Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
 Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Photo: NOAA |
Status
ESA Endangered - throughout its range
MMPA Depleted - throughout its range
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: Megaptera
Species: novaeangliae
Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)
| Title | Federal Register | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery Plan | n/a | 11/1991 |
| ESA Listing Rule | 35 FR 18319 | 12/02/1970 |
| Regulations Governing the Approach to Humpback Whales in Alaska and Hawaii | 50 CFR 224.103 | n/a |
| Stock Assessment Reports | n/a | various |
- Scientists Record New Sounds from Feeding Humpback Whales: August 2007
- Humpback Whales in the Sacramento River, May 2007
- NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory Humpback Whale Information and Research
- Kids' Times: Humpback Whale [pdf]
- NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries
- Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
--Humpback Whale Species Card with video - Channel Islands Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card with video
- Cordell Bank Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card
- Gray's Reef Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card with video
- Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card
- Monitor Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card with video
- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card with video
- Olympic Coast Sanctuary Humpback Whale Species Card with video
- Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Ocean Explorer Humpback Sounds
- Sounds from Alaskan Humpback Whale from NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Marine Mammal Commission Humpback Whale Information
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Humpback Whale Species Profile
