The herring are spawning in a spot where a spawn has never spawned before.
Drone footage of a herring spawn off the coast of Port McNeill, B.C., on northern Vancouver Island.Just off the coast of northern Vancouver Island, the ocean waters have turned a vibrant shade of turquoise as herring spawn in an area where they've never been recorded before.
"We can hear the barking of California sea lions, that growling of steller sea lions. There is a cacophony coming from the birds, from gulls to diving birds to the eagles that are swooping down," she toldSea lions and gulls feast on herring during a spawn off the coast of Port McNeill, B.C. "It doesn't mean that there has never been a spawn there before," she said, adding that DFO's records date back to 1950.
The conservancy says they are critical to the diet of chinook salmon, which are an important food source for southern resident killer whales.Typically, herring spawn between Parksville and Comox off Vancouver Island's east coast, and around Hornby and Denman islands, the conservancy says.
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