Tag: SRKW | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

From meerkats to killer whales

Published on 2018 10 02 | by Andrew W. Bateman, Raincoast Research Scientist | in Inform

A family of meerkats stand together watching, while a young member opens their mouth and shows their tongue.

For animal species that form social groups, living together can have a strong effect on individuals’ chances of survival and reproduction, and ultimately on how population sizes change over time. New work, led by myself in collaboration with a team of researchers from Canada, the UK, and Switzerland, combines theory and data to shed light […]

Still no adequate threat reduction measures for endangered killer whales

Published on 2018 09 22 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Paul Paquet, Senior Scientist | in Conservation update

Southern Resident killer whales spy hop with oil tankers in the background.

The federal government is instructing the National Energy Board to conduct a review of marine shipping associated with the proposed sevenfold increase in tanker traffic from the Trans Mountain expansion…

We are taking the federal government to court to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2018 09 05 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Paul Paquet, Senior Scientist | in Conservation update

A Souther Resident killer whale is watched by a whale watching vessel: five logos on the right including David Suzuki Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, Georgia Strait Alliance, Natural Resources Defense council and Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

Today, we launched a lawsuit to ensure our federal government acts to protect the endangered Southern Resident killer whales. The lawsuit comes less than a month after Southern Resident J35 (Tahlequah) carried her deceased calf for 17 days

We’ve won our legal challenge to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

Published on 2018 08 30 | by Raincoast | in Conservation update

Today we can all celebrate a significant win in our efforts to protect the Salish Sea, Fraser River salmon, and the Southern Resident killer whales. This morning, the federal court of appeal unanimously ruled that the Canadian government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion project violated its legal obligations to protect endangered Southern Resident killer […]

Killer Whales versus Trans Mountain pipeline – decision time

Published on 2018 08 29 | by Raincoast | in For the coast

J50/Scarlet and her mother, J16/Slick, travel toward the west side of San Juan Island, Washington.

We requested the court send this unlawful approval back to Cabinet with instructions that it must meet all of the legal requirements, which include addressing the risks to Southern Resident killer whales. The court ruling is due Thursday…

Wild Salmon, Pipelines and the Trans Mountain Expansion

Published on 2018 08 27 | by Misty MacDuffee, Dave Scott, & Chris Genovali | in For the coast

A quiet sunny day on the The Fraser River.

As the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population continues to struggle from the combined forces of noise, pollution and food (i.e. Chinook) availability, Raincoast Conservation Foundation has released a report that highlights the risks posed to wild salmon in the Lower Fraser River from an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline…

Interview: Southern Resident killer whales, fisheries, whale watching and the need for enforcement

Published on 2018 08 20 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Last week, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the David Suzuki Foundation made a joint call for action to save the Southern Resident killer whales. This call for action was made to the new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Jonathan Wilkinson to immediately close recreational and commercial marine Chinook fisheries, to suspend all commercial and recreational whale […]

Fisheries closures needed for killer whales

Published on 2018 08 16 | by Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director & Chris Genovali, Executive Director | in Conservation update

J50 swims toward San Juan Island: a group of people stand by the lighthouse waiting and watching.

The Southern Resident killer whale population needs your voice to demand that the new federal Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, issue an emergency order that also includes the following actions…

Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 on fishery closures, Chinook salmon and Southern Resident killer whales

Published on 2018 07 31 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

The dead calf of J35 floats in the waters of the Salish Sea.

Southern Resident killer whales need systemic solutions that reverse the increase in noise and interference with feeding, and that protect Chinook salmon populations. Listen to two prescient interviews that Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director with Raincoast Conservation Foundation, has given with CFAX 1070…