See SARA status reports - enter species name in search field. Right / Blue / Sei and other species less common to BC Waters Draft Partial Action Plan for Blue, Fin, Sei and North Pacific Right Whales in Pacific Canadian Waters + additional Species at Risk documents on these endangered species http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/consultation/sara-lep/lgwhale-gdbaleine/docs/action-eng.pdf American Cetacean Society information (see link on left) http://acsonline.org/education/fact-sheets/ Items on the extremely rare sighting of North Pacific Right was in June of 2013: Account by James Pilkington who first sighted the whale Video: Rare, majestic whale spotted off B.C. coast for first time in 62 years Rare whale sighting of British Columbian coast Blue whale Species At Risk Act (SARA) information (Endangered population) Good blue whale natural history in this article; part of the remarkable story of the blue whale skeleton now in UBC's Beaty Museum. Study providing insight into why large whales may not be able to evade vessel strike. Direct link to the study http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v27/n3/p219-232/ Article on this study http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/whales-ships-collisions-050415.html Baby blue whale video-graphed by National Geographic. Information about the “Blue Whale Project” the articulation of a blue whale skeleton from Prince Edward Island to ultimately hang in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia. See information from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. Voices of the Sea - website where you can hear the sounds of blue whales, sei whales, right whales and bowhead whales, see the spectrogram of their sounds, see video clips and learn cool facts from scientists! Click on the humpback whale and then click on the whale species at the bottom of the page.  Sei whale SARA information (Endangered population) North Pacific right whale SARA information (Endangered population) North Pacific right whale - draft recovery strategy (Jan 2010) Pacific Wildlife Foundation species information for all cetaceans in BC Steller sea cow (Extinct) From Sirenian International - http://www.sirenian.org/stellers.html BBC - http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150613-the-giant-cow-that-swam-the-ocean Article - “How Hunting Sea Otters Killed the Sea Cow - Maybe” - http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/how-hunting-sea-otters-killed-the-sea-cow Sea otters, kelp forests, and the extinction of Steller’s sea cow - http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/10/23/1502552112 http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default_e.cfmhttp://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/consultation/sara-lep/lgwhale-gdbaleine/docs/action-eng.pdfhttp://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/consultation/sara-lep/lgwhale-gdbaleine/docs/action-eng.pdfhttp://acsonline.org/education/fact-sheets/http://acsonline.org/education/fact-sheets/http://www.aquablog.ca/2013/07/the-right-place-right-time-right-whale-update-1/http://www.theprovince.com/news/Video+Rare+majestic+whale+spotted+coast+first+time+years/8550472/story.html#ixzz2WjfABwzzhttp://www.marketwire.com/press-release/rare-whale-sighted-off-british-columbia-coast-1803885.htmhttp://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=718http://www.vancouverobserver.com/city/2011/05/18/one-year-anniversary-blue-whale-specimen-beaty-bidioversity-museum-ubchttp://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v27/n3/p219-232/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/whales-ships-collisions-050415.htmlhttp://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/may/whales-ships-collisions-050415.htmlhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090304-newborn-baby-blue-whale-missions.htmlhttp://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/projblue02.htmlhttp://www2.wdcs.org/species/search.phphttp://cetus.ucsd.edu:80/voicesinthesea_org/Flash/http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=755http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=781http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/consultation/sara-lep/rightw-bnoire/docs/recov-retab-2009-eng.pdfhttp://www.pwlf.org/marinemammals.htmhttp://www.sirenian.org/stellers.htmlhttp://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150613-the-giant-cow-that-swam-the-oceanhttp://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/how-hunting-sea-otters-killed-the-sea-cowhttp://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/how-hunting-sea-otters-killed-the-sea-cowhttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/10/23/1502552112http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/10/23/1502552112Additonal_marine_mammals_files/HB%20Catalogue%20latest.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19shapeimage_2_link_20shapeimage_2_link_21shapeimage_2_link_22shapeimage_2_link_23shapeimage_2_link_24shapeimage_2_link_25shapeimage_2_link_26