10,000 to >1,000,000 individuals

Comments: Total population for the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy was estimated at 37,500 in 1991, 67,500 in 1992, and 74,000 in 1995 (NMFS 1999). In the 1980s, population from California to Washington was estimated at about 50,000 (Barlow 1987, cited by IUCN 1991). See IUCN (1991) for population estimates for other parts of the range.