Southern Resident (inshore fish-eating) Killer Whales/Orca Recovery strategy for Northern and Southern residents  Current population numbers ID catalogue for Southern Residents from the Centre for Whale Research Article about new calves (up to January 2010). Articles about the reduction in population number (Oct 2008). Realize that, with there being less Chinook salmon, the animals lose fat which releases persistent toxins like PCBs into their bodies as these are stored in fat. http://www.cbs8.com/features/earth8/story.php?id=144563# . This link also has a video report. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/384854_orcas25.html?source=mypi http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f3e0b0e8-3336-4bcb-af10-d919a75aa00c Summary table for BC’s Killer Whale Populations.  Put together by Jackie Hildering. BC Cetacean Sightings Network species information SARA species profile. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page of possible further reports on the species. Threats - from Ecojustice. Resident killer whale survival depends on Chinook salmon (Dr. John Ford & Graeme Ellis research) - see coverage on Discovery News (Sept 2009) Potential impacts of sound - National Geographic News (Sept 2009) Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in Southern Residents (Nov 2008). Could be true for more killer whale populations and cetaceans in general. COSEWIC assessment Center For Whale Research’s ID catalogue for the Southern Residents. Orcas on the Edge - article by National Wildlife Federation www.killerwhale.org - Vancouver Aquariums Wild Killer Whale Adoption Programme – good natural history information   http://www.vanaqua.org/conservationinaction/killerwhales/country.htm - Vancouver Aquarium page on the importance of identifying killer whales as individuals.  Includes video. National Geographic movie (53 minutes) on killer whales - residents and transients. Addresses the threats of reduced food supply and bioaccumulation. How our attitudes to killer whales have changed over time (from the Vancouver Aquarium).  Chapters from Daniel Francis and Gil Hewlitt’s book “Operation Orca” that highlight human history with killer whales. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species/species_killerWhale_NE_Pac_south_e.asp  - DFO pages on threats and natural history.  Good summary.  http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/Killer-Whales/Conservation-Planning/upload/SRKW-propConsPlan.pdf Proposed American conservation plan for the Southern Residents  Voices of the Sea very cool  website where you can hear the sounds of cetaceans, see the spectrogram of their sounds, see video clips and learn cool facts from experts! If you click on the orca and then "conservation" and "sound of the orca", Dr. John Ford will tell you about residents and transients and the studies of resident (salmon-eating) killer whales from our area (Northern Vancouver Island).  The back issues of the Wild Killer Whale Adoption Programmes publication "The Blackfish Sounder" are now available on-line! Great source for the latest killer whale research!  Current issue. http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/whalesdpbook/default_e.htm -Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of British Columbia, Canada http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Whales-Dolphins-Porpoise/Killer-Whales/ESA-Status/Orca-Recovery-Plan.cfm - The American Draft Recovery Plan for the Southern Resident Killer Whale population.  Detailed threats.  http://www.marinemammal.org/steller_sea_lion/killerwhale/fastfacts.php  - North Pacific University's Marine Mammal Research Consortium's excellent fast facts; also click "research" and "killer whales" for very current research issues http://www.dosits.org/gallery/intro.htm -  click your species name to hear its sounds! and http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them. BC’s Cetacean Sighting’s Network information - Click on "BC's Cetaceans" and then the image of the animal. www.wildwhales.org   http://www.vanaqua.org/aquanews/archive.html - enter the species name in the search field to get any AquaNews bulletins posted by the Vancouver Marine Sciences Centre http://www.orcalab.org/about-orcas/index.htm - Orca Lab’s natural history of killer whales ttp://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~ford/ - orca vocals; Dr. John Ford's webpage http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/ - "Frontline's" discussion of orca in captivity.  History of orca in captivity.  Video footage of Japanese slaughter of bottlenose dolphins and orca.  http://www.geocities.com/theorcaocean/OrcasInCaptivity.html - orca in captivity Not a Canadian page
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0105/orcas.html Not a Canadian page http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/elsberry/marspec/mm_info.html - ecolocation/biosonar http://www.stubbs-island.com/english/orca/index.html - Stubbs Island Whale Watching’s killer whale information   www.racerocks.com/racerock/marmam/mammals.htm and http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archivemammals.htm
- involvement of Lester B. Pearson School in a fantastic marine mammal project.  Search the site at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/web/sitemap.htm http://www.saveorcawhales.org - information source for the decline of the Southern Residents www.whalemuseum.com  
http://www.orcanetwork.org/ - southern resident resource
www.whaleresearch.com  - J, K, L pod (Southern residents) information
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