You may be thinking of the 1982 Moratorium, which did not specifically mention the Southern Ocean, but did cover whales in whatever ocean on Earth where they exist.
The largest whale on earth, the Blue Whale, can be found in the Southern Ocean which surrounds the continent of Antarctica.
Because the orca has no predators in Antarctic waters. The Antarctic cod provide excellent food for them, as do penguins, other birds and seals.
Whales are sea animals and are common in the waters off the Antarctic continent.
There are 2 sub species of the Minke Whale species. One being the antarctic Minke whale which only lives in Antarctic Ocean. Secondly, will have the Common Minke Whale which can life in every ocean.
Blue whales inhabit the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They range as far a the sub-Antarctic and the Arctic zone waters.
One type of Blue Whale the B. m. intermedia, the Antarctic blue whale, is considered an Antarctic regional -- sea-based, animal.
There is 2 different habitats because of the 2 sub species. The Antarctic Minke only lives in Antarctic waters. The common minke whale lives more globally in all oceans.
Yes.
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary was created in 1992.
Blue wales are distributed in scattered areas all around the world's oceans. They are based mainly in Arctic and Antarctic waters.
usually warm and shallow waters such as the ones that great white sharks live in. that's why you would much more likely see a dolphin or whale on a beach in the Mediterranean than somewhere on the Antarctic.
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