species/stock |
pre-whaling |
current population |
| blue whale | 160,000 - 240,000 | 9,000 |
| bowhead whale | 52,000-60,000 | 8,200 |
| Bryde's whale | unknown | 66,000-86,000 |
| fin whale | 300,000-650,000 | 123,000 |
| gray whale (eastern Pacific stock) |
15,000-20,000 | 21,000 |
| gray whale (western Pacific stock) |
1,500-10,000 | 100-200 |
| gray whale (Atlantic stock) |
unknown | extinct |
| humpback whale | 150,000 | 25,000 |
| Minke whale | unknown, but tens of thousands were killed during whaling era |
850,000 |
| northern right whale | no estimates, but tens of thousands were killed during whaling era |
870-1,700 in the western Atlantic; very few in the Pacific. |
| sei whale | 100,000 | 55,000 |
| southern right whale | no estimate, but 40,000 were killed between 1785 and 1939 |
1,500 |
Table: baleen whale population estimates
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