Year 2001

E-Team

Journal

The Veins of Life Watershed Society

M3 DAILY SUMMARY:

Wed, August 1, 2001 Started the day with an interview with Carla Wilson from the Times Columnist at the Oak Bay Marina. Everything ran smoothly and photos were taken of the M3 vessel, project manager, project coordinator and crew. The article ran in the TC on Friday, August 3, 2001. Later, an interview with Miles Crossen from the San Juan Island Sounder. Article yet to be printed. The remainder of the day was spent on the water monitoring boats viewing minke whales off Salmon Bank while the killer whales were reported off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Thursday, August 2, 2001 An unsuccessful attempt to locate a reported transient killer whale off Victoria lead us to J, K and L pod of resident killer whales off Sooke. A lot of vessels were present, including numerous recreational fishing boats and other boats transiting at high speed through the area with little acknowledgment of whale presence. Visibility was considerably poor with dense fog in the area. M3 made contact with as many vessels as possible to advise of guidelines and offer suggestions for viewing.

Friday, August 3, 2001 A very foggy morning off the Oak Bay waterfront made travel to San Juan Island less than desirable. Making the best of the situation, the crew caught up on data entry of observations from the past week and fielded phone calls regarding the newspaper coverage of M3 project.