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Orcas, Elliott Bay, and the Duwamish
A January 3 Seattle Times story entitled “EPA unveils options for Duwamish cleanup” makes me wonder whether southern residents would enter Elliott Bay more often if the salmon runs were restored to the Duwamish and Green Rivers. In a few … Continue reading
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VENUS hydrophones going deeper, reporting more
Thanks to Jim Cummings of the Acoustic Ecology Institute, some news caught my ear in this article from the Times Colonist on the hydrophones deployed off the Fraser River delta. There’s also a good bit of supposition without much science … Continue reading
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Orca genetics talk by Phillip Moran
Using next generation sequencing to generate whole mitochondrial genomes for population genetics and phylogeography of cetaceans Dr. Phillip Morin, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center Abstract and bio Live blog notes: Hoelzel et al 2002 found extremely low genetic … Continue reading
Marine acoustics talks in Victoria (live blog)
This week the Canadian Acoustical Association is running a conference on marine and environmental sound (abstracts). Below are notes from talks that relate to the southern resident killer whales, presented in near-real-time. 9:00 Keynote: The Marine Soundscape and the Effects … Continue reading
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Transients harrassed near Shelton, WA
Interesting Kiro 7 video report regarding harassment of killer whales in Puget Sound during 2010. And here’s a sighting report from Orca Network that is probably related: Sighted 2 Orca for sure, when they came back east I thought at … Continue reading
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King5 TV shows infrared video of orcas
Tonight reporter Gary Chitten and cameraman Pete Cassam from King 5 Television broadcast a nice story about the successful first test of a FLIR camera for detecting killer whales at night. The pilot study was designed by Jim Thomson of … Continue reading
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$1-10k fines for proximity to orcas
It’s nice to see WDFW making public (see below) the consequences of violating the State and Federal laws governing how vessels may interact with killer whales. I’ve added these details to the Beam Reach wiki page regarding orca-boat rules. WDFW … Continue reading
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BP threatens Northwest’s orcas
This morning, John Burbank scribed a disconcerting account of oil politics in the southern residents’ backyard. The following paragraphs provide a glimpse into how the complex interactions of the petroleum industry and our State political system increase risks for killer … Continue reading
Salmon & orcas in Patagonia catalog
The new Patagonia catalog (out yesterday) has a full page spread by Steven Hawley entitled “The Idaho Tide.” It eloquently connects the wolves of Idaho’s Frank Church Wilderness with Snake River salmon and the southern residents, and it includes a … Continue reading
Orcas and salmon in new Cascadia Scorecard
The Sightline Institute has just released a new Cascadia Scorecard that attempts to track progress towards sustainability in Cascadia, the ecoregion encompassing much of western Washington and southern British Columbia. Southern resident killer whales and chinook salmon are featured within … Continue reading
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