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Andrew Trites

Questions about whales, seals, sea lions, or other marine mammals? Dr. Andrew Trites is your ‘go-to’ guy.

Questions about whales, seals, sea lions, or other marine mammals? Dr. Andrew Trites is your ‘go-to’ guy.

Dr. Andrew Trites has won UBC’s President’s Award for Public Education through Media.

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, awards, blue whale, grey whales, Guadalupe fur seals, humpback whales, killer whales, manatees, marine mammals, MMRU, science communications, sea lions, seals, whales

Faculty members receive King Charles III Commemoration Medals

Faculty members receive King Charles III Commemoration Medals

Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Dr. Andrew Trites received King Charles III Commemoration Medals.

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, awards, FERU, honours, MMRU, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB

The long road to recovery: consequences of harassment of Guadalupe fur seals pups

The long road to recovery: consequences of harassment of Guadalupe fur seals pups

Breeding activity at the second breeding site in the San Benito archipelago inspired hope for the species’ recovery, but researchers were shocked by the disturbing behaviour they observed from immature males, which may jeopardize this progress.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, birth, Claudia Hernández-Camacho, Guadalupe fur seals, harassment, Mexico, MMRU, seals

Drawing maps of Greater Caribbean manatee habitats in South America; a huge step forward in conservation and rehabilitation

Drawing maps of Greater Caribbean manatee habitats in South America; a huge step forward in conservation and rehabilitation

The West Indian manatees that inhabit South America is classified as “Endangered” by the IUCN due to threats like habitat loss, boat collisions, and climate change. Their survival depends on active conservation efforts to protect their habitats and reduce human impacts.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Alliance for Manatees, Andrew Trites, Carol Meirelles, conservation, IOF Research Associates, manatees, MMRU, Research, South America, workshop

Killer whales breathe just once between dives, study confirms

Killer whales breathe just once between dives, study confirms

A new study has confirmed a long-held assumption: that orcas take just one breath between dives.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, IOF students, killer whales, MMRU, physiology, Research, whales

Entanglements of humpback whales in fish farms rare – and naivety could be to blame

Entanglements of humpback whales in fish farms rare – and naivety could be to blame

Researchers at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries conducted the first study of humpback whale entanglements in B.C. aquaculture facilities.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews | Tagged with Andrew Trites, cetaceans, entanglements, fish farms, humpback whales, MMRU, Pacific, whales

Shark-bitten orcas in the Northeastern Pacific could be a new population of killer whale

Shark-bitten orcas in the Northeastern Pacific could be a new population of killer whale

UBC researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea turtle, in the open ocean off California and Oregon could be a new population.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, IOF students, Josh McInnes, killer whales, Marine Mammal Research Unit, marine mammals, orca, Pacific Ocean, Research, whales

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Illustrated catalogue with local artwork showcases the Transient Killer Whales of Central and Northern California and Oregon – the ‘wolves of the sea’

Science is not just for scientists. Citizen science has been instrumental in helping us understand more about the elusive, but majestic, transient killer whales.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, citizen science, faculty, IOF students, Josh McInnes, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Pacific, Publications, Research, whales

Teenage orcas could be roughhousing with boats off the coast of Spain

Teenage orcas could be roughhousing with boats off the coast of Spain

Killer whales are in the news for sinking boats off the coast of Spain.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Europe, faculty, IOF students, killer whales, Marine Mammal Research Unit, orca, whales

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey whales face many threats ranging from entanglements and ship strikes, to loss of habitat and reduced prey availability. Researchers are collecting data this summer needed to quantify and mitigate these threats.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, whales

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