Beluga Whale Conservation Update: Healthy Beluga Populations

There are at least 20 populations of belugas in the world. Some are endangered, mainly due to over-hunting. Others, like belugas in the Alaskan Arctic, are thriving and number in the tens of thousands.

Image: Cynthia Christman,
NOAA/NMFS/AFSC/NMML
(NMFS permits # 14245)