1–3; up to 12 Distribution: Inshore and at sea in North Atlantic. Observations in Faroes and Norwegian coast. Estimation is diffi cult given small remnant population. Mysticete: Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera acutorostrata: Minke whale Length: 7–10 m Weight: 5–10 tons 1 Compiled from S. Ægisson, Jón Ásgeir í Aðaldal, and Jón Baldur Hlíðberg, Icelandic Whales Past and Present (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 1997); Chris Booth and Jean Booth, The Mammals of Orkney (Kirkwall: Chris and Jean Booth, 1994); Mark Carwadine, Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (New York: DK Publishing, 1995); Carl Christian Kinze, Marine Mammals of the North Atlantic, trans. D. A. Christie (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001); Lyall Watson, Sea Guide to Whales of the World (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1981); “Whale Strandings UK species list,” Natural History Museum, London, http://www. nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/strandings/species.html (accessed June 2007). Distribution information largely taken from Kinze. * indicates infrequent presence in Norse North Atlantic as defi ned by this study (50°N–70°N). SZABO_f12-285-292.indd 285 1/18/2008 11:25:34 AM 286 appendix Group size: 1–3, up to 100 Distribution: Oceanic and coastal throughout North Atlantic. Distribu- tion is northern in summer, southern in winter. In winter, from Norwegian coast to White Sea, Iceland, Faroes. In autumn, Scottish W. coast. In summer, northern North Sea and Skagerrak, common in Irish Sea and W. Greenland. Balaenoptera borealis: Sei whale Length: 12–18 m Weight: 20–30 tons Group size: 2–5, up to 30 Distribution: North Atlantic, especially southern, temperate and sub- tropical oceanic. Avoids colder Arctic waters, but seen in summer in Iceland, Faroes, Norway, Scotland. Rare in North and Baltic seas. North Atlantic migrations in spring and autumn. Balaenoptera musculus: Blue whale Length: 23–28 m Weight: 100–125 tons Group size: 1–2, up to 5+ Distribution: Wide ranging in deep, oceanic North Atlantic. Distribu- tion in waters of Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Scotland, Ireland, Labrador, Newfoundland, W. Greenland. Balaenoptera physalus: Fin whale Length: 17–24 m Weight: 30–80 tons Group size: 3–7, up to 100 (historically). Distribution: Open sea and inshore, especially deep fjords. Range from Norway to Svalbard, Iceland, North Sea, Greenland, Labrador. Megaptera novaeangliae: Humpback whale Length: 11.5–15 m Weight: 25–30 tons Group size: 2–15+ SZABO_f12-285-292.indd 286 1/18/2008 11:25:35 AM.