L-112′s family is ok! Via Orca Network
Word from the Center for Whale Research this afternoon is that the immediate family of L112 – the 3-year old female found dead at Long Beach, in SW Washington - was seen April 29 off Westport, WA, in a group with several other L pod and K pod orcas.Considering the apparent blast trauma that L112 suffered, the question [...]
Balcomb wants to know if young orca was bombed
Ken Balcomb, the dean of killer whale research in the Northwest, has looked at the evidence and believes he knows what killed L-112, a 3-year-old female orca found along the Washington Coast in February. Read more: http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2012/03/16/balcomb-wants-to-know-if-young-orca-was-bombed/#ixzz1pgGklf5Q
Death at sea: speculation swirls over sonar
By SCOTT RASMUSSEN Journal of the San Juans Editor MARCH 14, 2012 · UPDATED 3:55 PM With a body of evidence still under scrutiny, local biologists remain guarded about whether the recent death of a 3-year-old killer whale is the result of unnatural causes. But some local killer whale experts are drawing their own conclusions. “It didn’t die [...]
Satellite Tag Deployed on February 20th!
Southern Resident Killer Whale Satellite Tagging On December 8, 2011 NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Protected Resources Division issued a scientific research permit amendment to the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) to authorize satellite tagging of up to six Southern Resident killer whales. On February 20, 2012, the first satellite tag was deployed on an adult [...]
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 [...]
