Cetacean Raw Whole Milk
Pastured but unpasteurized. Micro-filtered raw Right Whale milk, served in individually blown cobalt glass bottles, sealed by hand.
$1,500.00250 ML
The Pinnacle of Marine Dairy
Outrageously exclusive. Unapologetically cetacean.
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A dairy format without rival, drawn from the deep.
Cetacean Milk Co. is a pioneering marine-agricultural enterprise stationed on Protection Island, BC. We specialize in the ethical husbandry, care, and milk extraction of Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis), pastured in the pristine deep-water fjords of Northern British Columbia — our primary sanctuary pens.
Whale milk contains an astonishing 30% to 50% milk fat: a culinary density comparable to thick, spreadable cream straight from the harvest. Our proprietary vacuum extraction and refinement methods neutralize volatile oceanic compounds while preserving the milk's natural salinity and long, creamy finish.
30–50%Milk fat by volume
1 islandVehicle-free HQ
0 netsGentle air bubbles since 2019
The Collection
Three expressions of the harvest.
Cetacean Triple-Cream Brie
Hand-salted and cave-aged on Protection Island. A highly complex structure, rich in natural marine lipids.
$3,200.00100 G
Glacial Cetacean Ice Cream
Slow-churned whale cream in two flavours: Salted Kelp Caramel, and Madagascar Vanilla infused with Ambergris.
$2,150.00PINT
Prefer something under four figures? Visit the Company Store for totes and tees.
Proprietary Technology
Robotics worthy of the world's largest dairy animal.
Patent Pending · #CA-2026-09881
Extracting heavy cream safely from deep-water mammals requires world-class robotic engineering. Our Protection Island research labs are currently securing key patents for our non-invasive systems.
The design builds on our SMRD-10 prototype of 2023, whose multi-arm manipulator and teat-seeking attachment unit first validated soft-touch extraction at depth. Its successor, the Aquatact-8000™, is an autonomous underwater milking drone designed to sync dynamically with a swimming whale. Low-frequency hydro-acoustic positioning and smart thrusters align the unit gently with a maternal whale's mammary slits, delivering a completely stress-free, warm-water massage and suction sequence through a medical-grade, heated silicone cup.
Since 1994 · The House Archive
From herring barrels to whale cream.
Long before the first whale was milked, the islands of Nanaimo harbour were famous for their herring. At the turn of the last century, salteries lined these shores, and the silver harvest left by the schooner-load for tables across the Pacific.
On Protection Island, the children of Happy Land — the island's beloved amusement grounds — earned their pocket money between rides by salting herring in barrels, a rite of passage remembered fondly in the harbour to this day. It is in that spirit of cheerful, briny industry that Cetacean Milk Co. was founded in 1994 as a modest "quality whale dairy."
Future Technologies Division
Beyond the net.
Our first farms were fenced with surplus submarine nets from the Second World War — effective, but hardly hospitable. As the herd grew, we moved to a far gentler medium: curtains of air bubbles across each fjord mouth. The final step dispenses with barriers altogether. Our Future Technologies Division is developing a direct neural interface for humane, barrier-free herd management across open fjord systems.
In Development · Target 2029
The NeuroPod™ Cortical Interface
A rice-grain-sized implant, placed during a routine wellness dive, that delivers gentle geofencing cues directly to the whale's navigational cortex. Boundaries become a feeling, not a fence — each whale simply prefers to stay home.
The result: full retirement of the bubble curtains, a dramatically simplified husbandry stack, and pod-wide recall to the milking bay at the press of a single button in xHerd™, our herd operating system.
- Whisper-guidance — sub-perceptual nudges replace the bubble curtain at the fjord mouth, restoring the natural soundscape.
- One-button recall — the entire pod returns for harvest in under 40 minutes, in formation.
- Contentment telemetry — live mood, lactation, and krill-craving analytics streamed to Protection Island HQ.
- Over-the-water updates — firmware delivered while the herd sleeps, vertically, as whales do.
- Pending review by our independent Cetacean Ethics Board (two marine biologists, one philosopher, one very senior whale).
Open Positions
Join the crew. Revolutionize ocean agriculture.
We offer premium compensation, rotational postings in Northern BC, and a truly unprecedented line of work.
Lead Robotics Engineer — Aquatic Systems
Manage deployment, telemetry, and underwater stabilization logic for our fleet of autonomous milking drones.
- Optimize hydro-stabilizers and sonar integration on the Aquatact-8000™.
- Oversee anti-corrosion material selection for long-term saltwater deployments.
$145k–$185k CAD+ Equity
Senior Cetacean Husbandry & Lactation Specialist
Coordinate health monitoring and stress-free lactation planning for our resident pods in Northern British Columbia.
- Monitor pod health via non-invasive drone-assisted telemetry and ultrasound.
- Maintain the fjord-mouth bubble curtain and barge gate.
$130k–$160k CAD+ Benefits
Neural Interface Engineer — NeuroPod™ Program
Help retire the bubble curtain. Design the cortical guidance stack that will manage tomorrow's herds with a whisper.
- Develop sub-perceptual geofencing signal profiles for large-brain marine mammals.
- Build the one-button pod-recall pipeline in xHerd™, our herd operating system.
$170k–$210k CAD+ Equity
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers from the fjord.
How are the whales safely managed? +
Geography does most of the work — our fjords are walled by mountains on three sides, so only the mouth needs guarding. Our first farms used surplus submarine nets from the Second World War; since 2019, a far gentler curtain of air bubbles has kept the pod secure from open-ocean hazards and marine traffic, without cages of any kind. From 2029, our NeuroPod™ cortical interface is expected to retire barriers entirely.
Does the milk taste fishy? +
No. Our proprietary centrifugal vacuum refinement process at the Protection Island facility removes fishy-tasting volatile organic compounds (such as trimethylamine), leaving a rich, clean, naturally salted dairy taste.
How does transport from Protection Island work? +
Protection Island is a vehicle-free sanctuary, so all shipments travel by electric, solar-charged water barge to our cold-chain fulfillment terminal in Nanaimo for global air export.
Are you raising capital? +
Yes. We are raising a USD $50M growth round to scale the herd, the Aquatact™ fleet, and the NeuroPod™ program. Qualified investors may review the highlights on our Investors page.