Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Author Jo, Yeong-Seok Author Baccus, John T. Author Koprowski, John L. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-19 4522 1 1 216 journal article 27944 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 58e0c7c5-75ec-4b1b-beb0-d01527f710f9 1175-5326 2610198 C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 —Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 p.342 ; Type locality- Germany ; Kuroda, 1938 p.10 ; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.715 ; Kim et al ., 2000 p.56 ; Kim, 2004 p.220 . Range: Despite the species being a cosmopolitan species with wide distribution, only few observations of B . borealis have recorded in the waters of Korea ( Fig. 76 ). Since 1911, fishermen caught only seven Sei whales (three in 1968) in the waters near Korea ( Park 1987 ). FIGURE 76. Range map of Balaenoptera borealis in Korea. Remarks: Although marine biologists placed the Northern Hemisphere stock in the subspecies B. b. borealis , this stock might represent two or three different lineages (eastern and western or eastern, central and western stocks; Reeves & Kenney 2003 ). Conservation status: The South Korean government made the Sei whale a Protected Marine Species in 2007. This species also occurs on CITES Appendix I and in the IUCN Red List as ‘Endangered’. Based on our information, North Korea is not involved in the conservation of this whale.