Remember that heartwarming story about the porpoise and the killer whale?
Yeah, about that. One might think of local southern resident orcas as sea pandas, playfully spy-hopping through their day. The local porpoises will tell you …
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“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti”
In never-before-seen footage, an orca bit a whale shark’s body to remove its liver. Diver James Moskito, 58, was diving in the Sea of Cortez, …
This Changes Some Things
A big win for wild Chinook salmon, Puget Sound orcas, and Wild Fish Conservancy. A federal judge has rejected the National Marine Fisheries Service’s “mitigation” …
NMFS approves plan to restrict salmon fishing
King salmon fishing could be cut back from Puget Sound to Monterey Bay if king salmon numbers fall too low to feed the 75 endangered …
Judge Asked to Halt Salmon Fishing in S.E. Alaska
Washington based Wild Fish Conservancy has tossed a legal grenade in the direction of the southeast Alaska chinook salmon fishery. A Seattle judge should shut …
Chasing A Memory
In California, orcas and salmon have become so scarce people have forgotten what once was. The last stand in the Lower 48 for salmon and …
Removing These Dams Will Save Money, Salmon and Orcas
Four obsolete dams on the Snake River in the Pacific Northwest choke off access to thousands of miles of rivers.
Why Do We Allow the Shellfish Industry to Poison Our Coastal Waters With Herbicides and Pesticides?
Politicians and the media, have given a lot of attention to the declining Chinook/Orca population and have highlighted a number of causes from noisy boats, …
HUNGER: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas
Twin monarchs of the Pacific Northwest, chinook salmon, and southern resident orcas, are struggling for survival after a century of habitat losses. From the Pacific …
How a generation of killer whales was taken from Puget Sound
While the world grapples with how to save endangered southern resident killer whales it is somewhat ironic that Puget Sound was the source for killer …