West Coast Gray Whale Population Increases
Summary
<div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">West Coast Gray Whale Population Increases</div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><figure> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-media-image c-field--type-image c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <img alt="Two gray whales." height="717" src="https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2022-08/GrayWhales.jpg?h=20141435&itok=CWVUYuTy" title="Two gray whales. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #19091).)" width="1275" /> </div></div></div> <figcaption> <div> <div class="caption-credit"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-file-caption-formatted c-field--type-text-long c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><p>Gray whales were nearly hunted to extinction by commercial whaling. Protections under the MMPA, ESA, and the end of commercial whaling have allowed the species to recover. <span class="credit">(Image credit: NOAA Fisheries (Permit #19091).)</span></p></div></div></div> </div> <div class="image-download"><a class="image-download-link" href="https://www.noaa.gov/media/image_download/25a9fbf2-6f01-4250-9e5e-b056ab35da95">Download Image</a></div> </div> </figcaption> </figure> </div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-publication-date c-field--type-datetime c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><time datetime="2026-07-17T12:00:00Z">July 17, 2026</time> </div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-sidebar-next-to-intro c-field--type-boolean c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">0</div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-updates c-field--type-entity-reference-revisions c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"></div></div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-suppress-hero-image c-field--type-boolean c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">Off</div></div></div>