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Help Through The Law: Legal Efforts Underway To Better Protect Gray Whales & Other Whales
Sadly, 2026 has seen a record number of whale strandings along the West Coast of the USA, mostly gray whales. With 2026 being on track to be one of the deadliest years on record for West Coast whales, you might be wondering what can be done to ...
Something Fishy Is Going On! What Local Chinook Salmon Diet Is Revealing About Forage Fish Populations
Forage fish (small schooling fish) are very important to the Salish Sea Ecosystem. Because they are so important, there is high interest in knowing, and monitoring, the health of these populations. However, studying their populations, and...
Listen Up! How Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology Is Being Used To Help Detect SRKWs
Since the population of Southern Resident killer whales is endangered, monitoring & tracking (non-invasively) their presence in, and around, the Salish Sea is important to help scientists and agencies measure threats like declining Chinook ...
Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Marine Giants That Roamed The Salish Sea!
"Here there be monsters" isn't a phrase typically applied to the Salish Sea. Did you know, though, that millions of years ago an eight foot long salmon with 2 inch long spiked teeth jutting out of it once called these waters home? It is called ...
Growl, Grunt, And Hum: The Chorus Of Fish Songs In The Salish Sea
Did you know fish can make noise? There are actually a surprisingly large number of Salish Sea fish species that vocalize! On this episode, University of Victoria graduate student, Mackenzie Woods, joins us to talk to us about fish noises, in g...
