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Southern resident orcas.
The waters of the Salish Sea, on the west coast of North America, are home to several ecologically different populations of orcas (Orcinus orca). Primarily found in these nearshore waters are three major ecotypes: northern residents, southern residents, and transients. A fourth population, the offshore orcas, occasionally venture into nearshore waters as well.[1] The different ecotypes are so named due to the fact that little direct interaction occurs between them; neither resident nor transient orcas have been observed to interbreed with one another, though occasional brief interactions do occur.
Widely studied since the 1960s, the orcas of the Salish Sea region have become icons of cetacean research and identification. According to John KB Ford, Graeme B Ellis, and Kenneth C Balcomb, the resident orcas represent "The most intensively studied population of marine mammals in the world."[2] The frequency of sightings of orcas in the Sound region, combined with their prominent place in the ecosystem and their charisma, have made them icons of the region, and their likeness features prominently in Native American culture in the Northwest. Additionally, they are one of the main interests of the many whale watching industries that have sprung up in the region.
^Ives, James. "Three Orca Cultures in the Salish Sea". Orca Conservancy. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
^Ford, John K.B. (2000). Killer Whales (Second ed.). Vancouver BC: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-0800-2.
waters of the SalishSea, on the west coast of North America, are home to several ecologically different populations of orcas (Orcinus orca). Primarily...
The SalishSea (/ˈseɪlɪʃ/ SAY-lish) is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of...
research and produce a wildlife web series called SalishSea Wild and a podcast called Pod of Orcas. Their work has also lead to community outreach including...
facilities in the United States such as SeaWorld have not collected wild orcas in over 35 years. 25 of the 33 orcas on display in the US, Argentina, Spain...
Dozens of orcas (killer whales) are held in captivity for breeding or performance purposes. The practice of capturing and displaying orcas in exhibitions...
the SalishSea, where scientists have been able to study them more readily than many other cetacean populations. There are no unidentified orcas in these...
to Orcinus orca. Wikispecies has information related to Orcinus orca. Orca-Live – Orcas in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia SalishSea Hydrophone Network –...
Puget Sound that was collected on Orcas Island, and old-timers report finding elk antlers on both Lopez and Orcas Islands. Before 1850, most of the freshwater...
Lolita as Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, or a female orca from an ancestral site in the Penn Cove area of the SalishSea bioregion. They viewed her as a member of...
The Shaw Centre for the SalishSea (formerly known as the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre) is a not-for-profit community aquarium and cultural learning centre...
relative) Shamu (SeaWorld show) SeaWorld Keiko, star of the Free Willy trilogy of films. Windsor Safari Park Captive orcas List of captive orcas List of individual...
The Gulf Islands is a group of islands in the SalishSea between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia. The name "Gulf Islands" comes...
was featured in chapter 6, Orcas Island's Irthlingz: Community Art as Activism in the 2016 book, A Song to Save the SalishSea: Musical Performance as Environmental...
orcas in the Mediterranean until the 1980s, when they went extinct, probably due to long-term PCB exposure. There are still annual sightings of orca vagrants...
estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins. A part of the SalishSea, Puget Sound has one major and two minor connections to the Strait of...
Resident orcas live in two major groups, one in the waters of the south island and one in the north, while a third group of transient orcas roam much...
Harbor orca capture operation was the first planned, deliberate trapping of a large group of orcas (killer whales). 15 southern resident orcas were trapped...
Lushootseed, formerly known as Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, or Skagit-Nisqually, is a Central Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family...
Lummi are a Central Coast Salish people. The Central Coast Salish are a group of culturally related peoples in the SalishSea, including the Squamish,...
ISBN 1-55017-199-2. Ford, Ellis & Balcomb 2000, pp. 16–17. Garrett, Howard. "Orcas of the SalishSea". Orca Network. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved...
as tourism and a local art scene. Located on the western edge of the SalishSea, Galiano is a long, narrow island, 27.5 km (17.1 mi) in length and 1.6 km...
northern bottlenose, orcas have been considered as rare visitors to the waters while actual frequency of occurrences within White Sea basin is not specified...
out-of-range species such as minke whales, bottlenose dolphins, beluga whales, orcas, and beaked whales visit the waters. In recent years, very small, but with...
are the most common marine mammals in the waters, while larger whales and orcas are rarer today. Historically, whales had been abundant in the Persian Gulf...
Its mission is "Protecting and restoring the San Juan Islands and the SalishSea for people and nature." Friends of the San Juans conducts programs in...
Other marine mammals include walrus, Steller sea lion, northern fur seal, orca and polar bear. The Bering Sea is very important to the seabirds of the world...
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