The global whale population decreased from the heydays of Whaling, conducted by
Britain, United States, Norway, even Australia in the late 1800s to the early 1900s
by 70-80%. The IWC, International Whaling Commission put in place a gobal moratorium on comercial whaling in 1982. Since then certain species are believed to have recovered in great numbers, such as Minke Whales, while other species, such as Blue Whales remain on the endangered list.
The population of Orca or Killer Whale is somewhere around 50,000.
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Their population is around 1.7 Million.
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The population is Changing
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25,000-30,000
The blue whale is the one type of whale that has the lowest population. Blue whales are nearly extincted. There are now fewer than 5,000 blue whales, one for every 8,500 cubic miles of their ocean habitat.
over-killing for whale products
87,000 as of 2009, 2010 the population is changing gerasticly
The whale population has decreased dramatically from the time in which whaling was a popular industry to the present. Whale oil is not used often today because whales are being protected.
The Gray Whale is distributed in a eastern North Pacific (American) population and a critically endangered western North Pacific (Asian) population. A third population in the North Atlantic became extinct in the 18th century.