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Oceans Update header for March 2025 with Killer whale in the ocean. Photo taken by Neil Saxcik.
March 18, 2025
killer whalte blowing. Photo taken by Melanie Schuening
March 18, 2025

Government failure to recommend emergency order to protect endangered orcas prompts legal challenge from conservation groups

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

VANCOUVER/UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH), AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES – Conservation groups filed a legal challenge over the failure of the federal Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans and Environment and Climate Change to make a timely recommendation to Cabinet for an emergency order — an action they’re legally required to take under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) after determining that Southern Resident killer whales face imminent threats to their survival and recovery.    

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