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From the Field: Guardians of the Strait
 From
beautiful Johnstone Strait, off northeast Vancouver Island,
a small group of scientists and educators report on their efforts
to protect the northern resident killer whales. Together, they
oversee three educational programs to inform boaters, visitors
and the general public about how they can conserve killer whale
populations and habitat.
These
programmes are administered by Cetus Research & Conservation
Society and the Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Centre
Society.
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Cetus Research & Conservation Society |
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Cetus Research & Conservation Society operates two
marine education programs, Straitwatch
and the Warden
Programme, in Johnstone Strait. Both
programs inform boaters about local marine mammal species,
the problems they face, and the 'Be
Whale Wise' viewing guidelines.
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an exclusive update from the field:
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| Johnstone
Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Centre Society |
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Johnstone Strait
Killer Whale Interpretive Centre Society (JSKWICS)
is a non-profit society aimed at supporting research and
providing educational resources to further our knowledge
about killer whale behaviour and biology.
The
Johnstone Strait Marine Mammal Interpretive Centre, formerly
known as the Bones Project, was founded in 2002 to increase
public awareness about the biology of marine mammals and
human threats to their populations. Visitors
to the Centre can view and handle real whale bones as
interpreters work, and can even help to articulate complete
skeletons.
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