Using DTAGs to study acoustics and behavior of Southern Resident killer whales
Cascadia Research is collaborating with researchers from the NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) on a study using digital acoustic recording tags (DTAGs) to examine sound exposure, sound use and behavior. Several risk factors were identified as part of the ESA listing process for Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs), and were included in the [...]
A New Calf for the Endangered Southern Resident Orcas
From The Seattle P-I Congratulations, L-pod! The addition of a new member to this struggling population of critically endangered whales is great news!! Read the entire article by clicking here.
New rules to protect Puget Sound orcas take effect Monday
by KING 5 News and Associated Press Posted on May 15, 2011 at 2:35 PM SEATTLE – .New rules issued by the federal government to protect the endangered killer whales go into effect Monday. Among them is a requirement that all recreational vessels, including whale watching boats and kayaks, stay twice as far away as [...]
Transient killer whales hunt in silent ‘stealth mode’
By Victoria Gill Science and nature reporter, BBC News The scientists wanted to know how orcas, commonly known as killer whales, communicate when hunting mammals, which can hear their distinctive calls. The researchers thought the predators might switch to very high frequency whistles to co-ordinate the hunt. But the orcas actually go completely silent [...]
Killer whales arrive along coast
The killer whales are here again – marauding around the central coast in search of baby gray whales. It’s a little known aspect of whale watching on Oregon’s coast, but this time of year is also orca season, usually in the Depoe Bay and Newport areas, but often seen from Cascade Head all the way [...]
NOAA issues new rules to safeguard Puget Sound’s Killer Whales
Endangered whales to be given wider berth. NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued new rules today on vessel traffic, aimed at protecting Southern Resident killer whales in Washington’s Puget Sound. These charismatic marine mammals, popular with tourists, whale-watch operators and the general public, were added to the Endangered Species list in late 2005. The Southern Resident population [...]
Whale Watch Companies Ticketed
Q13 Fox Seattle OLYMPIA— In less than a month, Department of Fish and Wildlife Officers will be back on the water enforcing the laws that protect Puget Sound Orcas. “There’s an incentive to get close to those whales and give your client that photo of a lifetime,” said the department’s Deputy Chief, Mike Cenci. “There’s [...]
Iconic J1 is presumed missing
The oldest Southern Resident male is missing
In the battle to save whales and salmon, fishing gets caught in the middle
By Craig Welch/Seattle Times Scientists with nets normally used to clean swimming pools tracked killer whales through Puget Sound last week, scooping up their oily poop. The surprise February visit to Washington from members of J pod came just days after state and tribal leaders learned they may again have to cut back salmon fishing [...]
Orcas hunting in San Francisco Bay identified as pod from Puget Sound
A group of roughly 14 orca whales has been spotted in San Francisco Bay waters at various times starting last week. The pod of orca whales scouring the San Francisco coastal waters for prey has been identified. The group of roughly 14 whales — that has been spotted at various times starting last week — [...]
