Three whales were reportedly struck by vessels in northern B.C. waters last month, raising concerns over the risk shipping poses.
Researchers with the Canadian Pacific Humpback Collaboration say 396 humpback whales were photographed in the Salish Sea in 2022. Sierra Hamilton/Eagle Wing Tours
No other details about the incidents were available from DFO before Canada’s National Observer’s publication deadline. A timely sharing of information on vessel strikes among industry, DFO, Transport Canada, research groups and Indigenous guardians can go a long way to devising strategies to better protect whales and boaters alike, she said.“But it’s not acceptable to just accept whale deaths as collateral damage.
“Those are all parts of the equation, with the whole idea being to reduce the risk of vessel strikes to whales, especially in some areas along the coast where we know we have high populations,” she said. The ship strike danger for humpbacks and other whales in B.C.’s northern waters and the Kitimat Fiord is already significant and is going to get worse as the LNG Canada shipping terminal comes online in 2025, said Hussein Alidina, marine conservation lead for WWF-Canada.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.
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