Sounding the alarm: The federal draft Ocean Noise Strategy falls short
Why Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy misses the mark.
Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilled
Southern Resident killer whales need protective orders to facilitate recovery.
Canada’s government needs to use an Emergency Order to prevent extinction of Southern Resident killer whales
In May of 2024, Raincoast, along with five other conservation groups (David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, Living Oceans, Natural Resources Defense Council, and World Wildlife Fund Canada) filed a petition with the federal government to implement an emergency order.
Southern Residents, salmon, and certainty in science
Examining the research that compares salmon abundance to Southern Resident killer whale survival and reproduction.
Bright extinction: Scientists have coined this term to describe the situation facing Southern Resident killer whales
Worrying signs of an accelerated decline in Southern Resident killer whales.
Raincoast submits feedback to US Fisheries Service on the harvest of Chinook salmon in southeast Alaska
Mitigation in the Biological Opinion fails to address impacts to Southern Resident killer whales and Chinook salmon recovery.
More hatchery salmon cannot help endangered killer whales
Raincoast argues that the Puget Sound hatchery program does little to solve the prey problem for Southern Residents.
Backgrounder: The court case over the Southeast Alaskan Troll fishery on Chinook salmon
In 2020, the non-profit Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court that challenged the 2019 Biological Opinion developed by the NOAA fisheries.
Is it time the critical habitat of endangered killer whales be expanded to include their prey base – Chinook rivers?
We have mapped the watersheds that feed into critical habitat for Southern Resident killer whales. Protecting these rivers is directly linked to the recovery of critically endangered whales.
We supported the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery, but the US appeal court did not
Last week, Raincoast sent a letter in support of the US District court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery during the summer and winter seasons. The SEAK troll targets migrating Chinook, over 90% of which are not salmon from Alaska. These Chinook are prey for endangered Southern Resident killer whales as they migrate…
We support the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery
This letter was written by Raincoast Wild Salmon Program Director Misty MacDuffee in support of the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery during the summer and winter seasons.
Alaska has been ordered to stop intercepting BC-bound Chinook salmon
In May, 2023, a US federal judge issued a ruling to halt the troll fishery off southeast Alaska’s west coast, saying the permits that enable the fishery do not properly protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales.