ASK Archive 2001: number of whale species: Common minke whale (there is a "dwarf" form which is recognized as a subspecies http://whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask02/0076.html
SHARK-L archives -- October 2004 (#62): Not all proposals are for increased protection. The Japanese have suggested the http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0410&L=shark-l&F=&S=&P=7098