Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Be Whale Wise

Canadian Marine Mammal Regulations

  1. Cetaceans = 100m (if not a killer whale)
  2. Killer Whale = 1000m*
  3. St. Lawerence River = 200m
  4. Beluga (Churchill Estuary) = 50m**
  5. Walrus = in water 100m, on ice 200m, on shore 300m
  6. Pinnipeds = suggested 100m
    •  *Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) = 1000m
      •  Killer Whales (if ecotype unknown) = 1000m 
      •  Northern Resident Killer Whales (NRKW) = 200m
      •  Bigg's / Transients = 200m
      •  Offshores = 200m
    •  ** Belugas in St. Lawerence Estuary & Saguenay River = 400m 

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