Sentences with phrase «orca population»

The waters around Telegraph Cove are known for its large Orca population.

Whale researchers are studying the diminishing Orca population in Free Willy 3: The Rescue.

Although two of the orca populations eat only fish, there was no genetic evidence that they have diverged from those that dine on seals, the team reports online this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

I don't doubt that local orca populations are stressed by noise and other human interference, especially with regards to salmon abundance.

Some opponents may also exaggerate the potential for a public health catastrophe resulting from a spill in Vancouver harbour, as well as the effect of increased tanker traffic on the health of struggling Salish Sea orca populations.

Not exact matches

In an op - ed piece in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Rose says overfishing and pollution are more important and more likely causes of population decline among seals and sea otters in the North Pacific than are orcas.

I think that research scientist James Estes's theory about transient orcas laying waste to certain marine mammal populations is a bit shaky [«Wild Ones,» April].

They point out that the orcas» hunting tactics for the two types of prey differ dramatically and are learned behaviors — cultural differences that may also help drive populations apart.

In fact, the researchers» subsequent analysis showed that these orcas belonged to the population of animals previously considered strictly fish - eaters.

(«Granny,» the oldest known orca in these populations, died recently at the grand old age of 105; she hadn't reproduced in some 40 years, but was still the leader of her pod.)

While the study was designed to look at stranding trends and did not evaluate the causes, necropsies on beached orcas have shown that they absorb extremely high loads of humanmade toxins, suffer from infectious diseases and, in the case of fish - eating populations, depend primarily on severely depleted salmon stocks.

Among the many other marine animals dwelling in American coasts whose populations have fallen and struggling to recover or persist are orca, beluga whales, manatees, otters, seals, and sea lions.

In January 2016, Dr Jepson and his colleagues published the study «PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters» in Scientific Reports.

The North Island Kayak Four Day Orcas and the Humpbacks Sea Kayaking Adventure concentrates on the areas known to be the primary summer range of Northern Resident Orca (killer whale) population and the summer feeding grounds of an ever increasing number of Humpback Whales.

This narrow, glacier - carved waterway is home to a population of about 200 orcas, the largest pod in the world.

During the months of July through September, the Johnstone Strait has the largest population of Orcas (Killer Whales) in North America.

The North Island Kayak Three Day Orca Sea Kayaking Safari concentrates on the areas known to be the primary summer range of Northern Resident Orca (killer whale) population.

British Columbia has the largest population of Orcas (Killer Whales) in the world so Canada whale watching tours in BC are a favourite for fans of the incredible Killer Whale.

Travel to the famed Khutzeymateen Provincial Park and view the resident grizzly and black bear populations in their natural environment or, depending on the season, take a whale - watching cruise and view orca whales, humpback whales, porpoises and seals.

Our theory is that our large population of orca whales keeps great white sharks at bay, hence the title of this blog article «Orca Whales Prevent Shark Attacks on Kayaks in the San Juan Islands&raqorca whales keeps great white sharks at bay, hence the title of this blog article «Orca Whales Prevent Shark Attacks on Kayaks in the San Juan Islands&raqOrca Whales Prevent Shark Attacks on Kayaks in the San Juan Islands».

Balcomb's Center for Whale Research just released their population summary for Washington's orca whales in 2010.

Compared with other bodies of water its size, the Sea of Cortez supports the largest and most varied population of whales in the world: humpback, Bryde's, minke, orca, and sperm whales also live there.

Johnstone Straight is like nowhere else on earth... Orca pods are much more intact here, and there are far fewer people and stresses on that population than elsewhere like the San Juan Islands.

* Over 50 different orcas of both the fish eating and mammal eating populations were seen in the area today!

Each creature's fleshy analogue has found itself and its comrades on some watch list for nigh extinction: the seas have run dangerously low of our gilled friends; nearly all the world's rhinos have been shot for trophies by some member of the Trump family or their kind; and orca and shark populations have declined precipitously.

More recent trips caught footage of a pod of orcas teaching its young how to hunt, which digitally raced around the world of marine mammal scientists, participated in a penguin census, and logged polar bear and whale identification photos for researchers who track global populations of these animals.

This would involve 974 annual transits of gigantic bulk coal - carrying ships through the biologically diverse transboundary waterways, home to endangered orca and salmon populations.

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.