Sounders Gray Whale Update and Recent Survey in North Puget Sound
Hannah Clayton and John Calambokidis from Cascadia completed a survey on Sunday 6 March 2022 out of Everett and
Gray whale stranding season has begun
Gray whale stranding season has begun a bit early this year, with 5 dead gray whales in Washington waters so
Gray whale necropsy March 9, 2021 And Early Arrival of Sounders
Biologists, veterinarians and volunteers from Cascadia Research, Department of Fish and Wildlife and World Vets conducted a necropsy of a
Gray whales learn daring feeding strategy in Puget Sound
Photo: Ian Flynn-Thomas, Cascadia Research The Seattle Times featured a front page story on Cascadia’s project on the Sounder gray whales
Dead humpback whale in Strait de Juan de Fuca examined
Photo above is humback whale CRC-17497 floating near Seiku, Wa. Oct 3, 2020. Underwater footage was captured by Cascadia team
New whale detection program for ship strike mitigation
On 17 September 2020 a whale detection system for blue whales in the Santa Barbara Channel was launched as part
Humpback whale that washed up near Ocean Shores was killed by an apparent ship strike
An examination of a recently stranded humpback whale on the Washington outer coast revealed severe trauma consistent with ship strike.
Successful disentanglement of a gray whale on 24 April 2020
An adult gray whale entangled in Dungeness crab line and gear was successfully freed off Port Angeles on Friday, 24
“Sounder” gray whales continue to feed on ghost shrimp and improve body condition
Cascadia has continued documenting the presence and behavior of the group of about a dozen “Sounder” gray whales that feed
Update on gray whale strandings in Washington – 15 April 2020
After a record number of gray whale mortalities in WA in 2019 during the ongoing Unusual Mortality Event (UME), Cascadia