When did the whale whale become endangered?

Answer 1

Many whales are endangered, so there is no actual answer for this question. Most whales have become endangered because of whaling, or whale hunting. Here are a few endangered whales:

-Humpback (not endangered), over 80,000 left

-Blue Whale, between 10,000 and 25,000 left

-Fin Whale, only 119,000 left

-Sperm Whale, only 360,000 left

-Right Whale, 450 North Atlantic Right Whale left, due to harsh whaling (it is named after whalers who called it the "right" whale to catch)

Answer 2

Fin whales were first hunted in large numbers in the 1870s and hunted throughout the first three-quarters of the 20th century. Between 1953-62, about 250,000 were caught in the Southern Ocean alone. Stocks collapsed. They were protected in the North Pacific and Southern Hemisphere in 1976 and in the North Atlantic in 1986.