After 100 years of absence, large numbers of Pacific white−sided dolphins are back in the northern part of British Columbia’s Salish Sea.
But while their return is being greeted by some with delight, the head of a commercial fisheries group is dismayed by the appearance of what he calls an “invasive species,” alongside increasing numbers of seals and sea lions.
Simone Thom, a BC Ferries catering worker, said she was thrilled to see a superpod of hundreds of Pacific white−sided dolphins, frolicking in the wake of a ferry from Comox to Powell River last month.
Thom’s video of the “exhilarating” encounter went viral on social media….