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Health of the Salish Sea: panel discussion


Andrea Copping, Chief Leah George-Wilson, Richard Beamish, Mary Ruckelshaus, Joel Baker
Richard Beamish: State of the Salish Sea (Richard Beamish)

Warming trends over last 30yrs  in Strait of Georgia [SoG] (steady) and Puget Sound (slower)
Decline in % early marine survival of Coho from 15% down to 1% since 1996 (entrance to SoG through Sept based on clipped [...]

A step towards ecosystem-based management?


Long Live the Kings announced in Dec 2008 an effort to implement internal changes at WDFW to manage salmon in an “All-H” framework — one that integrates decisions about Hatcheries, Harvest, and Habitat. Perhaps this is a step towards the “Ecosystem Based Management” which no one can define for me, but is already [...]