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For Media Inquiries
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We aim to be of use to the media on content related to reducing threats to the marine environment, commenting on marine conservation issues, and interpreting marine mammal science with a focus on British Columbia.
Please direct media inquiries to Jackie Hildering, Humpback Whale Researcher and Education and Communications Director.
Current News and Media Releases
Media contact has focussed on:
- Humpback Whales off the coast of British Columbia, their life histories, importance, and impacts of vessel strike and entanglement
- Whale-Safe Boating to increase safety to marine mammals and boaters
- Ethics of marine mammal related information in the media.
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MERS in the News
MERS Publications
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Catalogue of Humpback Whales of Northern Vancouver Island
+ Click to purchaseHildering, J., C.J. McMillan, N. Doe, and A. Ogilvie. 2024. Humpbacks of Northern Vancouver Island.
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Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes from California to Alaska
+ Read here.Mowatt-Larssen T, Thys TM, Hildering J, Caldera EJ, Biesack EE, McDowell JR and Nyegaard M (2025). Front. Mar. Sci.
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Bellwethers of change: population modelling of North Pacific humpback whales…
+ Read hereCheeseman, T. et al (2024). R. Soc. Open Sci.
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The innovation and diffusion of “trap feeding”, a novel humpback whale foraging strategy
+ Read hereMcMillan, C. J., Towers, J. R., & Hildering, J. (2018). Marine Mammal Science.
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A collaborative and near-comprehensive North Pacific humpback whale photo-ID dataset
+ Read hereCheeseman, T. et al., 2023. Scientific Reports.
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Seasonal movements and ecological markers as evidence for migration of common minke whales photo-identified in the eastern North Pacific
+ Read HereTowers, J. R., McMillan, C. J., Malleson, M., Hildering, J., John, & Ellis, G. M. (2023). The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management.
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Sighting rates and prey of minke whales and other cetaceans off Cormorant Island, BC
+ Read hereTowers, J.R, C.J. McMillan, RS Piercey. (2019). The Canadian Field-Naturalist.
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Vocalizations of common minke whales in an eastern North Pacific feeding ground
+ Read hereNikolich, K., & Towers, J. R. (2018). Bioacoustics.
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The role of herring in meeting the energetic requirements of humpback whales in a BC feeding ground
+ Read hereMcMillan, C.J. (2014). Master’s dissertation. Simon Fraser University.
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Occurrence of fin whales between Vancouver Island and continental North America
+ Read hereTowers, J.R., M. Malleson, C.J. McMillan, J. Cogan, S. Berta, and C. Birdsall. (2018). Northwestern Naturalist.
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Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale, type D, from subantarctic waters
+ Read herePitman, R. L., Durban, J. W., Greenfelder, M., Guinet, C., Jorgensen, M., Olson, P. A., Plana, J., Tixier, P., & Towers, J. R. (2010). Polar Biology.
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Sex and occupation time influence niche space of a recovering keystone predator
+ Read HereRechsteiner, E.U. et al (2018). Ecol Evol. 2019; 9: 3321–3334.
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Spatial patterns in the migratory destinations of humpback whales encountered in Canadian Pacific waters
+ Read HereMcMillan, C.J. et al (2023). Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3519: v + 27 p.