Species At Risk within Nuu-chah-nulth Territories Compiled for the Uu-a-thluk Council of Ha!wiih and Nuu-chah-nulth Nations March 2008 Barbara Beasley, Ph.D. Coastal Ecologist P.O. Box 927, Ucluelet, B.C. V0R 3A0 Dawn Foxcroft Red Fish Blue Fish Consulting 7429 Pacific Rim Hwy, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 8Y5 Species At Risk within Nuu-chah-nulth Territories Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................6 Marine Mammals ....................................................................................................................................7 Offshore Whales..........................................................................................................7 1. Blue Whale ..........................................................................................................7 2. Fin Whale ............................................................................................................8 3. Sei Whale ............................................................................................................9 4. Northern Pacific Right Whale.............................................................................. 10 Offshore Marine Mammals......................................................................................... 11 5. Northern Fur Seal .............................................................................................. 11 Nearshore Marine Mammals ...................................................................................... 12 6. Humpback Whale............................................................................................... 12 7. Grey Whale........................................................................................................ 13 8. Killer Whale........................................................................................................ 14 9. Harbour Porpoise............................................................................................... 15 10. Steller Sea Lion................................................................................................ 16 11. Sea Otter ......................................................................................................... 17 Seabirds ................................................................................................................................................18 Offshore Birds............................................................................................................ 18 12. Pink-footed Shearwater.................................................................................... 18 13. Short-tailed Albatross ....................................................................................... 19 14. Black-footed Albatross ..................................................................................... 20 15. Flesh-footed Shearwater .................................................................................. 21 Nearshore Birds......................................................................................................... 22 16. Marbled Murrelet.............................................................................................. 22 17. Ancient Murrelet............................................................................................... 23 18. Tufted Puffin .................................................................................................... 24 19. Common Murre ................................................................................................ 25 20. Cassin’s Auklet ................................................................................................ 26 21. Thick-billed Murre............................................................................................. 27 22. Double-crested Cormorant ............................................................................... 28 23. Brandt’s Cormorant .......................................................................................... 29 24. Great Blue Heron ............................................................................................. 30 Shorebirds................................................................................................................. 31 25. Red Knot.......................................................................................................... 31 Marine Fish ...........................................................................................................................................32 26. Bocaccio .......................................................................................................... 32 27. Yelloweye Rockfish .......................................................................................... 33 28. Canary Rockfish............................................................................................... 34 29. Quillback Rockfish............................................................................................ 35 30. Rougheye Rockfish .......................................................................................... 36 31. Longspine Thornyhead..................................................................................... 37 32. Shortspine Thornyhead .................................................................................... 38 33. Yellowtail Rockfish ........................................................................................... 39 34. Silvergray Rockfish .......................................................................................... 40 35. Spiny Dogfish................................................................................................... 41 36. Bluntnose Sixgill Shark..................................................................................... 42 37. Basking Shark.................................................................................................. 43 38. Blue Shark ....................................................................................................... 44 39. (Great) White Shark ......................................................................................... 45 3 Species At Risk within Nuu-chah-nulth Territories 40. Brown Catshark ............................................................................................... 46 41. Soupfin Shark (Tope) ....................................................................................... 47 42. Eulachon.......................................................................................................... 48 43. Green Sturgeon ............................................................................................... 49 Marine Reptiles.....................................................................................................................................50 44. Leatherback Seaturtle ...................................................................................... 50 Marine Invertebrates.............................................................................................................................51 45. Northern Abalone............................................................................................. 51 46. Olympia Oyster ................................................................................................ 52 Terrestrial Mammals.............................................................................................................................53 Bats........................................................................................................................... 53 47. Keen’s Long-eared Myotis................................................................................ 53 48. Townsend’s big-eared bat ................................................................................ 54 Insect Eaters ............................................................................................................. 55 49. Vancouver Island Water Shrew ........................................................................ 55 Rodents..................................................................................................................... 56 50. Vancouver Island Marmot................................................................................. 56 Ungulates .................................................................................................................. 57 51. Roosevelt Elk................................................................................................... 57 Carnivores................................................................................................................. 58 52. Vancouver Island Wolverine ............................................................................. 58 53. Vancouver Island Ermine ................................................................................. 59 Terrestrial Birds.....................................................................................................................................60 Hawks and Owls........................................................................................................ 60 54. Peregrine Falcon.............................................................................................. 60 55. Northern Goshawk ........................................................................................... 61