Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
Pélagique. 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 / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 1,400.0, range 125 - 140 cm Max length : 1,800 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 1394); 2000 cm TL (female); poids max. publié: 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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -1.7 - 1.5, mean -0.9 (based on 4244 cells).
Résilience
Très faible, temps minimum de doublement de population supérieur à 14 ans (K=0.03; tm=20).
Vulnérabilité
Very high vulnerability (88 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
