How can we maintain the balance?
At this point, the only viable option is to protect this species until their numbers increase significantly. The balance between people and the North Pacific Right Whale was so uneven during the previous two centuries that the only hope to prevent this species from being extinct is to find ways to protect them from current threats, which include vessel strikes and entanglement. The human benefits from the killing of these whales are not significant enough to allow the entire species to go instinct. The priority must be finding ways support the reproduction and growth of the North Pacific Right Whale population.