Massive Reappearance: Grey and Blue Whales that Vanished Near Argentina a Century Ago
Sei whales may be found worldwide in temperate subtropical and subpolar seas The Norwegian term for pollock quot seje quot is where the name quot sei quot which is frequently associated with pollock originates Due to previous commercial whaling in the th and th centuries the number of sei whales worldwide was drastically reduced For their flesh and oil an estimated sei whales were murdered In and member nations of the International Whaling Commission IWC decided to stop collecting sei whales in the North Pacific and the Antarctic The IWC made the decision in to stop commercial whaling on all whale species and populations starting in the ndash season Whaling of this species is still practiced in Japan despite the fact that it is no longer a serious danger nbsp Sei whales are now most threatened by vessel collisions and entanglement The Marine Mammal Protection Act designates the sei whale