EncDate:22/05/24 

EncSeq:2

Enc#:43

ObservBegin:01:37 PM

ObservEnd:02:56 PM

Vessel:KCB III

Other Vessel:

Staff:Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss

Pods:Bigg's killer whales

IDsEncountered:T100, T100C, and T100F

LocationDescr:Haro Strait

Start Latitude:48 26.71

Start Longitude:123 10.77

End Latitude:48 34.30

End Longitude:123 11.63

 

EncSummary:

While we were with the T73As (encounter 42-1), another group of Bigg’s was found heading east off Oak Bay. This was the T100s and they were near Beaumont Shoal by the time we arrived on scene and began our encounter at 1337. T100, T100C, and T100F were in a tight group heading northeast towards San Juan Island. T100E had been reported to have had a calf and was not present. We made one photo-ID pass on the T100s and then launched the drone. The rest of the encounter was a drone encounter. The T100s headed northeast until they were about a kilometer off LandBank before they turned northwest up Haro Strait. The T100s traveled up Haro in a parallel formation that didn’t deviate much. We left them still traveling up Haro Strait off Mitchell Bay at 1456.

Photos taken under Federal Permits

NMFS PERMIT: 27038/DFO SARA 388