Pacific white-sided dolphins

Be Whale Wise

Canadian Marine Mammal Regulations: 

NEW DFO Proposed 1000m for SRKW (2026)

1. Cetaceans = 100m
2. Killer Whale = 200m*
3. St. Lawerence River = 200m
4. Endangered / Threatened = 400m
5. Beluga (Churchill Estuary) = 50m**
6. Walrus = in water 100m, on ice 200m, on shore 300m
7. Pinnipeds = 100m***

•  *Southern Resident Killer Whales (Threatened/Endangered Sp.)
  = 400m
•  Killer Whales (South of Ucluelet or South of Campbell River) = 400m
•  Northern Resident Killer Whales (N. Ucluelet - N. Campbell River) = 200m
•  Biggs / Transient (N. Ucluelet - N. Campbell River) = 200m
•  Offshores (N. Ucluelet - N. Campbell River) = 200m
•  Killer whales 400+m to 1km = 7knots 
•  Killer whales within 400m = STOP
•  Cetaceans (Churchill Estuary) = 50m
•  ** Belugas (St. Lawerence Estuary & Saguenay River) = 400m (threatened/endangered cetaceans)
•  ***Steller Sealion (SSL) = 500m hauled out (cultural guideline), 100m guideline for other pinnipeds (if the animal starts to stare, fidget or dive into the water, you are too close)

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