Movements and Diving Behavior of the Eastern North Pacific Offshore Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Schorr, Gregory S., Hanson, M. Bradley, Falcone, Erin A., Emmons, Candice K., Jarvis, Susan M., Andrews, Russel D., Keen, Eric M.
• Other Authors: U.S. Navy, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.854893; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.854893/full

The Pacific Offshore killer whale population is currently listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List and Threatened in Canada. The population is estimated at 300 individuals with a range extending from Southern California to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Only 157 encounters with this ecotype ha...