SPRINGTIDE’S 5% FOR THE FISH – SALMON ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
5% FOR THE FISH NO FISH, NO BLACKFISH WHALES NEED FISH…WE HELP Chinook Salmon Initiative in Sooke Scientific studies conclude that the single bigge...
SVIAC PRESS RELEASE – SOOKE CHINOOK SALMON
The “Feeding Our Endangered Orcas” Initiative – Media Event Notice Victoria, BC – You are cordially invited to witness first hand, film and ask us ...
A BIRD-BRAINED BLOG
Spring in Victoria Means the Return of Birds and Bird-Watchers! If you think birds are cool, then Victoria in the spring is the place for you. If y...
BANNING THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS, VICTORIA BC
March 23 2017 – Captain and SpringTide Crew member Mark Williams joined Mark Brennae on CFAX 1070 yesterday afternoon to talk about the negative ef...
Humpbacks are on the Comeback…
…but the Old Neighbourhood has Changed Among the whale watching community in British Columbia, the summer of 2016 has become known as the ‘Humpback...
In Memoriam – RIP Tilikum
In the late 1970’s, as legislation was introduced in BC and Washington to prohibit Orca capture in the Pacific Northwest, companies turned their at...
Tragedy – Southern Resident Matriarch J2 Missing and Presumed Dead
PRESS RELEASE – A Tragedy with a Silver Lining? And what we can do! J-2 or ‘Granny’ is well known around the world as the 100+ year old matriarch o...
Remembering J34, DoubleStuf
RIP J34 ‘DoubleStuf’, 1998-2016 Last week, I was sitting in a meeting with a fellow whale researcher when he received some bad news: a dead Killer ...
Mysterious White Whales of the World
Never has there been a more famous whale, real or imagined, than Moby Dick, the white sperm whale of literature who tormented an old sea captain. C...
Monthly Encounters Report – November 2016
Monthly Encounters November 2016 – Whales sighted on every tour! The start of November brought some beautiful weather to Victoria and hopes were hi...