SpringVelocity
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OMG. Unlike stakeholder forums that weigh recovery measures within the context of economic interests and policy constraints, this workshop was designed to prioritize science- and evidence-based solutions.
Input on recovery of Southern Resident killer whale potential general vessel management measures for 2025 and 2026
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OMG. Unlike stakeholder forums that weigh recovery measures within the context of economic interests and policy constraints, this workshop was designed to prioritize science- and evidence-based solutions.
SpringVelocity
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One of reccomendations. Completely shut all marine salmon fisheries and shift allocation to in river fisheries.
Loaded wording to target catch and release and any MSF openings. Also insinuating that somehow fish will get magically bigger.
Wording:
Assess benefits of shifting marine fisheries to terminal areas (i.e., terminus of salmon migration where immature Chinook are not encountered) to increase Chinook abundance, restore larger prey, and enhance SRKW access prior to fisheries.
Loaded wording to target catch and release and any MSF openings. Also insinuating that somehow fish will get magically bigger.
Wording:
Assess benefits of shifting marine fisheries to terminal areas (i.e., terminus of salmon migration where immature Chinook are not encountered) to increase Chinook abundance, restore larger prey, and enhance SRKW access prior to fisheries.
SpringVelocity
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Here the NGO groups coming on the attack today.
A statement from the B.C.-based conservation groups says the report marks the first time scientists have proposed a road map for the recovery of southern resident killer whales on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.
The report makes a series of 26 science-based recommendations, including limiting fisheries to help the whale access their main prey, chinook salmon, along with eliminating toxic chemicals that build up in their food chains and adopting enforceable underwater noise standards.
“We specifically wanted to have a conversation that was science-focused, but we were mindful of keeping this as realistic as possible,” Barrett-Lennard says.
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A statement from the B.C.-based conservation groups says the report marks the first time scientists have proposed a road map for the recovery of southern resident killer whales on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.
The report makes a series of 26 science-based recommendations, including limiting fisheries to help the whale access their main prey, chinook salmon, along with eliminating toxic chemicals that build up in their food chains and adopting enforceable underwater noise standards.
“We specifically wanted to have a conversation that was science-focused, but we were mindful of keeping this as realistic as possible,” Barrett-Lennard says.
‘High probability of extinction’: Urgent plea for action to save southern resident orcas | Globalnews.ca
A new report says a population of endangered killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state is showing no sign of recovery under the current conditions.
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Researchers make 26 recommendations in report to save endangered southern resident orcas
Only 73 southern resident killer whales are left, but researchers believe there is a way to save the species.
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Scientists call for urgent action to save B.C.'s endangered killer whales
The population has declined to 73 individuals, 'with no sign of recovery'
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Scientists map recovery for endangered orcas off British Columbia’s coast
A new report from a group of more than 30 experts says a population of endangered killer whales off the coast ...
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Act Now to Save Killer Whales, Urges New Report | The Tyee
The southern resident population likely faces extinction. Scientists say we know how to prevent it.
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SpringVelocity
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Barrett-Lennard says the whales are particularly dependent on the largest, fattiest chinook, which spend the first year of their lives in freshwater streams.
“Those are the fish that the killer whales take preferentially and to meet their nutritional requirements,” he says.
“They also tend to be the ones that fishermen love.”
The report recommends ensuring the orcas have “priority access” to early-season chinook in the Fraser River through fishing closures. It also calls on government to identify seasonal and annual prey thresholds for the whales, and to close fisheries when their needs are not met.
“Those are the fish that the killer whales take preferentially and to meet their nutritional requirements,” he says.
“They also tend to be the ones that fishermen love.”
The report recommends ensuring the orcas have “priority access” to early-season chinook in the Fraser River through fishing closures. It also calls on government to identify seasonal and annual prey thresholds for the whales, and to close fisheries when their needs are not met.
sly_karma
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Another rec was to increase the vessel separation distance to 1000 m. There will now be solid outback from those parasites known as the whale watching industry, aka the marine paparazzi. That's the stakeholder group the scientific panel wants to avoid in their discussions.
It sure feels like an uphill battle. The messaging in regular media following the release of the paper and its recs was heavily emotive. The whales will become extinct if we don't do something! Your average reader/viewer has no idea that orcas are plentiful worldwide, that it's this one population with its lack of adaptability that is under threat. Mainstream media has totally bought into this narrative, following the story of juveniles that get lost, sad mamas looking for them, using the nicknames for individual animals. Major anthropomorphism going on here, creating big emotional ties to just 73 embattled animals.
Even in our southern BC waters we have frequent visits from the transient whales, those are the ones doing the Lord's work (eating seals). That this population is healthy and stable is mostly unknown to the public. How is it that the SRKW can't/won't adapt to preying on pinnipeds, a fat-rich high energy food source? Aren't orcas the most intelligent species on the planet?
It sure feels like an uphill battle. The messaging in regular media following the release of the paper and its recs was heavily emotive. The whales will become extinct if we don't do something! Your average reader/viewer has no idea that orcas are plentiful worldwide, that it's this one population with its lack of adaptability that is under threat. Mainstream media has totally bought into this narrative, following the story of juveniles that get lost, sad mamas looking for them, using the nicknames for individual animals. Major anthropomorphism going on here, creating big emotional ties to just 73 embattled animals.
Even in our southern BC waters we have frequent visits from the transient whales, those are the ones doing the Lord's work (eating seals). That this population is healthy and stable is mostly unknown to the public. How is it that the SRKW can't/won't adapt to preying on pinnipeds, a fat-rich high energy food source? Aren't orcas the most intelligent species on the planet?
ship happens
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When they say " orcas have priority access", clearly they are referring to another species. There I said it as best I could.
brutus
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They are LIBERAL whales
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