[ad_1] In this archival photo of August 7, 2018, the Southern Resident J50 killer whale and his mother, J16, are swimming off the west coast of Vancouver Island, near Port Renfrew, BC …
Read More »NOAA plans to take more drastic measures to help J50 – and they want your opinion
[ad_1] The agency organizes some public meetings to hear your impressions about the J50 recovery By Zosha Millman, SeattlePI updated 11:33 AM PDT, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Given the continuing wasting of …
Read More »NOAA can capture J50 if left by J Pod; public meeting Sept. 15 at Friday Harbor
[ad_1] The state of J50 in recent weeks has highlighted the urgency of recovering the population of southern resident killer whales. NOAA Fisheries and its partners have studied and taken steps to …
Read More »Proposed emergency response for a sick orca J50; audience invited to comment
[ad_1] The public is invited to discuss the emergency response for sick orca J50 during two meetings this weekend. The health of the young whale is deteriorating, despite drastic attempts to improve …
Read More »NOAA will hold public meetings on J50 Orca as its condition remains serious
[ad_1] J50 follows his mother, J16, August 18, 2018. (Photo by Katy Foster / NOAA Fisheries, licensed 18786) FRIDAY PORT, Wash. – NOAA is about to hold two public meetings to hear …
Read More »Lectures on the sick whale, J50 and Orca photogrammetry at the whale museum | Update
[ad_1] Submitted by The Whale Museum Discover two orc conferences at the Whale Museum. On September 18, Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist at the Northwestern Ocean Fisheries and Atmospheric Organization's Center for …
Read More »Orca J50 in trouble does not improve, say NOAA scientists
[ad_1] Scientists tracking a troubled Puget Sound Orca J50 say its condition does not seem to improve. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) response teams caught up with the J Pod …
Read More »Orca J50 critically ill at risk to parasitic worms: NOAA
[ad_1] Scientists say that an emaciated and endangered killer whale swimming in the waters of the west coast has parasitic worms. Michael Milstein of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in …
Read More »A stool sample shows that the mother of J50 has parasites
[ad_1] The results come from stool and breath samples collected by the NOAA team of researchers last month. The researchers had hoped that the fecal sample came from J50, the three-year-old emaciated …
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