Sentences with phrase «new orca whale»

In light of these scientific facts, we can only speculate as to why NMFS has decided to exempt commercial salmon fishing boats from the new orca whale watching regulations.

We haven't yet crunched the numbers, but it appears that new orca whale watching rules for the San Juan Islands of Washington have not had any impact on our killer whale watching kayak trips» success rate this year.

Not exact matches

According to a new theory of predation — published late last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)-- humans sharply reduced the orcas» main source of food in the 1950s with the postwar explosion of industrial whaling.

Climate change and the resulting loss of sea ice during the summer have opened new hunting territory for the killer whales in the eastern Canadian Arctic, but scientists knew very little about these animals until they tapped into the traditional knowledge of Inuit hunters who shared unique firsthand descriptions of orca hunting tactics.

SeaWorld has been given permission to build a large pool at its killer whale theme park in San Diego, California — but only if it stops breeding them and bringing in new orcas to its park.

New research has found that orcas or killer whales breath out good bacteria, pathogenic ones such as salmonella, and fungi when they exhale.

(Whale and Dolphin Conservation Press Release) In the aftermath of SeaWorld's announcement to end its captive breeding program for orcas Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) has a launched a new campaign calling on people not to swim with captive whales and dolphins.

Our last blog entry discussed the dangers from a new study that involves dart tagging the resident orca whales in Washington — the same friendly orcas we enjoy watching on our kayaking tours in the San Juan Islands.

Later that afternoon as we kayak toward a new campsite we watch a pod of killer whales (orcas) foraging for salmon.

Now we wait to see if NMFS can get their act together to save salmon and orca whales and prove that they create a new plan acceptable to the courts, concerned San Juan Island kayakers, and killer whale watchers in Washington state.

Look carefully at the photo and you will see new - born foetal folds and the distinctive orange color of a baby orca whale.

At long last we have published our new San Juan Islands kayaking tour route and orca whale watching maps.

While super quiet sea kayaks are now accused of being a threat to orca whales in the San Juan Islands by a misguided and misinformed National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the same agency remains silent about the US Navy plans to increase ocean warfare training and testing of new sonar devices in the killer whales» home waters.

The menace of an oil spill from new Texas - bound tankers has nature - loving British Columbians rising up in opposition to expanded ocean traffic along the coast, that, amongst other environmental threats, endangers the killer whale population, the iconic Orcas.