Guide government action for Southern Resident killer whale recovery before Feb 19
The federal government is accepting your input through a survey, for this year’s recovery and threat reduction measures for Southern Resident killer whales.
Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans
Can drones disturb the animals that we strive to understand?
Recovery efforts for endangered killer whales
Raincoast continues to work toward an ocean that provides healthy, abundant salmon and is quiet enough for hunting and feeding.
Whale conservation and recovery: our plans for 2023
Our research helps us better understand their susceptibility to anthropogenic threats and the impact of those threats, and develop practical and effective measures to reduce them.
The ocean we share
Our new Cetacean Conservation Research Program was launched at the beginning of 2022 and we couldn’t be more excited about it.
Help us design, build, and deploy our new mobile lab
We’ve been working behind the scenes to design, build, and deploy a mobile, community-oriented lab in support of healthy waters in BC.
Vote to help Raincoast win a Land Rover to launch our mobile lab, Tracker
Raincoast has been selected as a finalist to win a Land Rover Defender 130.
A bond through salmon, language, and grandmothers
Spirits of the Coast brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers, poets, artists and storytellers, united by their enchantment with the orca.
Dr. Valeria Vergara is teaching a course on whale and dolphin culture
Senior Scientist and Co-Director of our Cetacean Conservation Research Program, Dr. Valeria Vergara, is teaching the course, which is part of the SFU’s Continuing Studies Program.
Today kicks off the Year of the Salish Sea
he Year of the Salish Sea initiative will highlight stewards, artists, storytellers, and both in-person and virtual events happening from June 2022-2023 in the Salish Sea ecosystem region.
Salmon and orcas don’t know borders – and neither should our conservation efforts
We urge you to consider supporting efforts to span the international border to recover our beloved salmon and Southern Resident killer whales.
You cannot ‘offset’ extinction
Globally, only 15.5% of the world’s coastal regions remain ecologically intact. In British Columbia, the Fraser River Estuary has already lost 85% of its floodplain habitat and over 100 species that live there are at risk of extinction. Now, they face another threat.