Shepherd (Salish Sea) @12265
This whale is known in the DFO humpback whale catalog as BCX1335 and in the Clayoquot Whales catalog as MMX0011. Known as male from a biopsy sample collected by PRIMMA 03/22/2023 and analyzed at Dr. Omar Chassin’s lab (UMSNH).
Salish Sea · North Pacific
68 Following 36 Followers32
Sightings
15
Years
7
Crossings
Sightings by year
2012 – 20262012
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2023
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Trophy case
2 earnedFirst of the Year
Decade Veteran
Crossed the Gulf
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Pods
68 followingCRC-15107 @2552 since Apr 14, 2026
Reaper (Salish Sea) @27024 since Nov 23, 2025
Yogi (BC) @3325 since Aug 3, 2025
Tempest (Salish Sea) @11046 since Aug 3, 2025
Minion (Salish Sea) @24075 since Aug 3, 2025
Recent activity
Gulf of California · Apr 2026 Apr 14, 2026 · Gulf of California 84 m deepest· 3:23 longest Salish Sea · Nov 2025 Nov 23, 2025 · Salish Sea — deepest Salish Sea · Jul 2025 Jul 28, 2025 · Salish Sea — deepest Gulf of California · Mar 2024–Apr 2024 Apr 6, 2024 · Gulf of California — deepest
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