| dc.description.abstract | Minke whales in the Northeast Atlantic
are commercially exploited by Norway.
The management of this species is based
on application of the Revised Management
Procedure (RMP) developed by the
Scientific Committee of the International
Whaling Commission. The input to this
procedure are catch statistics and absolute
abundance estimates. The total quota for
2007 is 1052 animals, including transfers
from earlier years. The quota for 2006 was
also 1052 minke whales in total, of which
609 could be taken in the Northeastern stock
area and 443 in the Jan Mayen area. There
were no catching undertaken in the Jan
Mayen area, and in the Northeastern area
546 animals were caught. The present quotas
are based on abundance estimates calculated
from surveys conducted in 1989, 1995
and 1996–2001. The most recent estimate
(1996–2001) for the Northeastern stock of
minke whales is 80,500 animals, and for the
Jan Mayen area, which is also exploited by
Norwegian whalers, 26,700 animals. | en |
