Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
Pelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 342 m (Ref. 116169). Tropical; 8°C - 25°C (Ref. 75906); 90°N - 90°S, 180°W - 180°E
Circumglobal: Balaenoptera borealis borealis: Greenland, Iceland, Norway, North Carolina, Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, South Carolina, Gulf of Mexico, Bay of Campeche, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Anguilla, Morocco, Mauritania, Alaska, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Japan, Southern California, Ogasawara, Mexico, Islas Revilla Gigedo (Pacific Ocean); Balaenoptera borealis schlegellii: Antarctica, Brazil, Angola, South Africa, Western Australia, Cook Straits, New Zealand, Peru, Java Indonesia (Ref. 1522).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 1,330.0 range ? - ? cm Max length : 1,800 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1394); peso máximo publicado: 30.0 t (Ref. 1394)
Largest of the sei whales. As the larger rorquals became scarce in recent decades, hunting pressure on sei, Bryde’s, and minke whales increased, largely in the Antarctic. Although heavily depleted, sei whales have recovered somewhat more successfully from hunting than other large baleen whales (Ref. 1394).
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Herramientas
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.2 - 3.1, mean 1.5 (based on 19380 cells).
Vulnerability
Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
