Sentence examples for whale numbers from inspiring English sources

Whale numbers are rising.

To the embattled Lofoteners this is not just an argument over whale numbers.

Early counts suggest that whale numbers were up this year, but it's also been a record year for whale strikes.

Environmental and animal welfare groups, facing the rise in whale numbers, the expanding hunt in the name of research and erosion of the whaling commission's support for the moratorium, have split into two camps.

"With the growth in shipping and whale numbers we need to sort something out now or we will see a lot more whales die in ship strikes," he said.

The surge in whale numbers can also lead to problems – in May, after a sei whale was hit by a cruise ship and dragged up the Hudson River, increased numbers of collisions between whales and ships were reported in the New York and New Jersey area.

As a consequence, single amino acids change their positions: H64 (sperm whale numbering) moves into the heme pocket, and the side chain of L29 rotates [ 2, 9].

The results, presented online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that the whales' numbers prior to commercial whaling ranged between 76,000 and 118,000 for the western and eastern stocks combined.

Although the whales' numbers are increasing, the animals may never regain their past abundance, says Alter, because their feeding grounds in the northern Bering Sea are being altered by warming ocean temperatures (Science, 10 March 2006, p. 1461).

Now only whales numbered 300, 301 and 302 remain (they were not given names to discourage humans from bonding with them).

North Atlantic minke whales number about 72,000, and 550 are caught annually, including for subsistence, as well as for scientific whaling.