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State of the Sound by Bill Ruckelshaus
Sound Waters 2010 meeting, Coupeville, WA It is possible to make progess! We’ve largely brought point-sources under social control. 40 years ago, 85% of pollution was from big industrial or municipal sources, while 15% was from non-point sources. Now the … Continue reading
Stormwater, salmon, and the health of Puget Sound
Keynote speaker at Sound Waters 2010 Dr. Nathaniel ‘Nat’ Scholtz, NOAA/NWFSC Coho salmon are our first choice for a ‘sentinel species’ because they: are widely distributed inhabit lowland steams that are important and familiar to humans and areas impacted directly … Continue reading
New Tacoma ship terminal & tidal energy permits
Puget Sound Harbor Safety Committee meeting notes Feb. 3., 2010, 10-12 a.m., South Federal Building New container ship terminal in Tacoma (SSA Marine presention) Puyallup Tribal Terminal 3-4 berths (~850′ spacing, 51′ deep) 200 acres About the scale of Terminal … Continue reading
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Safina on orcas in LA Times
Save the salmon — and us Above is a link a nice Op-Ed piece by Carl Safina. Below is my response, submitted today to the L.A. Times. In his 1/24/10 opinion “Save the salmon — and us,” Safina points out … Continue reading
Harmful algae & Fraser sockeye – liveblog
Dr. Jack Rensel, Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences (works with Puget Sound fish farmers on permitting/etc., but not BC farmers) Harmful Algal Blooms and Possible Effects on Fraser River Sockeye Salmon 11:04 Intro Much of this talk is based on co-author … Continue reading
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Orca refuge: a gift for endangered killer whales
This Friday, January 15, 2010, is the deadline for public comment on the proposed orca conservation area along the west side of San Juan Island. All marine conservationists should consider commenting on these precedent-setting rules: comment via email | comment … Continue reading
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Chinook data needed to interpret orca baby boom
Good national news is rolling in about 5 new southern resident whales and no deaths in 2009, plus one new baby thus far in 2010. Howard, Ken, and Brad allude to looking for correlations or explanations in chinook salmon abundance: … Continue reading
Researchers call for orca conservation zone in B.C.
Dec 23 Vancouver Sun article about a forth-coming science paper that proposes a conservation zone that overlaps with the proposed orca sanctuary boundaries: Wildlife researchers have identified the key feeding area for a critically endangered population of killer whales near … Continue reading
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First outer coast hydrophone nearly live
On December 8th the NEPTUNE Canada cabled ocean observing system started pouring data on to the Internet. This opens the door for John Ford and his collaborators to listen for killer whales on the outer coast of southwest Vancouver Island. … Continue reading
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+3dB noise reduces ‘effective listening area’ 30%
Jim Cummings of the Acoustic Ecology Institute has posted another great synopsis of an important new bioacoustics paper that has big implications for southern resident killer whales. After defining a new bioacoustic metric “effective listening area” (which is MUCH more … Continue reading
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