Mapping Chinook watersheds that feed into the critical habitat of Southern Resident killer whales
We created this map to emphasize the relationship between the recovery of Southern Resident killer whales and the recovery of wild Chinook salmon.
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One night only – Patagonia’s Artifishal screening at the University of Victoria
Join us on Tuesday, August 27, at 7:00 pm for a film screening of Patagonia’s documentary, Artifishal, at the University of Victoria’s Cinecenta theatre located in the Student Union Building. Artifishal examines the harmful effects hatcheries…
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Increasing salmon hatcheries could do more harm than good for Chinook and Southern Resident killer whales
Hatcheries have failed to protect or restore the old ages, big sizes, range of migration times and diversity of wild Chinook salmon. For Southern Residents to recover, the age structure and run timing of wild Chinook runs, along with abundance, need to be restored. This is not the objective of hatcheries…
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Saving endangered whales: Strategies from above and below the 49th parallel
On May 10, the Canadian federal government announced its first wide-ranging measures to reduce the primary threats compromising survival of the salmon-eating Southern Resident killer whales reliant on the transboundary waters of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Although federally listed as endangered in 2003 in Canada and 2005 in the US, little has happened…
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Will hatchery Chinook reared in net pens actually help recover killer whales? Probably not
There is also no evidence that enhancing late-timed Chinook from Nitinat hatchery will help Southern Resident killer whales.
