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Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas
The endangered southern resident killer whales that visit Puget Sound were listed for protection under the federal Endangered ...
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Canadian documentary ‘Coextinction’ explains why orcas in the Puget Sound are starving — and the dams that need to come down to feed them
UW students and community members gathered in Kane Hall for a screening of the 2021 documentary Coextinction. WashPIRG hosted ...
Salmon fishing therapy at Puget Sound helps veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress
Popular for boating and fishing, the waters also produce healing, calming waves for veterans and service members at the ...
How Tahlequah and her dead calf tell the story of climate change
The stories of salmon and orcas in the Pacific Northwest are linked. Their paths intermingle in a vast web of ecosystems and ...
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Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens to protect wild salmon, Orcas and Puget Sound ecosystems
This week, we are celebrating a monumental environmental victory for Puget Sound’s ecosystems, Washington Tribal Nations and the protection of our iconic wild salmon and Southern Resident orcas. On ...
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Washington is the first place in the world to remove and ban this fish farming practice
in the Puget Sound collapsed at its location near Cypress Island. The collapse resulted in the accidental release of over 250,000 Atlantic salmon, a non-native species. The incident has had lastin ...
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Washington’s struggle: How far-too-slow salmon recovery impacts Orcas like Tahlequah | Opinion
the largest and fattiest salmon available. But, Puget Sound Chinook have been listed as “threatened” on the Endangered Species List since 1999, as have the Lower Columbia Chinook. Snake River ...
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Commercial finfish net pen aquaculture prohibited in public aquatic land
The Washington State Board of Natural Resources adopted a new rule on Tuesday after a net pen array off Cypress Island collapsed and released over 250,000 salmon into the Puget Sound seven years ...
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To save orcas, focus on efforts in Puget Sound, not Snake River
What scientific proof do we have that this will help? Are there tagged Snake River salmon swimming in Puget Sound? Let’s face it our southern resident orcas are swimming through polluted waters ...