The Mediterranean subpopulations of sperm whales and fin whales are considered “endangered ... the risk of a collision having a lethal effect on the struck animal. Main cause of human-induced ...

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five years ...

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates ...

The viruses have also previously been reported in fin whales, harbour porpoises ... do about it and it will potentially have a knock on effect on the numbers in this species." ...

TOKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to about £1,030 per kilo at auction. Japan’s Fisheries Agency this year added fin ...