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Beluga whale populations are currently being harvested at levels which are not sustainable and it is difficult for those harvesting beluga whales to know which sub-population they are from. [239] Because there is little protection of sub-populations, harvest will need to be managed to ensure sub-populations will survive long into the future to ...
Beluga whales Polar bear at the coast of the Beaufort Sea Endicott Island. The eastern part of the sea is a major habitat of beluga whales with an estimated population of 39,000. [citation needed] This population is stable and might even be increasing; it is not affected by the offshore oil exploration in the area.
Beluga first appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). [5] As of the census [6] of 2000, there were 32 people, 13 households, and 7 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 0.3 inhabitants per square mile (0.12/km 2). There were 54 housing units at an average density of 0.5 per square mile (0.19/km 2).
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The population began to decline after numbering about 27,000 whales in 2016. The mortality event hits its peak between Dec. 17, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2020, the agency said.
Beluga and Narwhal are native to coastal regions and pack ice around the Arctic Ocean. Both species are relatively small whales, 3–5 m (9.8–16.4 ft) in length, with a forehead melon , and a short or absent snout.
Large commercial hunting by the Hudson's Bay Company during the commercial whaling period between 1868 and 1940 reduced the original population of some 5,000 whales [5] to less than 1,000 individuals in the 1970s. [6] This major population decline prompted the government to regulate hunting in the 1980s, with prohibition of commercial beluga ...
A group of researchers that studies the whales said Tuesday that the population increased to an estimated 372 in 2023. That's an increase of about 4% from 2020, and “heartening news” after the whale's population fell by about 25% from 2010 to 2020, researchers said in a statement.