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  • BBC Wildlife Magazine

    Q&A

    Feb 09, 2023 4 minutes

    Have whales recovered since the whaling moratorium?

    CHRIS VICK ANSWERS:

    Sir David Attenborough recently said: “Fifty years ago, whales were on the very edge of extinction worldwide. Then people got together and now there are more whales in the sea than any living human being has ever seen.”

    So, have the whales been saved? Well, yes and no. Certainly, there is a conservation success story to tell after the International Whaling Commission introduced a whaling moratorium in 1985-86. Some of the big species that hunters historically targeted, such as fin and humpback whales, are increasing in number in some regions. The population of the largest and most iconic species, the blue whale, is also recovering. But some species are

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