Blue Whale: Endangered Species

Blue Whale
On this endanger earth, there are numerous of endangered species. Blue whale are specified as the largest animal that lived on earth. It is one of the endanger species listed on the Wildlife Services website. Their size are around 82 to 105 feet long. To further discuss about this typical endangered species I will research and analyze on this paper.
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is an endangered species, and it can be found in Alaska, California and Massachusetts. Blue whale is a marine mammal categorized as baleen whales. Blue whale’s phylogenetic identity has kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Blue whale’s kingdom is Animalia, phylum is chrordata, class is mammalia, order is cetartiodactyla, family

On June 2nd, 1970, blue whale has been listed as an endangered and threatened specie. On background history of blue whales, Blue whales are considered very difficult to hunt by human because of their size and speed. People were hunting whales because whale blubber and oil provided a lot of profitable business during 1700s. Therefore, as the technology improves, people can easier to catch whales by using more equipments. From my research, the sources indicate that blue whales have no critical habitat designated, and also there are no conservation plan designated. The congress has passed the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and it provides a protection for endangered or threatened plant and animals. Therefore, there are recovery plan for blue whale published on July 1998. Conservation Management Plan is one of the recovery plans for the blue whales. This recovery plan gives a protection and supporting the recovery of blue whale, which is an endangered species. This recovery plan also includes the management of threatening processes for blue whales. Recovery plan is an action to protect the endangered species, and also finding and changing the species status. Safe harbor agreement (SHA) is a voluntary agreement which is owned by private or non-federal property. This agreement is try to contribute the species which is listed on the ESA.

Blue whale can provide a nutrient environment in the ocean for the smaller species. In addition, blue whale can provide entertainment for us such as whale watching. It can increase the economy and teach children information about whales. Also, largest species like blue whales store massive carbon dioxide in their body that benefits our atmosphere. After 100 years, blue whales population will become all over the world since the population of blue whale has been