Agencies document 1,066 protective interventions by whale-watching crews in 2022
Region’s humpbacks catalogued and studied by the Marine Education and Research Society
Research shows a downward trend in the number of females capable of breeding
Population has grown, but risk remains
Center for Whale Research founder and longtime leader Ken Balcomb died Dec. 15
‘The Salish Sea has become the whale equivalent of a busy school zone’
S-shaped curve in spine made tail almost immobile
DFO warns people to not ingest meat or let animals eat meat of dead marine animals
Shipping traffic set to increase in 2025
Observers suspect whale may have died from blunt force trauma after being hit by a boat
Complicated extended operation frees humpback in Georgia Strait
MERS said it currently does not know the whale’s cause of death
Decline of North Atlantic whale has slowed, but it continues
North America’s first coastal refuge is at least 5 years behind schedule
The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) marine mammal rescue team completed a…
Scientists waiting for autopsies to determine cause of death
Tofino’s Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society has been collecting whale data since 1991
Gentle giants returning to waters of northeastern Vancouver Island and not just passing through
Efforts underway to help protect endangered killer whales from increased traffic
Lost Beluga first seen in France’s river, far from its Arctic habitat, last week
