Antarctic minke whale [SEP] IUCN conservation status
ship strikes are other sources of mortality. The former have been reported off Peru and Brazil, and the latter off South Australia. All involved calves or juveniles.
Conservation status.
The Antarctic minke whale is currently considered Near Threatened by the IUCN red list. However, the IUCN states that the population size is "clearly in the hundreds of thousands".
The Antarctic minke whale is listed on Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). It is listed on
"Themisto gaudichaudii)."
Population and conservation status.
As of 2018, the IUCN Red List labels the common minke whale as Least Concern and the Antarctic minke whale as Near Threatened.
COSEWIC puts both species in the Not At Risk category . NatureServe lists them as G5 which means the species is secure on global range .
Population estimates are generated by the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. The 2004 estimate yielded 515,000 individuals for the Antarctic minke stock.
Whaling.
Whaling was mentioned in