3 humpbacks in 10 days struck by ships off B.C. coast ‘devastating,’ conservationist says
Conservationists and a First Nation are expressing worry after three humpback whales were struck by ships in northern B.C. waters in a 10-day span last month.
Conservationists and a First Nation are expressing worry after three humpback whales were struck by ships in northern B.C. waters in a 10-day span last month.
By Rochelle Baker Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Three whales were reportedly struck by vessels in northern B.C. waters over a 10-day period last month, raising West Coast humpback researchers’ concerns over the risk shipping poses to the marine mammals. The first report involved a BC Ferries vessel, the Northern Expedition, colliding with a whale in … Read more