How many humpback whales are killed each year?

Answer 1

Acording to the Janiva Conventions whale endangerment code of conduct, the average whale (or porpus) kills an average of 22 people, and sinks 3 oil tanks in its life time. there are more whales on the earth then people. there are aproximitly 300,000,000 whales on just the Florda coast alone. last year killer whales attact an entire country in Africa, they killed and slauterd more then 90% of there populaltion, only using there bare flippers.

Answer 2

Eleven countries hunt whales. Most (not Japan or Norway) only allow hunting by native populations.

Here are the average numbers of whales allowed each year:

• Canada: 1 bowhead whale every two years from Hudson Bay. 1 bowhead whale every 13 years from Baffin Bay.
• Faroe Islands: 950 pilot whales (actually a species of dolphin) a year.
• Greenland: 175 whales a year.
• Iceland: 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales a year.
• Indonesia: Two small islands in Indonesia hunt whales with traditional harpoons thrown from small open boats. Between 10 and 20 whales a year.
• Japan: The quota for 2009-2010 was 935 minke, 50 fin and 50 humpback whales, but the Japanese fishing fleet returned home with less than half their catch after opposition and disruption from anti-whaling ships. About 20,000 dolphins and small whales are killed each year by coastal fishers. in 2009 about 150 large whales were accidentally caught in fishing nets used for coastal fish.
• Norway: The quota for 2011 was 1286 minke whales.
• Russia: The native people in the Chukotka region kill 140 grey whales a year.
• St Vincent the The Grenadines: 4 humpback whales a year using traditional boats and harpoons.
• United States: Indigenous communities in Alaska kill 50 bowhead whales a year.

That's about 7400 whales a year, (not counting the coastal dolphins of Japan) or about 20 a day.

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Answer 3

The numbers vary year by year. It is estimated between 500-1000 whales annually. The main reason for fluctuation is because Japan is main killer of Minke Whales and a organisation called Sea Shepherd disrupts the Japanese Whaling hunt and reduces there kills from 50% to 90%.

Answer 4

Only the killer whale is recognized as a killer. Hwever, whales have been know to accidentally and also intentionally ram boats, whihc in some case has resulted in death.

The killer whale has attacked humans in the wild but no deaths are recorded. The only killer whale attacks on humans that resulted in death was by those in captivity.

Answer 5

About 7400 whales a year are killed, (not counting the coastal dolphins of Japan). That's about 20 a day, or one every 72 minutes.

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Answer 6

None. Whaling humpback whales is banned.

Man has severely affected humpback whale populations by killing them for years. By the 19th century, many nations (USA in particular), were hunting the animal heavily in the Atlantic Ocean, and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This widespread hunting sharply reduced whale populations.

It is estimated that during the 20th century, at least 200,000 humpbacks were taken, reducing the global population by over 90%, with North Atlantic populations estimated to have dropped to as low as 700 individuals. To prevent extinction, the International Whaling Commission banned commercial humpback whaling in 1966. By that time the population had been reduced to around 5,000. That ban is still in force

Answer 7

Over 400 different whales are hunted each year due to whaling.

Answer 8

It is estimated that there are about 800,000 minke whales left in the world.