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REGIONAL & WEST COAST

The revival of marine mammals off the B.C. coast has been one of the most positive environmental stories in years.

There have been spottings of Pacific white-sided dolphins, sea otters, and humpback whales in places where they had never been seen for decades.

While the “sixth extinction” is taking place in the Anthropocene Epoch and warrants much attention, there is good news taking place in some temperate regions.

In 2010, the Raincoast Conservation Society released a report chronicling more than 120 species of marine birds along the coast, including giant albatrosses.

And earlier this month, Sauder School of Business professor James Tansey filmed orcas in Vancouver’s harbour. You can see them in the video below.

I am opposed to the proposed "whale protection zone" on the west side of San Juan Island, due to its discrimination against commercial whale-watchers, the people who work tirelessly to educate and do everything in our power to protect our southern resident killer whales ("Push on for orca-protection zone in Haro Strait habitat," Feb. 5).

Over the past 30 years, the commercial whale-watching industry has taken out five million people on all kinds of vessels to watch seals, sea lions, porpoises, dolphins, minke, humpback and grey whales, transient orca, birds, even wolves and deer, and of course, the focus of this petition, the southern resident killer whales.

Unfortunately, the organizer of this …

For the first time since commercial whalers of past centuries were killing them – legally or illegally – there is now comprehensive accounting of whale abundance in the Gulf of Alaska.

New data about abundance and distribution shows that the Gulf of Alaska is important habitat for whales and porpoises, including some species that are extremely rare and others that are now thriving, more than three decades after international commercial whaling ended.

The results, in a study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published in the journal Marine Biology, is the product of extensive surveys ….

INTERNATIONAL

Orca families are again hunting in our Southern Ocean and wildlife tourism operator Naturaliste Charters are running daily charters to capture the raw energy and excitement of this unique natural phenomenon.
Every year between January and April, the remote habitat of Bremer Canyon located 30 miles off the coast of Bremer Bay puts on a marine spectacular unlike anywhere else on earth.
For those unsure of the significance of the area, go no further than the 2015 documentary Super Predator….

There are 24 killer whales living in captivity in aquariums across North America, and approximately 30 more worldwide. For tourists and wide-eyed children, these captive whales are a wonder they may otherwise never see. But for a growing contingent of the public, concern for the whales’ well-being means that even one in captivity is too many. In response to this backlash and changing sense of morality, many aquariums are slowly phasing out their captive breeding programs and live shows, and are redesigning their whale enclosures. But environmental groups say it’s not enough.

Yet releasing the whales into the ocean is not an option. Some whales were captured from the wild, but many were born in tanks and have never seen the waves beyond the walls. The Whale Sanctuary Project believes it has a better solution

In movies and TV shows, dolphins are often portrayed as heroes who save humans through remarkable feats of strength and tenacity. Now dolphins could save the day for humans in real life, too — with the help of emerging technology that can measure thousands of proteins and an improved database full of genetic data.

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