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Observations from Members
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Anchovies take over White Rock shores
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
28 Dec 2019
Facebook Watch
Pod of Orca whales migrate more than 3,000 miles from Iceland to Italy
Genoa, Liguria, Italy
19 Dec 2019
ABC News
19 - 28
Dec 2019 -
Flares used to scare away 63 polar bears besieging a remote Russian village
8 Dec 2019
Siberia Times
Dozens of polar bears stranded outside Russian Arctic village because of melting ice
6 Dec 2019
The Telegraph
6 - 8
Dec 2019 -
Utqiagvik celebrates first whale of season in November
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
19 Nov 2019
Arctic Sounder
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How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in the Pacific?
9 Nov 2019
New York Times
Utqiagvik whalers still hope to land a bowhead as season wanes
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
6 Nov 2019
Anchorage Daily News
6 - 9
Nov 2019 -
Dead Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Seldovia, Alaska, United States
21 Oct 2019
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Humpback whale spotted in River Thames found dead
Greenhithe, England, United Kingdom
8 Oct 2019
Sky News
Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) Whale in the River Thames, off Rainham
Erith, England, United Kingdom
8 Oct 2019
Twitter
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Another pygmy killer whale stranding hits Sugar Beach
Kīhei, Hawaii, United States
25 Sep 2019
mauinews.com
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62 whales die on Northeast beach
Þórshöfn, Northeast, Iceland
9 Sep 2019
RÚV
Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off B.C. coast similar to 'the Blob'
Northeast Pacific Ocean
5 Sep 2019
CBC
5 - 9
Sep 2019 -
Marine Mammal Strandings at 2nd Cape
Near Port Heiden
26 Aug 2019
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Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris) Found on Chukchi Sea Beach
Kivalina, Alaska, United States
12 Aug 2019
Polar bear encounters in Kaktovik aren’t new. But they’re happening a bit earlier than last year.
Kaktovik, Alaska, United States
10 Aug 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Another major whale stranding event
Garður, Southern Peninsula, Iceland
6 Aug 2019
RÚV
6 - 12
Aug 2019 -
Dead Seal
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
4 Aug 2019
Thousands of walruses show up early on Northwest Alaska coast as sea ice recedes
Point Lay, Alaska, United States
1 Aug 2019
Anchorage Daily News
1 - 4
Aug 2019 -
Fifty Whales Found Dead on West Iceland Beach
Stykkishólmur, West, Iceland
20 Jul 2019
Iceland Review
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More dead marine mammals, birds found on region’s beaches
Shishmaref, Alaska, United States
12 Jul 2019
The Nome Nugget
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Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Northwest Alaska
Shishmaref, Alaska, United States
7 Jul 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Where are the endangered whales? Southern residents haven't been spotted in B.C.'s Salish Sea
Salish Sea, British Columbia, Canada
1 Jul 2019
CBC News
More dead ice seals found near Deering
Deering, Alaska, United States
29 Jun 2019
The Arctic Sounder
29 Jun -
7 Jul 2019 -
2 more dead right whales discovered in Gulf of St. Lawrence
25 Jun 2019
CBC
Scientists search for cause of ice seal deaths
Kotlik, Alaska, United States
24 Jun 2019
Arctic Sounder
The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit, the latest sign something is wrong
Salish Sea
23 Jun 2019
The Star
Late Arrival of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Unalaska, Alaska, United States
21 Jun 2019
3 more gray whale carcasses found in Alaska amid spike in deaths along West Coast
Sitka, Alaska, United States
20 Jun 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Stranded walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
Solomon, Alaska, United States
20 Jun 2019
First-Ever Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid Found in the Arctic
20 Jun 2019
Live Science
Exhausted and Starving Polar Bear Wanders Into Siberian City
Norilsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia
19 Jun 2019
The Moscow Times
13-year-old girl bit by sea lion in ‘very rare’ attack at Pismo Beach
Pismo Beach, California, United States
19 Jun 2019
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
19 - 25
Jun 2019 -
Dead Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
St. Michael, Alaska, United States
16 Jun 2019
Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas
15 Jun 2019
KIRO
2 more gray whales found dead near Kodiak Island
12 Jun 2019
Anchorage Daily News
18 Dead Seals near Kotlik
Kotlik, Alaska, United States
10 Jun 2019
10 - 16
Jun 2019 -
Little Ice for Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) Hunting
