Photo Credit: Brendon Bissonnette
Current Matriarch: T109 Noyes/Big Momma, T109A Frio/Runaway, T109B Sem, T109C Boca (Matrilines considered separate due to group splitting)
Number of Individuals: 29 (25 living- 12 female, 7 male, 7 unknown gender; 4 deceased- 2 female, 3 unknown gender)
T109/E10 Noyes/Big Momma (Female; <1977)
T109A Frio/Runaway (Female; 1990)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group
T109A1 (<2005?-<2005? (<1?))
Born and died sometime before 2005, though the exact years are unknown
T109A2 Fuser (Female; 2005)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group
T109A2A Seekah (Male; 2016)
T109A2B Macoah (Female; 2018)
Name means "house on the point" in the Nuučaan̓uɫ (Nuu-chah-nulth) language and is the name of the Toquaht settlement, m̓aʔaquuʔa, near Macoah Passage, BC
T109A2C Keeha (Female; 2021)
Has a small injury to the bottom half of their rostrum. Name means "the other side" in the Nuučaan̓uɫ (Nuu-chah-nulth) language and is the name of the Huu-ay-aht reserve lands
T109A2D Cordova (Male; 2023)
T109A3 Spong (Female; 2009-2024 (15))
Live stranded on 03/23/2024 in the Zeballos Causeway, Vancouver Island, Canada with a dead harbor seal in her mouth around 7 am. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation and DFO, she passed away at 10:20am from drowning as rescuers were unable to shift her on to her stomach to remove her blowhole from the incoming tide. This area is noted by the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation to be one where the tide changes quickly, and it is thought that this quick change caught T109A3 unawares as she taught T109A3A how to hunt. A necropsy performed revealed that she had been pregnant with a female calf (NO# 2024) at the time of her stranding
T109A3A kʷiisaḥiʔis/Brave Little Hunter (Kwee-saw-hay-iss) (Female; 2022)
Was present when T109A3 stranded in the Zeballos Causeway, Vancouver Island, Canada. She stayed near T109A3, circling the shallows while the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation tried to save T109A3. Members of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation have gone out on boats to search for other killer whales who she might join up with, but her chances of survival depend on her age and the family structure of the pod she may join. It is not yet known if she will be able to join another matriline or rejoin the T109As. After a month, she finally left the lagoon on 4/26/2023 at 2am. She was found and monitored later that morning and seemed to be in good health. Since leaving the lagoon, she has been seen multiple times, though she has yet to join a pod. Name means "brave little hunter" in the Nuučaan̓uɫ (Nuu-chah-nulth) language
NO# (2024) (Female; 2024-2024 (<1))
T109A4 Garrett (Male; 2012)
T109A5 Argyle (Male; 2014)
T109A6 Riley (Female; 2018)
T109A7 Wieland (Male; 2021)
T109A8 Weiss (Unknown; 2024)
T109B Sem (Female; 1996)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group
T109B1 (Unknown;<2013?-<2013? (<1?))
Born and died sometime before 2013, though the exact years are unknown
T109B2 (Unknown;<2013?-<2013? (<1?))
Born and died sometime before 2013, though the exact years are unknown
T109B3 (Female; 2013)
T109B4 (Unknown; 2015)
T109B5 (Unknown; 2018)
T109B6 (Unknown; 2024)
T109C Boca (Female; 2002)
Matriline has dispersed from the rest of the group
T109C1 (Male; 2012)
T109C2 (Unknown; 2017)
T109C3 (Unknown; 2022)
T109D Eivin (Female; 2007)
T109D1 Tazzie (Female; 2018)
T109D2 (Unknown; 2022)
T109E Yoda (Male; 2013)
Photo Credit: Tofino Whale Centre
T109/E10 Noyes/Big Momma
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
T109A2 Fuser
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T109A2B Macoah
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T109A2D Cordova
Photo Credit: Mark Sawyer
T109A3A kʷiisaḥiʔis/Brave Little Hunter
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T109A5 Argyle
Photo Credit: Brendon Bissonnette
T109A Frio/Runaway
Photo Credit: John Forde
T109A2A Seekah
Photo Credit: Marla Smith
T109A2C Keeha
Photo Credit: Chloe Robinson
T109A3 Spong
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T109A4 Garrett
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T109A6 Riley
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T109A7 Wieland
Photo Credit: Katherine McDermott
T109A8 Weiss
Photo Credit: Tomis Filipovic
T109B Sem
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T109B3
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T109B4
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T109B5
Photo Credit: John Forde
T109B6
Photo Credit: Taylor Redmond
T109C Boca
Photo Credit: Taylor Redmond
T109C1
Photo Credit: Taylor Redmond
T109C2
Photo Credit: Brendon Bissonnette
T109C3
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T109D1 Tazzie
Photo Credit: Brendon Bissonnette
T109D2
Photo Credit: Brendon Bissonnette
T109E Yoda