WORLD POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED WHALE SPECIES
Species_______Orig.Pop.___Est.Pop.__Year protected
Blue 228,000 11,700 1967 Bowhead 30,000 7,800 1935 Bryde's 90,000 43,000 1986 Fin 548,000 110,000 1986 Gray +20,000 18,000 1935 Humpback 115,000 10,000 1966 Minke +490,000 880,000 1986 Right +100,000 3,200 1935 Sei 256,000 54,000 1986 Sperm 2,400,000 1,950,000 1985 Source is the Congressional Records Service of the Library of Congress.
Estimates from the April, 1994 issue of Audubon...