Kivalina, Alaska, United States
7 Jun 2019
Another dead grey whale found off B.C. coast
Boundary Bay, Canada
6 Jun 2019
CBC
Beached Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) near Turnagain Arm
Placer Creek
3 Jun 2019
3 - 7
Jun 2019 -
Rare white ‘ghost orca’ spotted near Nanaimo
Northern Strait of Georgia
29 May 2019
Global News
Two whale carcasses wash ashore
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
29 May 2019
RÚV
Beached Whale Off Reykjavík Coast
Seltjarnarnes, Capital Region, Iceland
28 May 2019
Iceland Review
Báru kennsl á háhyrning sem rak á land
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
28 May 2019
RÚV
Alaska’s third dead gray whale of the year reported on Kodiak coast
Kodiak, Alaska, United States
23 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Researchers seek answers to gray whale deaths after 57 are stranded this year
Coastal Washington State
22 May 2019
Another gray whale found dead in Alaska, this time near Cordova
Cordova, Alaska, United States
21 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
21 - 29
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Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Feeding in Haro Strait
Haro Strait, Canada
19 May 2019
Seal pups and walrus calves found stranded on regional beaches
Nome, Alaska, United States
17 May 2019
The Nome Nugget
Another gray whale has been found dead in Turnagain Arm
16 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Second whale found dead in Turnagain Arm within 2 weeks
Turnagain Arm, Alaska, United States
14 May 2019
Anchorage KTUU News
Grey whales stranded in Boundary Bay freed, headed for deeper water
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 May 2019
Vancouver Sun
12 - 19
May 2019 -
Walrus herds pass Nome Headed North
Nome, Alaska, United States
10 May 2019
The Nome Nugget
Underweight bearded seal pup found near Shaktoolik is now recovering at the Alaska SeaLife Center
Shaktoolik, Alaska, United States
9 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
In Utqiaġvik, temperatures are warmer, and the ice is changing. What does that mean for whalers?
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
9 May 2019
Alaska Public Media
Juvenile Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Hauled Out
Seward, Alaska, United States
5 May 2019
Natuashish photographer captures 3 polar bears and a surprise walrus
Natuashish 2, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
1 May 2019
CBC
A humpback whale died in Turnagain Arm. Here’s what might have happened.
Girdwood, Alaska, United States
1 May 2019
Anchorage Daily News
1 - 10
May 2019 -
Weak ice hampers spring count of endangered Saimaa ringed seal
Suomenniemi, Southern Savonia, Finland
26 Apr 2019
Yle Uutiset
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Frantic bid to save Umka the lost and forlorn polar bear who travelled 700 km in the wrong direction on ice floe
Tilichiki, Kamtsjatka, Russia
18 Apr 2019
Siberia Times
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Dead grey whale towed to Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for necropsy
Sidney Channel, British Columbia, Canada
5 Apr 2019
CHEK
Southeast Alaska researchers get rare opportunity to study a sperm whale
Juneau, Alaska, United States
5 Apr 2019
Alaska Public Media
Whale Fatality Likely Caused By Boat Propeller
Southeast Alaska
3 Apr 2019
3 - 5
Apr 2019 -
Odd condition of Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
Kwigillingok, Alaska, United States
30 Mar 2019
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Two dead gray whales in San Francisco Bay spur investigation
Tiburon, California, United States
14 Mar 2019
Marin Independent Journal
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A 'invasion’ of polar bears is terrorizing an island town in Russia
Rogachëvo, Arkhangelskaya, Russia
11 Feb 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Botulism cases reported in Nome
Nome, Alaska, United States
8 Feb 2019
The Nome Nugget
8 - 11
Feb 2019 -
Another Sand Point fisherman is chomped on by a sea lion
Sand Point, Alaska, United States
24 Jan 2019
Anchorage Daily News
Alaska man kills polar bear that strayed from its usual habitat
Arctic Village, Alaska, United States
21 Jan 2019
CBC
21 - 24
Jan 2019 -
Sea lions survive with the help of Kamchatka residents
Петропавловск-Камчатский, Kamchatka, Russia
10 Jan 2019
РЕН ТВ
Wandering seals swarm streets of Newfoundland town
Roddickton, Newfoundland, Canada
7 Jan 2019
The Weather Network
7 - 10
Jan 2019 -
Distemper Remains Likely Cause of Gulf of Maine Seal Die-Off
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
19 Dec 2018
National Public Radio
As Polar Bear Attacks Increase in Warming Arctic, a Search for Solutions
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
19 Dec 2018
Yale E360
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Sea lions have enemies. Now someone is shooting them in the head.
