Tag: SRKW | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

NEB recommends Trans Mountain proceed despite “significant adverse effects” to Southern Residents

Published on 2019 03 20 | by Chris Genovali, Misty MacDuffee & Paul Paquet | in For the coast

The National Energy Board (NEB) has recommended that the Trans Mountain expansion project should proceed despite the “significant adverse effects” of oil tankers on the critically endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales. Although we disagree with the NEB’s conclusion, their review of the project effects on killer whales is forthright and portrays the severity of the current situation…

Panel: the future of killer whale recovery

Published on 2019 03 12 | by Raincoast | in Events

Killer Whales in the foreground and text: Victoria April 18 Panel

Through the support of Stream of Consciousness, you can join us on April 18th, either in person or by streaming the event free online. Hosted by CBC’s Bob McDonald, the evening will feature a panel of experts who will be open to questions from the live audience and viewers online.

The National Energy Board and killer whales, on As It Happens

Published on 2019 03 11 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Killer whales spyhop with a tanker in the background and population viability maps in the foreground.

In this interview, Misty outlines that while oil spills remain a clear risk, the effects of increased vessel traffic, i.e. noise and disturbance, are a certainty.

No mitigation measures can protect Southern Resident killer whales from the noise of Trans Mountain’s tanker traffic

Published on 2019 02 22 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director | in Conservation update

J16 spy hops: Southern Resident killer whale.

While we disagree with the NEB’s conclusion, we acknowledge that their review of the effects on killer whales accurately portrays the complexity and severity of the situation.

Raincoast’s new evidence on Southern Resident killer whales for the National Energy Board’s reconsideration of the Trans Mountain Expansion

Published on 2019 02 20 | by Raincoast | in Backgrounders

Beam Reach Haro Strait Salish Sea, with a map of the Southern Resident killer whale critical habitat and the tanker route tot he Trans Mountain Expansion Burnaby terminal.

The National Energy Board is now preparing its recommendations to cabinet on the Trans Mountain Expansion. When we won our legal case in the federal court of appeal in August 2018, the courts quashed the Trans Mountain permits and required the National Energy Board to reconsider their recommendations…

Southern Resident killer whales need more than luck

Published on 2019 01 21 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director | in Conservation update

Southern Resident killer whales swim by in the Salish Sea.

The reality is that calves like Lucky only have a 40% chance of survival. More sobering still is the fact that no calves have survived in this population in the last three years. This is why we have stopped using images…

L124 is the newest member of the Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2019 01 15 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

A Southern Resident killer whale slaps their tail in the Salish Sea.

Listen to Misty MacDuffee explain some of the context around the recent birth of L124 in the Salish Sea. Declines in Chinook abundance, especially to the Fraser, are affecting killer whale behaviour patterns, fertility and survival…

Misty MacDuffee joins Adam Sterling on CFAX 1070 to discuss Washington State’s billion dollar plan to aid killer whale recovery

Published on 2019 01 04 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Southern Resident killer whales J50 with her sister, J42, in July of 2018, swim by in the Salish Sea.

Misty MacDuffee and Adam Stirling discuss the benefits and the shortcomings of Washington’s investment, the problem with dams, aid to Chinook hatcheries and new hatchery production. They discuss the genetic and ecological implications from hatcheries and why MacDuffee believes this makes them a poor investment for salmon recovery and Southern Resident killer whales. […]

Chinook salmon, 74 killer whales, and the future of the Salish Sea

Published on 2018 12 18 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director | in Conservation update

A Southern Resident killer whales, J50, glides through the water in the Salish Sea.

2018 closes with just 74 Southern Resident killer whales remaining in the world. You’ve been with us through a year of huge wins and some heartbreaking losses and it’s worth a recap as we close the year and prepare for 2019. January – With 76 Southern Residents remaining, Raincoast and partners petition the government to […]