Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Be Whale Wise

Rules:




Flow Chart:

KW (y/n)

North/South of Campbell River/Ucluelet (N/S)

(species)

(m)

Cetacean

n

-

-

100m


y

N


NRKW/Bigg’s/Offshore

200m


y

N


SRKW

400m


y

S

NRKW/Bigg’s/Offshore

400m


y

S

SRKW

400m


  • Cetaceans / Pinnipeds = 100m/y:
  1. Cetaceans = 100m
  2. St. Lawerence = 200m
  3. Endandred/Threatened = 400m
  4. Beluga (Churchill Estuary) = 50m**
  5. Walrus = water 100m, ice 200m, shore 300m
  6. Killer Whale = 200m*
    •  Southern Resident Killer Whales (Threatened/Endangered Sp.)
      = 400m/1000y 
    •  Killer whales - 400m/1000y = 7knots 
    •  400m/y = STOP
    •  *All Killer Whales (S. Ucluelet - S. Campbell River) = 400m/y 
    •  Northern Resident Killer Whales (N. Ucluelet - N. Campbell River) = 200m/y*
    •  Biggs / Transient (N. Ucluelet - N. Campbell River) = 200m/y*
    •  Offshores (N. Ucluelet - N. Campbell River) = 200m/y*
    •  Cetaceans (Churchill Estuary) = 50m
    •  ** Belugas (St. Lawerence Estuary & Saguenay River) = 400m (threatened/endangered cetaceans)
    •  Steller Sealion (SSL) = 500m hauled out