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In New Zealand, this species is classed as ‘Naturally Uncommon‘ on the New Zealand Threat Classification System. It was a nice change of pace from the grey whale sightings daily, Lawler said. Last year, because of coronavirus shutdowns of native whale watching charters, there weren’t the standard scores of individuals out on the water to see if that they had showed up again. Prior to the 2019 sighting, they were seen in 2017 and 2016, all the time around this time of year. False killer whales are hunted in other […]

To scale back threats due to fishery interactions to the MHI insular inhabitants and different false killer whale populations in Hawaii, we additionally recommended that NMFS establish a Hawaiian False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team. In February 2010, NMFS established the staff and charged it with preparing a plan to attenuate false killer whale interactions with the Hawaii longline fisheries for tuna and swordfish. A representative of the Commission has been a member of the team since its inception. In November 2012, the NMFS listed the MHI insular inhabitants as […]