No, there is no longer a need for hunting them. The only peoples who should have a limited harvest are the Arctic's native peoples, who use them for food as a part of their culture.
Hunting of the blue whale stopped in 1977. Now, the blue whale's only predator is the orca, or killer whale (actually a type of dolphin). Almost a quarter of blue whales have scars from orca attacks,...
Not many predators can kill whales, but small and young whales often fall as victims to killer whales, one of the top predators of the ocean. Humans also hunt whales for their body parts or for food,...