Sentences with phrase «resident killer whale»

If the Kinder Morgan pipeline were to go ahead without addressing impacts to marine species, including increased tanker noise, the Southern Resident killer whale's population's survival and recovery would be jeopardized and their critical habitat would be threatened.

A Northern Resident Killer Whale slowly makes its way through the waters off Northern Vancouver Island in British...

During the late 1970s a local logging company was looking to develop this critical habitat into a dry land sort which would bare great impact on this Northern Resident Killer Whale habitat.

But this scenario can't explain why short - finned pilot whales and resident killer whales are also menopausal, as neither gender leaves the family group to join a mate.

Genetic tests also indicated a lack of breeding between the two killer whale types highlighting the distinctness of the sympatric Bigg's and resident killer whales on a local scale.

As a result, understanding changes in population size for social species — several of which, such as African wild dogs and southern resident killer whales, are endangered — requires understanding of what goes on within groups and how individuals fare when they strike out on their own.

Persistent organic pollutants in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): implications for resident killer whales of British Columbia and adjacent waters.

Three genetically different killer whale ecotypes can be seen in the Monterey Bay: the mammal - eating transient killer whales, the fish and shark - eating offshore killer whales, and the salmon - eating Southern Resident killer whales.

Media release: Conservation groups are putting the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans on notice as the groups race to secure protection for endangered Southern Resident killer whales...

Over 250 Northern Resident Killer Whales visit Johnstone Strait each summer, viewing them from a kayak is truly extraordinary!

Over 200 Northern Resident Killer Whales call this area home for the summer.

It stars our resident killer whales and our Expedition Director, Martine Springer.

The nutrient rich waters in which we operate are near core habitat for Humpback Whales, Northern Resident Killer Whales / Orca, Steller Sea Lions, Dall's Porpoise and more.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada have listed the northern resident killer whales, transient killer whales and humpback whales as threatened.

The local resident Killer Whales are familiar with the boats and often let the boats come very close.

With SKA, you can not only witness Northern Resident killer whales, you can witness them up close and personal — from the seat of your kayak or meters away from one of the world's most famous rubbing beaches.

These pose grave dangers to our resident killer whales and many other creatures, especially those at the top of the food web, including us humans that are the root cause all this trouble.

Chinook - aholics Northern Resident killer whales, like their southern counterparts, have unique diets compared to other orcas.

The two orca whale species in Washington are currently known as «Resident Killer Whales» and «Transient Killer Whales» until better names are decided on.

The birth brings to 88 the population of southern resident killer whales that we enjoy seeing on our kayak tours in the San Juan Islands.

Johnstone Srait is off Northern Vancouver Island in BC, this area is home of the northern resident killer whales whcih are usual seen on whale watching tours during the summer month July - September.

Two resident Killer Whales (orca whales) surfing at high speed in a boats wake in the Pacific Ocean off british...

These 76 orcas — also known as the southern resident killer whales — are Canada's most endangered marine mammal.

Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society argued that the NEB and Cabinet failed to comply with the statutory requirements of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) with respect to the significant adverse effects of the Project on southern resident killer whales and their critical habitat.

A win in this case would see the NEB required to consider and assess Kinder Morgan's project impacts on marine species and require the regulatory body to mitigate or avoid harm to the Southern Resident killer whales» survival.

Kinder Morgan's proposal to twin its existing Trans Mountain Pipeline would increase the amount of oil transported from Edmonton to Burnaby's Westbridge Terminal from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000 barrels per day, and increase tanker traffic through part of the Southern Resident killer whales» critical habitat in the Salish Sea by nearly seven times, from 60 tankers per year to over 420.

Not exact matches

During his time in Albany, he was involved in an alleged altercation at a diner, claimed a Salvadoran gang left a dead goat on his doorstep, and introduced a bill memo on killer whales that was plagiarized from a 17 - year - old Chicago resident.

Killer whales, for example, fall into two distinct groups, residents and transients.

Researchers now classify those killer whales into three groups: «resident» orcas that feed exclusively on fish, «transient» orcas that usually eat marine mammals, and «offshore» orcas that are so mysterious no one knows what they eat.

Currently, fish - eating «resident» killer whales in the far North Pacific are considered a single stock that ranges from southeast Alaska through the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea.

The results, reported in the 14 November issue of Nature, could also help explain why transient killer whales vocalize so much less than residents do, Deecke says.

The Juan de Fuca and Haro Straits are home to three resident Orca (killer whale) pods, referred to as J, K, and L pods.

Even though the resident orcas rarely ever harass the porpoise, the little ones probably feel safer when the killer whales aren't around as frequently.

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.

These are known to be the summer feeding grounds of the Northern Resident Orcas, or killer whales and surround the protected Robson Bight Ecological Reserve.

In addition to over 200 Northern Resident Orca who return every summer, to gorge on salmon and rub themselves on the beaches of the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve, we are visited year round by pods of Transient Killer Whales, while Humpback Whales forage our narrow straits.

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.

The Pacific Ocean between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia is home to a sizeable number of resident Orca (Killer Whales).

Most residents of the San Juan Islands and Washington state still don't realize that our local killer whales are listed as endangered along with all five species of salmon.

The three pods of «resident» orca whale families (the species of killer whale in the Pacific Northwest that specializes in eating almost exclusively salmon) roamed their greater home territory over the winter and at one point were seen as far south as Monterey Bay and as far north as the tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

The latest confirmed birth, recorded on February 21 in L - pod, brings the «southern resident» killer whale community population up to 89 whales.

The first park in the United States dedicated to whale - watching was created here, primarily for viewing the most dramatic residents of the archipelago, the orca (killer) whales.

Humpback whales are commonly seen in the Johnstone, and northern resident orcas (killer whales) are generally in the area from mid-July into September.

The northern resident pods of orca (killer whales) currently number over 220 individually identified whales in 17 separate pods.

NEW THREATS TO GRAY WHALES AS TRANSIENTS BECOME» RESIDENTS» Check out this awesome article from Kiro 7 News regarding our Transient Killer Whale population!

A particular group of killer whales in Washington's Puget Sound, called the Southern Residents, seem to be getting hit particularly hard with the strain of raising their voices.