The wildlife- and whale-watching industry is safe despite three incidents resulting in deaths and injuries in less than two years, according to a Transportation Safety Board manager.

Mohan Raman, manager of regional operations for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, was speaking with On the Island’s Khalil Akhtar about the latest TSB report on a bear-watching tour boat that ran aground.

The Stellar Sea hit a rock that was a known hazard off the west coast of Vancouver Island on Oct. 1,