Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
Pelagisch. Polar; 90°N - 0°S, 180°W - 180°E
Pacific Ocean, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic. [Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea population: LR/cd; Okhotsk Sea population: EN, D; Svalbard-Barents Sea (Spitsbergen) population: CR, D: IUCN 2010 (Ref. 84930)].
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm 1,400.0, range 125 - 140 cm Max length : 1,800 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 1394); 2000 cm TL (female); max. veröff. Gewicht: 100.0 t (Ref. 1394)
Lives among the pack ice, migrating to the high arctic summer, but retreating southward in winter with the advancing ice edge. Feeds on small to medium-sized invertebrates, especially krill and copepods. Bowhead whales were heavily hunted for several centuries. Today they are partially protected by the IWC. The current world population is still threatened by small-scale hunting by Alaskan, Canadian, and Russian natives. In addition, there are various forms of habitat degradation, including disturbance from oil and gas exploration and development activities (Ref. 1394).
Females calve once every 3 to 5 years, i.e., very low reproductive capacity (Ref. 118436).
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber. 1993. (Ref. 1394)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES Status (Ref. 108899)
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet Quellen
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -1.7 - 1.5, mean -0.9 (based on 4244 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit
sehr niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert mehr als 14 Jahre. (K=0.03; tm=20).
Verwundbarkeit
Very high vulnerability (88 of 100).
Preiskategorie
Unknown.
