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Orca Quest 2020
In Search of Killer Whales
In August 2020, nine people set sail aboard the MV Gikumi to determine whether there are enough chinook salmon to support southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea. For 30 days, we used electronic fish finders, biologging tracking devices, and drones to document the abundance and distribution of salmon, as well as the feeding behaviours of two populations of resident killer whales—one that is declining (the southern residents) and one that is increasing (the northern residents). Read Full Article

Harbour seals respond differently to pulses of out-migrating coho and Chinook salmon smolts
Biologging data from foraging harbour seals shows less impact on outmigrating salmon than expected. A few seals in the study population targetted juvenile coho, and exerted less pressure on chinook—appearing instead to target other predators of juvenile chinook Predation by harbour seals is believed to significantly impact juvenile coho and Chinook salmon as they enter […]

SWIMMING WITH THE POD
Sneak peak into the lives of killer whales
UBC researchers captured some amazing underwater video this week from the back of a killer whale showing a pod of killer whales travelling and interacting together. Read Article
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