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Preparing for the Next Response — SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research improving the health of marine wildlife. By KC Scofield , Response Program Coordinator

This spring, staff from @thewhalemuseum.bsky.social, Cascadia Research Collective, and SR3 gathered in Olympia to practice whale disentanglement skills. Learn about the training and what it takes to become a responder at www.sealifer3.org/news/preparing-for-the-next-response

26.07.2025 21:58 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Whale Freed from Life-Threatening Entanglement in the Salish Sea - https://cascadiaresearch.org Salish Sea, [July 16, 2025] – On Wednesday, a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear was successfully freed by a team of authorized responders from The Whale Museum and Cascadia Research Collective. The groups are part of the Pacific Northwest Entanglement Response Network. The Network includes several organizations that pool their resources (staff, boats, tools,

♥️ Heartfelt gratitude to responders & everyone involved in freeing this humpback. Freeing entangled whales is arduous, dangerous & grueling work which takes skill & precision. Appreciations to PWWA members for their role in saving this beautiful whale’s life.

cascadiaresearch.org/whale-freed-...

22.07.2025 15:01 — 👍 27    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that!

My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social

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30.04.2025 18:12 — 👍 789    🔁 370    💬 15    📌 18

Trump’s NOAA firings leave Northwest workers in ‘purgatory’ Fisheries scientists who were fired by the Trump administration say they've been living in limbo as their work is sidelined.

NOAA keeps fisheries healthy + abundant to sustain fishing that fuels coastal economies. As climate impacts push fisheries to their brink, NOAA cuts are threatening our ability to rebound fish populations in the PNW and across the country.
Read more in the Seattle Times:
tinyurl.com/7w9k9ree

16.04.2025 17:58 — 👍 2    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Sweeping cuts and deregulation imperil U.S. fisheries, experts warn This is Part 1 of a two-part series on fisheries management and ocean governance under the second Trump administration, which took office Jan. 20. Part 1 looks at the potential impacts that cuts and…

The United States has long had one of the best systems of fisheries management in the world.

But the Trump administration is enacting sharp cuts to the budget, staff & facilities the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), & on April 17 ordered widespread deregulation of fisheries.

23.04.2025 00:53 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

Team Frees California Humpback Whale Entangled Off Monterey for 6 Months Whale watching boats helped team find entangled humpback.

Check, a humpback whale, is now free thanks to the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Network. Big thanks to the whale watching community for finding & reporting the whale last fall & this spring! Follow link to learn about Cascadia's efforts

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

21.04.2025 04:20 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Graphical abstract of the methods and main results of the publication. It includes a photograph of a group of several humpback whales competing to be closest to the female of the group.

New paper on "Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales." 🐋🧬
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@emma-carroll.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social 1/8

08.01.2025 23:53 — 👍 57    🔁 25    💬 5    📌 5

NINE fish biologist jobs at NOAA, could be your Christmas present! Applications due 23 December 2024, ZP3-ZP4 salary $72,553 - $181,216 per year
www.usajobs.gov/job/823751900

13.12.2024 19:05 — 👍 22    🔁 29    💬 0    📌 0

Hot off the press: van Aswegen et al. (not on bluesky): Energetic cost of gestation and prenatal growth in humpback whales. Journal of Physiology @jphysiol.bsky.social physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
#MarineMammals

12.12.2024 06:37 — 👍 22    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0

Vancouver Island diver's camera captures a whale of an underwater tale After Peter Mieras accidentally dropped a video camera off the end of his dock in Barkley Sound, he was shocked to see what it recorded

Vancouver Island diver's camera captures a #whale of an underwater tale www.nelsonstar.com/video/vancou... via @NelsonStarNews

04.12.2024 17:48 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2

World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74 Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.

Good ocean news 🌊 Wisdom the Laysan albatross (the oldest known bird) laid another egg 🥚
It's been 4 years since her previous partner, Akeakamai, disappeared. Now she has a new mate and they've just become parents. We'll know early 2025 if their egg safely hatches
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www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...

04.12.2024 12:22 — 👍 176    🔁 52    💬 6    📌 5

GitHub - rejectedbanana/BoB: SwiftUI application for environmental monitoring SwiftUI application for environmental monitoring. Contribute to rejectedbanana/BoB development by creating an account on GitHub.

Just released! Our prototype app that turns your smartwatch into a smartsensor for marine science.

If you love a little DIY, fork our open source code and test our app on your Apple Watch. github.com/rejectedbana...

Not that into DIY? Beta begins testing soon....
@vgwschutte.bsky.social

26.11.2024 17:46 — 👍 23    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 4

Orcas are now hunting whale sharks – and they're doing it in an astonishing way A series of new photos and videos captured in the Gulf of California show exactly how the killer whales are hunting the world's largest fish.

Sea pandas strike again!

“We show how #orcas displayed a collaborative hunting technique on #whalesharks characterised by focusing on attacking the pelvic area causing the whale shark to bleed out & allow orcas access to the lipid-rich liver.”

#marinelife
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

29.11.2024 20:06 — 👍 72    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 1

High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca

What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊
New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever!
@exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

27.11.2024 09:58 — 👍 209    🔁 70    💬 2    📌 7