Submitted:
Feb 26, 2002 - 7:00 pm (Edited Jun 10, 2009 - 7:54 pm)
Facts/Notes:
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned all hunting of blue whales in 1966 and gave them worldwide protection. Currently there are about 10-15,000 blue whales at most. Both the blue and the grey whale are on the extremely endangered list.