Salish Sea Marine Sanctuary & Coastal Trail

08/14/2024

If you're 'into Orcas' here's your chance to learn from an all-star circle of experts ... many thnx to The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor Salish Sea for creating this space for everyone to share their knowledge and wisdoms about Orca ecotypes and populations worldwide ...

Global Orca Workshop Tuesday, August 27th 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Pacific Time) And Wednesday, August 28th 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Pacific Time)Come join The Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop virtually through Zoom! This workshop’s theme will be: Understanding orca eco-types around the world; Who are ...

06/27/2024

High Seas = 64% of All Oceans & Seas Worldwide

They are essentially unregulated free-for-all zones
which have resulted in far less-for-all
classic cases of 'Tragedy of the Commons'

Time for a New Paradigm
the Way It Was for the 1st 99% of human history
perhaps we will Wake Up! some time soon
and collectively remap, rename and reclaim
the so-called High Seas
and transform them into
Bioregional Oceanic Protectorates
teeming...once again...and forever forward...with Life

What if we could save the fishing industry and protect the ocean at the same time? Marine ecologist Enric Sala shares his bold plan to safeguard the high seas -- some of the last wild places on earth, which fall outside the jurisdiction of any single country -- by creating a giant marine reserve tha...

06/27/2024

what once was, can be again
and it is up to All of Us to choose, together
no or yes
greed or respect
Fear or Love

Enric Sala shares glorious images -- and surprising insights and data -- from some of the most pristine areas of the ocean. He shows how we can restore more of our oceans to this healthy, balanced state, and the powerful ecological and economic benefits of doing so.

03/31/2024

10/23/2023

Time for a New Paradigm ...

OUR VISION
Restore Natural Animal Populations throughout Our Bioregion to More than 50% of Historic L

08/06/2023

Pirate fishing, oil spills and other undetected crimes are destroying ocean ecosystems -- but we can't stop what we can't see. Harnessing the power of satellite data and AI to catch maritime offenders in the act, ocean conservation expert and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Tony Long introduces the f...

03/30/2023

THE RETURN OF TOKITAE
from Miami Seaquarium to her home in the Salish Sea

2023 is the year it finally happens!

Hands raised way up...great work everyone!

03/03/2023

TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT ONLY (3/3 & 3/4):
Great choir and concert in Bellingham at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship re: Tokitae aka Lo**ta…the last Southern Resident Orca surviving in captivity - at Miami Seaquarium - the ownership of which formally agreed last month (with Lummi Nation and The Whale Sanctuary Project) to work together to retire and return Tokitae to the Salish Sea to live out her remaining years in a seaside sanctuary seapen - where she will once again be able to experience and enjoy at least some of the sights and sounds of Salish Sea - and which will be about 100x larger than the swimming pool she has been living and performing in for the past several decades.

Next Friday or Saturday to support Tokitae(Lo**ta) and hear great music.

02/09/2023

The Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is marine protected area will be 133,000 square kilometres, covering underwater mountain ranges and alien ecosystems

12/20/2022

Coming soon to a Bioregional Whale Sanctuary near you!
THE RETURN OF TOKITAE...

The health and future of the beloved captive orca at the Miami Seaquarium was the focus of discussion during a meeting Tuesday at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami.

11/07/2022

05/25/2022

Yesterday was a very special day! J-Pod popped up in the Canadian Gulf Islands in the morning, making only their second appearance in the month of May over the last five years.

Often when they head north into the Strait of Georgia, we won't see them back down by the San Juan Islands until at least the next day, but they made a very quick circuit of it, returning to Haro Strait by late afternoon. This gave the opportunity for a lot of very excited whale watchers to see them go south, then back north again at sunset on the west side of San Juan Island.

While they were very spread out heading south, they grouped up going north, making it an especially impressive sight to see all 25 whales together. I also got my first look at the newest member of J-Pod, J59, seen here surfacing next to mom J37 Hy'shqa off Lime Kiln last night. 🥰

12/14/2020

Conservationists say the endangered southern resident killer whales will be further affected if the navy is allowed to fire torpedoes, deploy sonar and detonate bombs at sea.

11/19/2020

Unlabeled GMO'd CAFO'd Pharmed Frankenfish Salmon on its way onto your family's plates and into your mouths, without your knowledge or consent (no labeling as genetically modified required!).

Super nasty! Watchagoingtodoaboutit? Anything?

GMO = Genetically Modified Organisms
CAFO = Confined Animal Feeding Operations

Canadian-produced genetically modified salmon will be ready for harvest in early January 2021 and will be sold unlabelled to Canadians.