Table 1. Monthly presence of SRKW in the Salish Sea from 2018–2022.
The letters in each cell refer to the pod(s) who were present at least once that month and the number indicates the number of confirmed days of SRKW presence of any pod. The far right column indicates the total number of days present for each year, while the bottom row indicates the average number of days present in a given month across all five years.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | JK 4 |
J 1 |
JK 7 |
J 5 |
NONE | JKL 12 |
JKL 20 |
JL 10 |
JKL 29 |
JK 7 |
JK 18 |
JKL 13 |
126 |
| 2019 | JKL 11 |
JL 4 |
J 8 |
J 11 |
J 4 |
NONE | JK 2 |
JKL 17 |
JKL 20 |
JL 17 |
JKL 21 |
JKL 10 |
125 |
| 2020 | JKL 8 |
JK 6 |
JL 12 |
J 6 |
NONE | L 2 |
JKL 21 |
NONE | JKL 22 |
J 13 |
JKL 22 |
JK 14 |
126 |
| 2021 | JKL 4 |
JKL 6 |
J 13 |
J 7 |
NONE | NONE | JKL 5 |
JL 4 |
JKL 20 |
JKL 12 |
JKL 21 |
JKL 11 |
103 |
| 2022 | JL 10 |
J 11 |
J 15 |
J 11 |
J 8 |
JL 11 |
JKL 14 |
JKL 9 |
JKL 15 |
J 20 |
JKL 21 |
JKL 22 |
167 |
| Average | 7.4 | 5.6 | 11 | 8 | 2.4 | 5 | 12.4 | 8 | 21.2 | 13.8 | 20.6 | 14 |