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.
Large whales and ships: Ship strike research and mitigation efforts
Ships and Large Whales: Below contains news reports, articles, journal publications on the ship strike issue. Recent News Articles Chris
Ship Strikes Killing Whales Despite Govt. Program to Slow Down Vessels
Photo: Kiirsten Flynn: Cascadia Research Collective NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit looked into whether or not the 5-year government initiative
UC Santa Cruz Magazine highlights Nature publication
An article in the UC Santa Cruz magazine highlights the recently published article in Nature of which one of the co-authors is
An underwater sound system in the Santa Barbara Channel was deployed in Aug 2019 in hopes to help mitigate ship strikes
Please read about this exciting project planned to launch in early 2020 in an article in the LA Times about
Presentation on return of humpbacks to the Salish Sea
July 16, 2019 Kiirsten Flynn research biologist with Cascadia Research will talk about the return of humpback whales to the
Humpback whale found dead near Ocean Shores on 19 May 2018 likely died as a result of entanglement
A dead humpback whale was first reported floating on 17 May 2018 off Ocean Shores (photographed by the US Coast
Updates from our 2018 West Coast humpback whale survey
July 3rd 2018 Today was the first day of our small boat effort covering the entire US West Coast from