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Beyond Cap de Bon-Désir, fin whale Bp929…

9 December 2015 [caption id="attachment_16956" align="alignright" width="150"] Rorqual commun non reconnu[/caption] On December 5, through my binoculars, I spot five fin whales, two pair and one solitary individual, as well as a humpback…

Autumn Abundance

2 November 2016 The fall harvest has been bountiful" writes in a St. Lawrence regular, visibly excited following all the large rorquals he has encountered in recent days. "It's almost better than in…

Fins to the Sky

18 August 2016 When whales surface, they show only one twentieth of their body. One should therefore expect to see just their back and dorsal fin, if they have one. Occasionally, much to…

Post-whaling Recovery: The Beautiful Story Of Humpbacks

29 October 2019 This year in the St. Lawrence, no fewer than 13 mother-calf humpback pairs have been identified by teams from the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) and the Group for Research…

Tiny Calf Will Become Giant

25 July 2019 Calves spend their time learning to swim, hunt and move with agility by imitating their mother and other adults. Within a few weeks, many calves of the various species present…

Tic Tac Toe, Snowball et Leprechaun

20 June 2019 Le 16 juin en après-midi, la mer est lisse et silencieuse devant les Grandes-Bergeronnes. Soudain, deux larges dos noirs apparaissent. Les baleines nagent côte à côte, remontent à la surface…

Record Number of Humpbacks Identified in 2017

2 May 2018 The Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) was able to identify 121 humpback whales in 2017, a record number! Of these, 98 individuals were already in the photo-identification catalogue and 23 new…

Tips and Tricks for Recognizing Species

6 December 2017 "On December 3, I spotted two whales off Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé," writes in one observer, delighted to be seeing whales in December. What species could it be? Not such a simple question…

Whale Season Draws to a Close

13 October 2017 Parks Canada's land-based observation sites adjacent to the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park are closing down for the season; meanwhile, the naturalists who work there are returning to their winter occupations.…

A summer overshadowed by right whale mortalities

29 August 2017 The Marine Mammal Emergencies call centre has already handled nearly 200 cases and just over 350 calls this year. These figures are a reminder that the team behind 1-877-7baleine has been working…