Pacific White Sided Dolphins Make an Appearance

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14:35 • 1 Bigg`s Orca heading North off Pocahontas Bay on Texada Island in Malaspina Strait. ?T087? ▫ From Power or Sail Boat

09:00 • 5 NRKW Orca heading South off Dinner Rock in Malaspina Strait. ?A42s? The bull orca was travelling in front of the other 4 orcas. The four were also travelling but they were also circling and jumping. They were quite close to shore – maybe about 100′ out, right at the edge where the water is deep. ▫ Observed from Shore

11:47 • 3 Orca travelling, heading South already past Myrtle Rocks, Powell River in Malaspina Strait. They were moving quickly – with a purpose. ▫ Observed from Shore

15:23 • 2-5 Humpback Whales travelling, heading North near Prince Rupert in the vicinity of Ridley Island in Hecate Strait. From the BC Ferry, Inside Passage route. Possible sighting of two groups of humpback whales. Two whales closer to the ferry, with another group of 2-3 whales further out. ▫ From Ferry

The tiny new orca, estimated to be just a few days old, was first seen on Monday in Puget Sound with members of J pod and is the ninth live birth in the population since December 2014. The apparently healthy calf was seen close to two female whales, J14 and J37, so its mother has yet to be identified.

The waters of Vancouver Island are full of marine life, and these days, the sea is swimming with whales.

Pacific gray whales are making another big showing off the Los Angeles coastline this year.
This is the 33rd year the research count has taken place off Point Vicente from dawn to dusk throughout the gray-whale season, from December through May. "We are well above average, but still below our record year last year," Schulman-Janiger said. "Last week, we had three days in a row sighting 37 or 38 gray whales, and those were rainy or windy days with low visibility."

The Pacific gray whale population, which lives most of the year in Alaska, migrates in the winter to Mexican lagoons to mate and give birth in warm water. Schulman-Janiger said their migrations have been occurring earlier in the season in recent years. That could be due to warmer seas causing Alaskan ice sheets to melt quicker, making it easier for the whales to reach the small crustaceans they eat on the sea floor.

Turtle Island’s latest report, California Driftnet Fishery: The True Costs of a 20th Century Fishery in the 21st Century Overview, by Doug Karpa, Peter Fugazzotto and Todd Steiner, makes a compelling case for phasing out this deadly swordfish fishery that kills large numbers of whales, dolphins, sharks and non-target fish. The report exposes the facts about this fishery.

It’s not uncommon to see whales in Notre Dame Bay, but Byron Sheppard was surprised to see the animals when he looked out his window in January.

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Sheppard has been living near Lewisporte Harbour in Notre Dame Bay for 30 years, but he said he has never seen them in the winter.

“We’ve been seeing whales now here since Jan. 3,” he said.

Marine biologists have crowdsourced a facial-recognition algorithm to help them identify the animals on the spot.

New research reveals an unprecedented view into the social lives of these ocean mammals, who can use “vocal clans’ to distinguish themselves

Spain’s Environment Ministry plans to create a whale highway to protect whales, dolphins, tunas, sharks, sea turtles and so many other species that require help along its Mediterranean coast.

The second tranche of protected areas covering 4,155 square miles, and bringing the total so far to 50 marine conservation zones, was welcomed by conservationists as a step to creating a “blue belt” in the UK’s seas, providing protection from harmful activities such as over-fishing.

A pollutant is present at “dangerously high levels” in Europe’s killer whales and dolphins, scientists say.

PCBs were once used in electrical gear, paints and flame retardants, but were banned from the 1970s because of their toxic effect in humans and animals.

However the manmade chemicals have persisted in the environment, and are accumulating in top predators.

The study finds Europe’s cetaceans have levels of PCBs that are among the highest found in on the oceans.

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