A4 Pod - A11 Matriline

De Matriarch of the A11 matriline is Yakat, the presumed daughter of A10. A4 pod once travelled at one group with a single matriarch A10, who died in 1983, along with her young calf A47, after being shot at the rubbing beaches in the Robson Bight.
(source Killer Whales second edition)

Yakat's (A11) ofspring consists of Skagit (A35), a female born in 1974, Skeena (A13), a male born in 1978, A48 a female born in 1983 and died in 1996, Nahwitti (A56) a female born in 1990 who's father is R3 and in 2007 Yakat had another calf A87.





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A11 Yakat F:1958



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A35 Skagit F:1974


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A13 Skeena M:1978



A13 has suffered some damage to the top of his fin. The recent wound is showing up white.
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A48 F:1983-1996


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A56 Nahwitti ?:1990

The father of A56 is R3

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A52 Kiltik F:1987


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A59 Racey F:1992-2006


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A70 Sunny F:1999





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A77 Roller ?:2003




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A65 ?:1996-1996
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A76 ?:2002-2002
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A81 Nalau ?:2004



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A82 Canoona ?:2004





On July 14 2006, a northern resident calf was struck in Johnstone Strait. Graeme Ellis has identified A82 as the whale likely involved in the recent incident.
August 2006: A82 is being cared for by A52

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A87 ?:2007

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