This summer, a group of biologists and Canadian Coast Guard members became the first people to report seeing endangered sei whales in Canadian waters in more than half a century. There hadn't been a single reported sighting of a sei whale in Canadian waters since before whaling was banned in the 1960s. conducted a Pacific marine mammal survey in 2003 and their numbers have been used for the last 15 years. In addition to the sei whale sighting, the teams also found higher than anticipated numbers of harbour porpoises, he said. The teams did not see enough sei whales to be able to say how many exactly are in the Pacific Ocean off the Canadian coast.

Source: CBC News September 27, 2018 12:07 UTC