Research

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Looking for predators that ate salmon, an Indigenous biologist suggested looking at heron. Discarded tags proved Pacific great blue herons could be scooping up as many as 3-6% of all juvenile salmon.

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Orca Quest 2020: In Search of Killer Whales

In August 2020, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) researchers set sail to determine whether there are enough chinook salmon to support southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea.

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Bowhead whale photo 4

Photo credit: Thomas Seitz, LGL Limited (William Koski), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Steve Ferguson), WWF-Canada (Brandon Laforest), University of British Columbia (Sarah Fortune), Pangnirtung HTO and Ricky and Peter Kilabuk.

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