Where Do Bowheads Live?

Where They Live. Bowhead whales inhabit the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas, Hudson Bay and Foxe Basin, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, the Sea of Okhotsk, and in waters from eastern Greenland and Spitsbergen to eastern Siberia.

Does the bowhead whale still exist?

The bowhead whale's conservation status is listed as “least concern” overall, but some populations (such as near Greenland) are endangered. ... Today, native communities in both the U.S. and Russia hunt bowheads for subsistence purposes.

Are bowhead whales endangered in Alaska?

It was later protected by the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 then the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969. In 1973 it was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The bowhead whale is also listed as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.