Marine Mammals
Table 2
Population estimates of marine mammals off the California coast or specific locations. Estimates that include Mexican stocks are indicated by an asterisk (*).
| COMMON NAME | U.S. Stock | California | Specific |
| California sea lion | 161,066-181,355 4 | 7,000-Año Nuevo | |
| Steller sea lion | 1,764 11 | ||
| northern fur seal | 25,000-30,000 5 | ||
| northern elephant seal | 73,500 4* | 4,900 -Año Nuevo Island 12 | |
| Pacific harbor seal | 34,554 4* | 2,300-Pfeiffer Pt. to Año Nuevo 9 | |
| blue whale | 2,134 4* | ||
| fin whale | 49-935 9,3 | ||
| minke whale | 73-526 9,3 | ||
| humpback whale | 597 4* | ||
| gray whale | 21,600 6 | ||
| northern right whale | 16 9 | ||
| sperm whale | 756-892 3,9 | ||
| beaked whales | 392-3,500 9,3 | ||
| killer whale | 307 3 | ||
| Pacific white-sided dolphin | 121,693 9 | ||
| Risso's dolphin | 32,376 9 | ||
| northern right whale dolphin | 21,332 9 | ||
| short-beaked common dolphin | 225,821 3 | ||
| long-beaked common dolphin | 9,472 3 | ||
| bottlenose dolphin | 2,382 8 | 245 8 | 40-45 7 |
| Dall's porpoise | 78,422 3 | ||
| harbor porpoise | 13,370 2 | ||
| sea otter | 2,377 1 |
2. Barlow and Forney 1994
3. Barlow 1995
4. Barlow et al. 1995
5. Bonnell et al. 1981
6. Buckland et al. 1993
7. Feinholz unpub.data
8. Forney 1994
9. Forney et al. 1995
10. Hanan et al 1992
11. Loughlin et al. 1992
12. Barlow et al. 1993