Seattle, Washington, United States
12 Dec 2018
Washington Post
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Beached whale had 115 plastic cups in its stomach
Wakatobi, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia
20 Nov 2018
CTVNews
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Study finds healthy group of polar bears in sea near Alaska
16 Nov 2018
CBC
Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
14 Nov 2018
CHEK
14 - 16
Nov 2018 -
'Really shocking': Sperm whales spotted near Pond Inlet
Pond inlet, Nunavut
3 Nov 2018
CBC
Rarely seen whale stranded on Waikato beach dies
Waikato Region, New Zealand
2 Nov 2018
Radio New Zealand
Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
30 Oct 2018
CHEK
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3 Nov 2018 -
Red tide has contributed to the deaths of nearly 190 Florida manatees, FWC says
Florida, United States
29 Oct 2018
WFTS
Jelly-like Meat Texture Found in Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida)
Scammon Bay, Alaska, United States
29 Oct 2018
Dead Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
McDonald Spit, Alaska
26 Oct 2018
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) living near Race Rocks
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, British Columbia, Canada
26 Oct 2018
Remote Hawaiian island vanishes underwater after hurricane
East Island, Hawai'i
24 Oct 2018
USA TODAY
24 - 29
Oct 2018 -
'Son of the blob': Unseasonably warm weather creating new anomaly off B.C. coast
Gulf of Alaska
18 Oct 2018
CBC
Potentially deadly infection hits California sea lions
Sausalito, California, United States
16 Oct 2018
ABC News
Missing Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) Bed
Larsen Bay, Alaska, United States
15 Oct 2018
15 - 18
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Whaling captain, crew member die in boating accident
Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
8 Oct 2018
Arctic Sounder
Another minke whale washes ashore dead in Marshfield, adding to 'exceptional' year of die-offs
Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States
3 Oct 2018
masslive.com
3 - 8
Oct 2018 -
Parasite found in walrus meat in Sanikiluaq, warns health department
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Canada
27 Sep 2018
CBC
Scientists stumble across endangered whale not seen in Canada in years
Canada's Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone
26 Sep 2018
CTVNews
Beluga whale sighting in Britain’s River Thames
Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom
26 Sep 2018
Washington Post
Another Southern Resident killer whale is losing body condition, and researchers are concerned about the pregnant females
Salish Sea
25 Sep 2018
Candace Calloway Whiting
Warmer Arctic waters attract surprising visitors: clams, fish and whales
22 Sep 2018
Washington Post
22 - 27
Sep 2018 -
Thousands of Pacific walruses again herd up on Alaska coast
Point Lay, Alaska, United States
13 Sep 2018
Anchorage Daily News
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Scientists baffled by number of whale deaths on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland
Scotland & Ireland
11 Sep 2018
The Scotsman
Hundreds of Seals Are Dying on the New England Coast
Isles of Shoals, United States
7 Sep 2018
New York Times
Gulf of Maine Water Temperatures Soar Near Record Highs After Ocean 'Heat Wave'
Gulf of Maine
5 Sep 2018
The Weather Channel
After 3 days, ‘stressed’ sea lion that ventured into Sitka can’t find its way back to the ocean
Sitka, Alaska, United States
2 Sep 2018
Anchorage Daily News
2 - 11
Sep 2018