Conservation
The bowhead is listed in Appendix I by CITES (that is, "threatened with extinction"). It is listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as "endangered" under the auspices of the United States' Endangered Species Act. The IUCN Red List data are as follows:
- Svalbard population – Critically endangered
- Sea of Okhotsk subpopulation – Endangered
- Baffin Bay-Davis Strait stock – Endangered
- Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin stock – Vulnerable
- Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort stock – Lower risk – conservation dependent
The bowhead whale is listed on Appendix I of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), as this species has been categorized as being in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant proportion of their range and CMS Parties strive towards strictly protecting these animals, conserving or restoring the places where they live, mitigating obstacles to migration and controlling other factors that might endanger them.
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