whale watching
Senate bill changing vessel-orca distance moves forward
April 14, 2023
Nancy DeVaux
Keeping our distance from the whales: 1,000-yard rule for all vessels passes both Washington houses.
photo: Island Adventures © 2020
Whale watch industry sits dockside during COVID-19 pandemic
May 16, 2020
Kimberly Cauvel
Like much else in the time of COVID-19, searches for black-and-white orcas, speckled grays and humpbacks were interrupted in early March. Dozens of whale watching boats, from Vancouver Island to San Juan Island, from Everett to Edmonds, bob in place dockside.