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BC whale tours out of Victoria BC picked up four transients at Race Rocks Pacific Ecological Reserve at 4:30PM today. No IDs.
Josh McInnes

1:15 pm - T37's. North of Point No Point WA. Mid channell. Trending west. 4 with a calf!
James Gresham

11:35 - Cruising from Everett to Seattle & just spotted what appears to be an adult & 2 juveniles orcas east of mid-channel between Edmonds & Kingston. Great start for our sailboats maiden voyage! Heading north.
Lisa Ann Huston

Washington State Ferries relayed a report from the ferry Yakima in the San Juan Islands, of two juvenile orcas off Frost Island (NW Lopez Is.) at 5 pm.

The T49As were spotted again late this afternoon.
James Mead Maya

Way off in the distance I thought I saw a porpoise so I headed the Peregrine that direction. No Dalls! Just four Orcas, the T49As, just south of Lime Kiln headed north.
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I thought I saw a porpoise so I headed that direction. No Dalls! Just four Orcas, the T49As, just south of Lime Kiln headed north. Photo by Capt. Jim Maya, March 13, 2014.

Just received a report from Kelly Clement from the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Public Education Program Centre. She spoke to a local prawn fisherman that was checking his traps around 12:00 noon, and spotted two transients in the mouth of Bamfield Inlet (Trevor Channel). One of the whales was quite small, possibly a calf or juvenile, and a female mother. Unfortunately there were no photographs of the animals and no one from BMSC saw them.
Posted by Josh McInnes

I got a call at 11:20PM this morning that four transients were spotted 1-2 miles off Sooke BC traveling West. The group was said to be comprised of two adult females and two juveniles. I left from Pedder Bay and searched West to Sheringham Point with no luck.
Josh McInnes

ABOUT ORCA NETWORK  
Orca Network is a 501 c3 nonprofit organization, dedicated to raising awareness about the whales of the Pacific Northwest, and the importance of providing them healthy and safe habitats.
Orca Network's Whale Sighting Network involves citizens in helping researchers track the movement of whales, and encourages people to observe whales from their homes, businesses, ferries, and beaches.
Whale reports are sent in to our Sighting Network and emailed out to researchers, agencies, and citizens on our network, and posted on our website (MAP of sightings also on website). Whale reports and observations are sent in by a variety of sources, and Orca Network does not guarantee the accuracy of any report or whale identification.

 

TO REPORT WHALES, CALL: 1-866-ORCANET (1-866-672-2638), email info@orcanetwork.org, or post sightings on our Orca Network Facebook page.

 

*BE WHALE WISE! BOATERS - NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS IN EFFECT AS OF MAY 16, 2011:

 "The new rules prohibit vessels from approaching any killer whale closer than 200 yards and forbid vessels from intercepting a whale or positioning the vessel in its path. This doubles the current approach distance of 100 yards. The rules go into effect May 16 and apply to all types of boats, including motor boats, sail boats and kayaks, in Washington"

 

For more information on the new Federal Regulations, visit the NOAA Fisheries website. 

 

 
To report harassment of whales in US waters, call NOAA Enforcement: 1-800-853-1964;

In Canadian waters, call DFO's Observe Record and Report (ORR) Violations Hotline: 1-800- 465-4336

Report the boat name &/or a description of the boat, & get photos if at all possible.