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 TradeEFFECTS OF WHALING ON THE GREAT WHALES (chart)The figures below represent estimates based on the sources cited.
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Species |
Northern Hemisphere |
Southern Hemisphere |
Totals |
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Original |
Present |
Original |
Present |
Original |
Present |
% Change |
Blue
Balaenoptera musculus |
20,100 |
4,300 |
200,000 |
10,000 |
220,100 |
14,300 |
- 94% |
Bowhead
Balaena mysticetus |
43,000 |
7,850 |
Not Present |
43,000 |
7,850 |
-82% |
Fin
Balaenoptera physalus |
95,000 |
63,000 |
600,000 |
15,000 |
695,000 |
78,000 |
-89% |
Gray
Eschrictius robustus |
45,000* |
22,000 |
Not Present |
45,000 |
22,000 |
-51% |
Humpback
Megaptera novaeangliae |
50,000 |
8,000 |
100,000 |
20,000 |
150,000 |
28,000 |
-81% |
Right
Eubalaena glacialis
Eubalaena autralis |
100,000 |
600 |
200,000 |
3,000 |
300,000 |
3,600 |
-99% |
Sei
Balaenoptera borealis |
400,000 |
21,100 |
190,000 |
8,300 |
590,000 |
29,400 |
-95% |
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 |
414,150 |
-61% |
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Hemisphere Totals |
| |
Original |
Present |
Change |
| Northern |
2,253,100 |
229,850 |
-90% |
| Southern |
2,790,000 |
184,300 |
-93% |
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|
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| 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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