Assistance in collecting whale sightings is essential in increasing our understanding of everything from survival, age of calving, site fidelity, feeding strategies, areas of whale density, range, entanglement rates, etc. To relay Humpback and Minke Whale photos:
Photo credit is given in our database, in catalogue credits and if any photos are used in our social media. We identify individual Minke Whales by their flanks / dorsal fins. For Humpbacks, we use both dorsal fins and the underside of their tail. |
Sample page from Marine Education and Research Society catalogue: Humpbacks of Northeastern Vancouver Island by Jackie Hildering and Christie McMillan | Sample page from Marine Education and Research Society catalogue: Minke Whales of the straits off northeastern Vancouver Island by Jared Towers |
- To download the BC Cetacean Sightings WhaleReport app https://wildwhales.org/sightings.
- For information on how the WhaleReport app interfaces with WhaleReport Alert System, see https://wildwhales.org/wras