Pacific marine mammals and sharks

Marine mammals

Laws, regulations and guidelines to follow when viewing marine mammals

Whales, dolphins and other cetaceans

• Killer whales in Canadian Pacific waters
  • Management measures to protect Southern Resident killer whales
• Cetacean species and conservation
• Keeping whales free from fishing gear
• Depredation by whales
• Canadian Pacific humpback whale catalogue
• Application instructions for the authorization of marine mammal disturbance

Seals, sea lions and other pinnipeds

• Please keep your distance from moulting elephant seals
• Seals and seal pups: please keep your distance
• Sea otter research program

Sharks

• Canadian Pacific shark species identification chart
• Canadian Pacific Shark Research Lab: Elasmobranch research program
• Codes of conduct: Shark encounters
• Code of conduct: Basking Shark encounters
• Have you seen this basking shark
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  • Brochure