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Blue Whale Population Increasing

By Calypso
Published Thursday, May 31st, 2007, 10:23 pm
Filed under: Environment, World Issues

Recent findings presented at the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) annual meeting have shown that the population of blue whales has increased from a few hundred to a few thousand in the Southern Hemisphere.

The blue whale is thought to be the largest animal on Earth, growing up to nearly 100 feet (30m) in length and weighing up to 190 tons.

The Blue Whale population has been growing by about 7-8% per year for over 10 years. There are about 2,300 Blue Whales in the Southern Hemisphere. While figures are not available for the Northern Hemisphere, the population there is thought to be growing as well. Before industrial whaling began about a century ago, the population was thought to be between 150,000-200,000.

Blue whale protection started in the 1960’s, and the species’ survival was doubted due to its small population. The population of other large species, including fin whales and humpbacks, are growing as well, but more needs to be done to protect them from hunting and the negative effects of climate change.

source

Whale Guide

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11 Responses to “Blue Whale Population Increasing”

  1. I think this website is AWESOME !!!!!!!

    Jason
    10/31/07 at 4:47 pm

  2. ABSOLUTLY TERRIBLE !

    amber
    03/4/08 at 2:27 am

  3. THIS WEBSITE IS TRULY REMARKABLE BUT SUCH BEAUTIFULL ANIMALS ARE GETTIN KILLED ! HOW ATROTIOUS !

    amber
    03/4/08 at 2:28 am

  4. I think it is absolutely disgraceful that greedy people are taking whales when they know for a true fact that their numbers are decreasing rapidly. it’s horrible!!
    PLEASE DON’T ENCOURAGE WHALERS WHAT SO EVER!!!!!!!!!!
    I’m kooliezz guyzz!!!!!!

    maddy
    03/17/08 at 12:34 am

  5. i agree with maddy. Those stupid people hunting down whales should all die.

    j ruuf
    10/19/08 at 1:41 pm

  6. i agree with j ruuf.

    peter
    10/19/08 at 1:49 pm

  7. I do not appreciate hunters hunting Blue Whales. this is the largest animal left and greedy people are destroying them. this has to come to a stop.

    Alon Zues
    11/4/08 at 12:49 pm

  8. That’s good. The whales are coming back, and the industrial world has not crumbled to dust because of it. It’s amazing how repeatedly wrong those f’ers can be, and still keep their jobs.

    In this day and age, there really is NO VALID REASON to commercially hunt whales of any kind.

    PapaFigue
    11/5/08 at 11:18 am

  9. Whales need to be protected!

    Peter
    02/5/09 at 2:23 am

  10. Whales need to be protected very much!

    Peter Lee
    02/5/09 at 2:23 am

  11. All whale species including the magnificent blue whales and humpbacks should be protected thoroughly for the next 100 years or so in order to get back their original statistics. Any type of whaling should be severely sentenced

    Bishanka
    02/10/09 at 12:29 pm

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