May 17, 2005 is General Voting Day for the 38th Provincial General Election

Marine Conservation Presentations: oil and MPAs

A young gray whale, 2 to 3 years old, was found beached in Boundary Bay today and later swam back to the ocean with the high-tide and help from volunteers. The whale had lesions and showed signs of starvation but blood work revealed no infections. Grays whales are migrating back north from the breeding lagoons of Baja, California.
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more on grays...

Luna with another killer whale!

Learn more about Canada's Seal Hunt

I attended the Marine Mammal Regulation conference in Vancouver on Monday. If you have any ideas or concerns for the government to consider before these regulations are enforced you have until the end of the month to make comments to:

MarineMammals@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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Aquagreen.org gets a face lift :)

questions of science

Navy sonar tests may be responsible for over 70 deep-water rough-toothed, Steno bredanensis, dolphins beaching themslves in the Florida Keys. More than 20 dolphins have died, some have been led back to the ocean, and the rest have been moved to care units.

A newly discovered restricted small population of pink dolphins needs your help.

A group of Northern Residents, from G clan, visited Nootka Sound yesterday. It is believed that Luna heard them, though he didn't join them. It is very unlikely that Luna would join a group of killer whales from a completely different community. The fact that residents visited Nootka Sound suggests a completely natural reunion is possible for Luna. Luna's presence in Nootka Sound suggests Southern Residents also visit Nootka Sound. If Luna hears them they may reunite on their own.

My one and only shot of Springer. She is an orphaned northern resident killer whale that was lost in Puget Sound and successfully relocated back with her pod. We hope to see the same for Luna one day.

The gallery has been updated.

Northern resident killer whale photos and slideshow composed with thier calls.

Photographic Catalogue of Humpback Whales in British Columbia

Recordings of British Columbia Northern Resident Killer Whales in the Robson Bight-Michael Bigg Ecological Reserve rubbing at the beaches and travelling west up Johnstone Strait.

I would like to pay my respects to Poco a creature that has touched the hearts of so many people worldwide. Similar behaviour of this beluga is reflected in other lone marine animals. I have worked with two members of this unique crowd. The first, West Coast Willy, a lone false killer whale that resides along the coast of British Columbia. This animal lost his family group in 1987 as they washed up on various beaches. The second, Luna (L98 / Tusxiit) the lone killer whale in Nootka Sound. During 2003 I was a steward for the whale in Gold River. These creatures bring our worlds closer together sparking a profound interest to understand the reasons for their predicaments. Poco's legacy can continue through environmental education and conservation efforts.

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Black bear photos and a show from Gold River taken during a May 2004 road trip.

Luna presentation will be shown at the Way Of Whales workshop.