Popular stars of the museum are the beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the Sea of Okhotsk, off the Siberian coast of Russia. Like the whale shark, they are listed in CITES Appendix II. Currently there are about 100,000 belugas in the wild and Russia sets a yearly quota for the legal export of the whales, but the breeding environment requirements and criteria are very strict.
珊瑚館裡當紅的動物明星，就是從莫斯科鄂霍次克海遠道而來的「白鯨」，和鯨鯊同樣列為應保育物種，目前野外數量約數萬頭，俄羅斯每年有固定配額可以合法輸出，但對飼養環境與條件要求甚嚴。