Tag: humpback whale
JRP refuses to consider latest DFO findings on Humpback Whales
The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has refused to consider the latest findings from the Department of Fisheries and Ocean on humpback whale critical habitat on the coast of British Columbia, including areas of ocean that could be on the route of tankers carrying diluted bitumen from Kitimat. On October 21, 2013, Fisheries and Oceans […]
Whales are coming back to Douglas Channel. In 2013, many Kitimat residents with long experience on the water have reported and are still reporting more sightings of both orcas and humpback whales. Add to this a recently published scientific study that shows the number of humpbacks at the mouth of the channel near Gil […]
A Department of Fisheries and Oceans report filed Wednesday, June 6, 2012, with Joint Review Panel says the department has identified streams on the Northern Gateway Pipeline route that Enbridge identified as “low risk” but which DFO considers “high risk.” However, in the filing, DFO says it can't release a comprehensive list of the high […]