WORLD POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED WHALE SPECIES

Species_______Orig.Pop.___Est.Pop.__Year protected

Blue228,00011,7001967
Bowhead30,0007,8001935
Bryde's90,00043,0001986
Fin548,000110,0001986
Gray+20,00018,0001935
Humpback115,00010,0001966
Minke+490,000880,0001986
Right+100,0003,2001935
Sei256,00054,0001986
Sperm2,400,0001,950,0001985

Source is the Congressional Records Service of the Library of Congress.

Estimates from the April, 1994 issue of Audubon...


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