Humpback Whales Breaching All Over the Place

Although Transient Biggs are being seen up and down the regions, the Humpback Whales are being noted for breaching as they return in numbers to our central and upper Georgia Strait. Neither of these two species want to mix it up as for the Orca, it means serious damage from an adult Humpback. The Humpbacks would rather be in the next channel over than to face the confrontation. There are many interesting observations of the inter speecies relationships we catalogue.

Although there are many of the smaller pecies in our waters, many forget that we monitor them also as part of the overall picture we present. Our information is used by many for research, conservation efforts and monitring of the health and welfare of our ecosystems.

We keep reminding people to report and not to expect that “someone else must have reported”. Every sighting report is incredibly valuable. One person may see only one animal, where another sees five. This is huge for determinations, even if they aren’t obvious at the time of reporting, as to who these animals might be.

On publishing the last report, we received word of one Transient Bigg’s, T077A, that very morning, who had been in the upper Georgia Strait, who managed to become entangled in some prawn gear off Saturna Island. He was the lucky one and was disentangled. I cannot stress enough how your trap gear can become a death trap for animals. We struggle to educate fishers as well as the general public about the threats we humans create in our environment.

Please keep your eyes open and report your sightings to us. Our reports are being used by all those from policy makers, researchers, to those who are simply interested in the wellbeing of our waters and the species within.