Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blue whale

 

Conservation Status:

• "Strictly protected" by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) since 1964;
• Listed in Annex 1 (threatened species) of the International Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES);
• Listed in Annex C1 (strictly protected) of Regulation 3626/82 of the European Union;
• Protected by the US Marine Mammals Protection Act (MMPA) and declared a "diminished species" (a species whose population is smaller than it should be in order to be considered healthy);
• Listed as an "endangered species" by the Endangered Species Act of the United States of America (ESA);
• Listed as an "endangered species" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (UICN);
• Blue whales have been protected in Peru since 1966.
  

Distribution in Peru:	Historic threats:
Sightings in Pucusana (12°25' S), Main distribution north of Chimbote (09°04' S)	Whaling

Present threats:

Illegal whaling by Japanese whalers.

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