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The resident orcas have declined enough to be endangered, largely tracking the decline in Chinook.
by Scaevolus 9y ago
The resident orcas have declined enough to be endangered, largely tracking the decline in Chinook.
- Tiktaalik 9y agoYeah the Orcas are starving. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/low-orca-birth-rates-linked-to-lack-of-chinook-salmon-1.4183609 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/low-orca-birt... Ship traffic is also likely a factor in that it's likely disruptive to their hunting. Unfortunately the Canadian government is set on approving the TransMountain diluted bitumen pipeline expansion, which will increase oil tanker traffic through the Haro Strait 7 fold. This will probably be dangerously disruptive to the orcas even if there's never any diluted bitumen spill The orcas are probably doomed :(