Media Category: Orcas/Whales
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Photogrammetry image of an adult female Southern Resident (J16) as she’s about to surface with her youngest calf alongside. Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Vancouver Aquarium. Continue reading
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Read more »SRKW Sightings in the Salish Sea 2017
Figure 4: Data collected from sightings reports from Centre for Whale Research, the Sightings Network and Victoria whale watching reports. A majority of the sightings reports only documented partial pod presence. Created by Rachael Merrett, GSA. Continue reading
Read more »J-pod Sightings in June
Figure 3: Graph sourced from the Center for Whale Research. The graph depicts the number of times J-pod was seen in their core summer habitat in the month of June from 2004 to 2016. Continue reading
Read more »Fraser River Albion Test Fishery 1988-2016
Figure 1: Graph sourced from the Center for Whale Research. The graph demonstrates the cumulative catch per unit effort (CPUE) of Fraser River chinook salmon as of July 1 for each of the years beginning in 1988, with the dashed line representing an adjustment for the late start in the fishery opening using 2012 as the reference year for a late start. Continue reading
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