article_snippet.sent: However, some experts have warned it is too soon to declare the conservation project a success, and that more information is needed to make such a decision.
article_snippet.sent: But since then numbers have risen dramatically, and Noaa says the entire species is no longer endangered and needs to be reclassified.
article_snippet.sent: However, experts have warned that the reclassification is premature, and risks seeing numbers worldwide dropping to endangered levels again.
article_snippet.sent: And Regina Asmutis-Silvia, executive director and senior biologist for Whale and Dolphin Conservation North America, said the reclassification was coming too soon.