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Gray whale
There is a single species of gray whale split between two populations in the Pacific. The western North Pacific gray is one of the most endangered in the world, numbering about 130. The eastern Pacific gray, by contrast, has recovered to its pre-exploitation levels of about 20,000.
The eastern gray is famous for its epic migration which takes it from the cold Bering and Chukchi seas to the warm waters of Mexico to breed and calve a round trip of 20,000km. No more than 140 eastern grays a year can be taken by US and Russian subsistence hunters.
Status: Least concern
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