Giant whale of the North Pacific could be doomed

From The Australian:  Giant whale of the North Pacific could be doomed

THE population of one of nature's gentlest giants, the North Pacific right whale, has fallen so low that scientists have warned that the species is likely to be the first of the great whales to be wiped out by humans.

Population surveys show the North Pacific right whale, which once numbered many tens of thousands, has declined to just a few hundred.