Whaling & Numbers
Effects Of Whaling On The Great Whales (chart)
Trade
The figures below represent estimates based on the sources cited
Species Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Totals
Original Present Original Present Original Present % Change
Blue
Balaenoptera 20,100 4,300 200,000 10,000 220,100 14,300 -94%
musculus
Bowhead
Balaena 43,000 7,850 Not Present 43,000 7,850 -82%
mysticetus
Fin
Balaenopter 95,000 63,000 600,000 15,000 695,000 78,000 -89%
physalus
Gray
Eschrictius 45,000* 22,000 Not Present 45,000 22,000 -51%
robustus
Humpback
Megaptera 50,000 8,000 100,000 20,000 150,000 28,000 -81%
novaeangliae
Right
Eubalaena glacialis 100,000 600 200,000 3,000 300,000 3,600 -99%
Eubalaena autralis
Sei
Balaenoptera 400,000 21,100 190,000 8,300 590,000 29,400 -95%
borealis
Sperm
Physeter catodon 1,500,000 103,000 1,500,000 128,000 3,000,000 231,000 -92%
Totals 2,253.100 229,850 2,790.000 184,300 5,043,100 414.250 -61%
Hemisphere Totals
Original Present Change
Northern 2,253,100 229,850 -90%
Southern 2,790,000 184,300 -93%
Totals 5,043,100 414,150 -92%
*Includes estimations of extinct populations of Atlantic and western Pacific Sources: Walker's Mammals of the World, by Ronald M. Nowak, Sixth Edition, Vol. II, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, which assesses various sources & research by the Animal Welfare Institute.
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