2305, 2019

Fisheries Meeting Aims to Ensure Enough West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas

By srschram|May 23, 2019|Orca, Press Releases, Protection Zone, Salmon, SRKWs|

Lawsuit Prompts Consultation to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales PORTLAND, Ore.— Federal, state and tribal fishery managers and experts on critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales begin meeting today to discuss how West Coast salmon fishing is limiting availability of the starving orcas’ main food source. The National Marine Fisheries Service recommended the working group after being put on notice in December that its outdated analysis violated the Endangered Species Act as this

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0304, 2019

Lawsuit Aims to Protect West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas

By srschram|April 3, 2019|Orca, Press Releases, Protection Zone, Salmon, SRKWs|

Southern Resident Population Drops to 75 as Trump Administration Ignores Fisheries’ Impact SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity and Wild Fish Conservancy sued the Trump administration today for mismanaging West Coast salmon fisheries and harming critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales, a violation of the Endangered Species Act. That orca population has dropped to just 75 individuals, mostly because declining salmon runs have left them without enough to eat.  Today’s lawsuit was

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1309, 2016

Olympic National Park: Fish continue to recolonize Elwha watershed

By Janet Thomas|September 13, 2016|Salish Sea, Salmon|

PORT ANGELES — Adult chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, steelhead and bull trout were spotted in the upper Elwha River last month, the latest evidence of post-dam removal recolonization, fisheries biologists said. Recent monitoring has revealed that the fish have passed upstream through the former Elwha and Glines Canyon dam sites, Olympic National Park officials said. The observation is based on snorkel surveys that spotted fish but did not show the

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