B.+borealis

Balaenoptera borealis

 * < Family: ||< Balaenopteridae ||
 * Order: || Cetartiodactyl ||
 * Class: || Mammalia ||

Geographic Range
These whales are found in all oceans and adjoining seas, except polar and tropical regions. Ocean temp: temperature varies all over.

** North Atlantic- America to Europe. 60o north to 40o north
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Population
The current global population of the Sei Whale is estimated at only 54,000.

Physical Description
Sei whale are between 12 and 15 meters long. But the largest known Sei whale measured 20 meters in length. Males are slightly smaller than females. Sei whales have a relatively slender body with a compressed tail. The body is typically a dark steel gray with white markings.

Reproduction
Mating occurs during the winter months. Sei whales in the Northern Hemishpere mate between November and February. Gestation lasts from 10 1/2 to 12 months. Females typically give birth to a single calf measuring 450 cm in length. The calf nurses for six or seven months.

Food chain/web
Sei whale eats about 900 kilograms of copepods, amphipods, euphausiids and small fish a day.

Threats and reason for endangerment
Sei whales reason for endanger is modern whalers.

Conservation efforts
Sei whales have been specifically protected from commercial whaling by the International Whaling Commission.

solutions
I think we should keep track of the whales to see how their doing. also i think we should stop commercial whaling for good. Another solution could be to watch commercial fishers to see that their only getting fish and not whales.