A recent surge of grey whale deaths off the B.C. coast has researchers concerned.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) responded to four dead whales off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 10 days.
DFO marine mammals co-ordinator Paul Cottrell said three necropsies were performed with the help of Huu-ay-aht, Kyuquot/Cheklesaht, and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations.
“Two are severely emaciated. They’re basically a bag of bones, really sad to see that kind of body condition,” Cottrell said.
John Calambokidis, a research biologist at Cascadia Research Collective, said 13 dead grey whales have been found dead this year off Washington state.
The Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences confirmed eight grey whale deaths in the San Francisco Bay Area so far this year.
Seems a lot of the baleen whales are having issues with lack of food sources (krill, ocean-bottom mollusks, etc).
I wish we would fucking stop all the dumb shit we’re doing already.
Best I can do is build another data center!
In the ocean