Joseph K. Gaydos , Sofie Thixton, and Jamie Donatuto have recently published Evaluating Threats in Multinational Marine Ecosystems: A Coast Salish First Nations and Tribal Perspective Published: December 21, 2015 ( Sea Doc Society) Abstract: Despite the merit of managing natural resources on the scale of ecosystems, evaluating threats and managing risk in ecosystems that
From the: THE LOG FRIENDS OF ECOLOGICAL RESERVES NEWSLETTER SPRING/SUMMER, 2015 By Garry Fletcher, Race Rocks ER Warden and FER Board Member Certainly it was great news to read in the April 1, 2015 edition of the Times Colonist of the birth of another orca to the Southern Resident killer whale population. (TC April 1,
In our recent Final submission of written evidence to the National Energy Board re Kinder Morgans TMX pipeline proposal, our Chapter 3 dealt with the severe threat to Cetaceans from the cumulative increase of vessel traffic from the project. Since writing that report, more references on this subject have come to light from another Intervenor
Lester Pearson College has employed the Ecoguardians at Race Rocks Ecological Reserve since 1997. One of the benefits of this is in having observers on site 24 hours on this archipelago in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A great amount of citizen science is achieved as the Ecoguardians record in their logs the events
Context: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (Trans Mountain) is proposing an expansion of its current 1,150 km pipeline system between Strathcona County, AB and Burnaby, BC (the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, hereafter ‘the Project’). On December 16, 2013, Trans Mountain filed a Facilities Application for the Project with the National Energy Board (NEB), pursuant to the
Executive Summary See the full PDF report: DFO_Resident_Killer_Whale_Action_Plan_- This action plan addresses recovery measures for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whale populations in Canadian Pacific waters. Through a series of technical workshops, consultations and meetings, recovery measures were developed to address the broad goals and objectives identified in the Recovery Strategy for Northern and
This segment was recorded by Nola Kundu just after the first pass of the A-24s under our kayak, near Hanson Island, Johnston Strait, B.C., in 2010. This is a ‘superpod’ gathering of the A-5s and the A-4s (A-24 matriline), including the relocated orphan orca whale ‘Springer’ – excellent footage of a large contingent of orca
Pam Stacey and Robin Baird did this research off Trial Island, Oak Bay and Chain Islands and ten Mile Point See the PDF: Stacey and Baird Whale_sea reactions
Robin Baird and Pam Stacey prepared this report and a summary and synthesis of data collected on all aspects of Transient Killer whale behaviour, pod dynamics , and ecology in southern B.C. See the complete PDF ( 41 pages)foraging_behaviour_of_transient_killer_whales
A report by David Bain, University of California, Santa Cruz ” Connor and Norris( 1932) suggested that the odontocete cetaceans may have evolved reciprocal altruism. If this is correct, then odontocete schools could be used to examine levels of selection. For example , altruism could be analyzed to determine whether it is best explained by