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Rochelle Baker: Freelance journalist / PR My turf: where the ocean meets trees. I have fled Twitter. See me: @rochellebaker1.bsky, @rochellebaker1, Linkedin
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Use of co-ordinated 'bubble-net' feeding on rise among humpbacks: study

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By Rochelle Baker
| Vancouver is Awesome Verified
Over time, humpbacks that hadn’t practised bubble-net feeding joined experienced hunters, most likely learning the behaviour socially instead of relying on instinct. Whale researcher Janie Wray vividly remembers the first time she saw humpbacks bubble-net feeding on the northern B.C. coast more than 20 years ago. First, the mournful calls begin at depth, followed by a perfect ring of bubbles rising through the water.
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Use of co-ordinated 'bubble-net' feeding on rise among humpbacks: study

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By Rochelle Baker
| Times Colonist Verified
Whale researcher Janie Wray vividly remembers the first time she saw humpbacks bubble-net feeding on the northern B.C. coast more than 20 years ago. First, the mournful calls begin at depth, followed by a perfect ring of bubbles rising through the water. Moments later, herring scatter and flash as they leap from the ocean, as up to a dozen humpbacks surge upwards in unison, breaking the surface with their maws agape.
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Feds launch whale-safe fishing gear strategy to try to prevent entanglements

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By Rochelle Baker
| Squamish Chief
Canada has rolled out its whale-safe fishing gear strategy after an endangered North Atlantic right whale, known as Division, died from entanglement after more than a month of suffering. The four-year old male, which had been spotted in Canadian waters during the summer, was next sighted off the Georgia coast in early December, severely ensnared by fishing lines cutting across his head and blowhole.
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