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NOAA finds SRKWs offshore on day 4!
Just got an exciting email from Dr. Marla Holt, bioacoustician on the NOAA cruise that aims to understand how the southern residents utilize the outer coast of Washington. They departed last Monday and are scheduled to return April 9th, making … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Salmon, Southern resident natural history
Tagged grays harbor, L pod, marla, offshore
Earth Hour
Here’s an opportunity to act (at least symbolically) for resident orca and WA salmon by reducing electricity (mostly from hydropower) demand for a special hour: 8:30-9:30pm this Saturday, March 28. On March 28 you can VOTE EARTH by switching off … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Snake River Salmon on KUOW
The most prominent appeal in this discussion was whether we can move away from litigation and towards more collaborative processes to restore the wild populations of Columbia salmon and steelhead. The agreement between 3 tribes and federal agencies (the “Columbia … Continue reading
A map for including killer whales in NW fisheries managment
Just happened upon this nice synopsis of how WDFW views the various processes by which fishing harvests are governed in the Pacific Northwest. For me, this helps clarify which processes we killer whale advocates could influence to bolster the number … Continue reading
Loss of salmon smolts in BC and CA
An awareness seems to be dawning that salmon smolt mortality is increased by human activities — both in the nearshore environment and in river systems. A recent biological opinion regarding Sacramento salmon suggested that about 8% of the smolts entering … Continue reading
Strong spring chinook run on the Columbia
Here we are in mid-February, a couple weeks into the blackmouth opening in the Salish Sea, and WDFW is opening up recreational fishing for spring (winter?) Chinook running in the Columbia [see today’s email announcement below]. This makes me wonder … Continue reading
Toxics assessment process in Puget Sound
James Maroncelli Phase 1 of toxic loadings to PS initiated in 2006 by a coalition (PSAT+WA Ecology+…): realized that air deposition was an important pathway Phase 2: spring 07 $300k from EPA, $300 from Ecology TPA, $55k NOAA funded all … Continue reading
Persistent organic pollutants in killer whales
Persistent organic pollutants as chemical tracers for Puget Sound marine biota, Gina Ylitalo Chemical tracers can be used to determine geographic ranges. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like PCBs and PDBEs in Salish Sea herring (3 yr old males collected ’99 … Continue reading
John Calambokidis PSGB’09 talk
Changes in marine mammal populations of the Salish Sea: What will the future look like? Pinnipeds Harbor seal populations have stabilized — probably at historical levels — in all areas of Washington after rising from lows of the 70s and … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, fin whale, gray, grey, harbor porpoise, sea lion, seal
Blackmouth fishing in the San Juans and beyond
Last weekend was the beginning of blackmouth season in Marine Area 7 (the San Juan Archipelago and vicinity). I’ve been wondering if WDFW should encourage fishing for Puget Sound resident Chinook as there are some indications that resident Chinook are … Continue reading
Posted in Salmon