Whale Trail panel at Point Lobos SRA The Whale Trail is featured in the Washington Post Travel section today! Where the Whales Are: Discovering Marine Mammals from Shore Along the Pacific Coast Writer Erin Williams explored Whale ...
Last week, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) proposed its draft rules for commercial whale-watching viewing of the southern resident orcas (see announcement here). Two options (A and B) are proposed. Key features ...
For Immediate Release WHALE-WATCH COMPANIES ASKED TO STOP DISTURBING CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ORCAS Commercial and Recreational Boaters Asked To “Take The Pledge” to Protect Pregnant Orcas SEATTLE – September 1, 2020 – Today, ...
L41 (Mega) Near La Push, WAPhoto by C. Emmons, NOAA Fisheries Permit 16163 In January we learned that another southern resident orca was missing and presumed dead. This time it was L41, Mega, a 43-year-old male. The southern ...
The Whale Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Barbara, is proposing to build a net pen for orcas in Puget Sound. The facility would be used either as a “retirement” pen for captive orcas, or to support ...
K Family, by M Sears Earlier this week I testified at a Senate hearing in support of Senate Bill 5577, to reduce the harmful impacts of vessel noise and disturbance on the southern resident orcas. The bill and its companion bill in ...
Minke Whale, by John Calambokidis In December 2018, Japan announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission, and its plans to resume commercial whaling in its territorial waters and economic zones, as early as July ...
K pod in Puget Sound. Photo by Kersti Muul Governor Inslee’s Southern Resident Orca Task Force has received a draft report of potential recommendations for actions to recover southern resident orcas. The draft recommendations were ...
J pod in Haro Strait, 7/20/2018. Photo by Stephen Rink NOAA Plans Résponse to Save J50 (Seattle Times) Bills Allowing Sea Lions to be Killed Clears Key Hurdle Harbor Seals are Easy Scapegoats in Harbor Seal Decline (Vancouver Sun) ...
Springer and New calf, Photo by Lisa-Spaven ORPHAN ORCA SPRINGER GIVES BIRTH TO SECOND CALF BEFORE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF RESCUE CELEBRATION JULY 21–23 AT TELEGRAPH COVE, BC The heroic rescue in Puget Sound fifteen years ago of the ...