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     on information provided by the Canadian Wildlife Federat'on. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     {TREQACK WHALE (Megaotera novaeangliae) 
     
    

    
     Tris famous ‘songster‘ 15 a short Stocky whale measuring up to 50 feet long and 
     
     easily ecognized by its two long, white flipperS. Found in all oceans, the 
     
     humpback often enters coastal areas and may be seen on the eastern Canadian 
     
     coast, particularly on the Grand Banks oi Hewfoundland, during the summer. It 
     
     is also infrequen‘ly seen off the British Columbia coast. Because of its habit 
     
     of frequenting coastal waters the slow moving humpback was an e sy target for 
     
     the early whalers. With the advent of moder. whaling techniques in the late 
     
    
   
   
    
     19th century, humpback numbers have dwindled and have never recovered. The 
     
     world population is estimated at between 7,000 and 8,000, and they are currently 
     
     protected by members of the International Whaling Commission. 
     
    
   
   
    
     RIGHT WHALE (Balaena glacialis) 
     
    

    
     A large, chunky, black whale lacking a dorsal fin, the right whale may measure 
     
     up to 60 feet in length. It is characterized by a wart-like protuberance at the 
     
     tip of its Snout, referred to as a callosity or 'bonnet'. Found in temperate 
     
     and cool oceans, the right whale was the first target of the whalinc industry 
     
    
   
   
    
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     and probably the most severely exploited of all the large whales. In f ct, it is 
     
     so named because Whalers referred to it as the ’right' whale to hunt. ihe right 
     
     whale was seriously depleted throughout its w rld range, mostly during the 13th 
     
     and 19th centuries. TLe t tal population is in the low thousands, and the speCies 
     
     is now only rarely seen off Canada's coasts. Despite full protection by m mber 
     
    

    
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     countries of the Internati nal Whaling Commission, the rate of recovery appears 
     
     to be very Slow. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     Humpback whale 
     
    
   
   
    
     Right whale