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Scientists have news - numbers of blue whales in the Pacific Ocean are the highest they have been in over a . The University of Washington reports that there are over 2,200 blue whales between Mexico and Alaska. Hunters killed all of them close to in that area. Whaling became in 1971. Numbers of the world's largest started increasing. It has taken 40 years for the blue whale to recover. Lead Dr Cole Monnahan was very happy at this good . He said: "For us, this is a great conservation success ."

Dr Monnahan said the of blue whales might not rise above 2,200. He said: "Some people thought that number should be going up, but if there were about 2,200 whales to begin with, then that is what the can support." He warned that the still needs and only survived because people took action to stop and start monitoring. He said without this, the whales could be . He added that the in numbers shows, "the of blue whale populations to rebuild under management and measures".

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