Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

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1. Story
2. The second-largest animal and the blue whale's closest comparison case, useful because the two were hunted by the same fleets and have recovered at very different rates. More than 700,000 fin whales were killed in the Southern Hemisphere from the early 1900s to the 1970s. IUCN moved the fin whale from Endangered to Vulnerable in 2018 with an increasing trend, its global population having roughly doubled since the 1970s. The blue whale was not downlisted. Same ocean, same ban, different trajectory - which is why "the moratorium worked" is not a sufficient account of either.
3. Knowledge
4. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
5. Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
6. Connections
7. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
8. Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)
9. Rorqual Lunge Feeding
10. Antarctic Blue Whale (B. m. intermedia)
11. Pygmy Blue Whale (B. m. brevicauda)
12. Northern Indian Ocean Blue Whale (putative B. m. indica)
13. Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
14. Whale-Mediated Iron Recycling
15. Vessel Collision with Large Whales
16. The longest blue whale on record is measured at South Georgia
17. The heaviest blue whale on record is weighed
18. The IWC protects blue whales from commercial hunting
19. The commercial whaling moratorium takes effect
20. Blue whale song frequencies are observed falling worldwide
21. The energetics of blue whale lunge feeding are modelled
22. Baleen whale consumption is re-measured, and the krill paradox sharpens
23. Evidence
24. The fin whale was moved from Endangered to Vulnerable in 2018 with an increasing trend, its global population having roughly doubled since the 1970s following whaling bans; more than 700,000 fin whales were killed in the Southern Hemisphere from the early 1900s to the 1970s. V55 verification basis: the IUCN news release and concurring NGO reporting were retrieved in summary; the Red List assessment document itself was not fetched.