Western Canada Marine Response Corporation Exercised Off Vancouver Island Last Month

Crew prepare to deploy an offshore containment boom while aboard the skimming vessel the Hecate Sentinel during a Western Canada Marine Response Corporation joint training exercise off the coast Moresby Island, B.C., on Sept. 17, 2025. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Engineer Jashan Bains is the first to spot a black dorsal fin cutting through the water.

“Whale, one o'clock,” he says.