Video captures moment jet ski hits grey whale off Stanley Park - BERITAJA

A scary infinitesimal disconnected the shores of Stanley Park was caught connected video and posted connected societal media connected Monday night, showing a jet ski hitting a grey whale that had conscionable surfaced.

It happened adjacent Siwash Rock connected the westbound broadside of Stanley Park.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) said it is assessing the incident and whether the whale was injured.

“The Marine Mammal Regulations prohibit disturbance to marine mammals,” Fisheries and Oceans Canada said successful a statement.

“Disturbance includes approaching the marine mammal to, aliases to effort to: provender it; aquatics pinch it aliases interact pinch it; move it aliases entice aliases origin it to move from the contiguous vicinity successful which it is found; abstracted it from members of its group aliases spell betwixt it and a calf; trap it aliases its group betwixt a alloy and the statement aliases betwixt a alloy and 1 aliases much different vessels; aliases tag aliases people it.”

DFO said that the regulations use to each types of watercrafts including boats, kayaks and paddleboards.

No 1 is allowed to disturb a marine mammal, DFO said.

A number of societal media posts said the whale had surfaced aggregate times successful the area anterior to the strike.

The pitchy skis driver was ejected from the watercraft and rescued by the group connected a adjacent yacht.

The driver was later taken to the infirmary for treatment.