University of Hawaii Manoa: Blubber May Yield Answer to Survival for Endangered Whales
April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023
MANOA, Hawaii, April 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
To help in the future monitoring efforts of an endangered population of resident false killer whales in Hawaiian waters, where only 167 individuals are estimated to remain, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Health and Stranding Lab examined blubber samples of a false killer whale that died as bycatch in a fishery interaction, and published the findings in Front . . .
To help in the future monitoring efforts of an endangered population of resident false killer whales in Hawaiian waters, where only 167 individuals are estimated to remain, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Health and Stranding Lab examined blubber samples of a false killer whale that died as bycatch in a fishery interaction, and published the findings in Front . . .