Answer:
Blue whales were significantly depleted by commercial whaling activities worldwide. The latest stock assessments of blue whales include data for various stocks, including areas of the North Pacific and western North Atlantic Oceans.
Whaling killed hundreds of thousands of blue whales from the early 1900s until it became illegal in 1966. Blue whales continue to be threatened by boats, anthropogenic noise, pollution with toxic chemicals, climate change (which may affect how the population of krill), and from fishing.
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