Orca Protection and Recovery

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🐬 Normally it’s good news when the SRKW are in the Salish Sea, but after the commercial fishing vessel fiasco last weekend we are celebrating that the orcas have remained out at sea since the day the vessel went down. Quick 🛳 update: the ship slipped deeper over the weekend as it sits precariously on a 700ft ledge but there is zero evidence of further seeping of diesel oil or other fluids. We are grateful for the crews that continue to work around the clock to 100% resolve this debacle and we are happy the SRKW are safe out at sea.⁣
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🌊 Toxic pilings have been removed from the Puget Sound at the mouth of the Duwamish-Green River in Seattle. King County crews pulled out 1,800 creosoted timbers from the water & removed a 72,000-square-foot dock in Elliott Bay. Per DNR, Creosote causes high mortality and developmental abnormalities in fish & herring eggs. Herring are an important salmon feedstock and this river is home to chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon, steelhead and cutthroat which will all benefit from clean water. ⁣
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🐟 We are now officially past the date that the salmon farming industry could have sued the Minister of Fisheries for her highly restrictive licensing decision. This means: no renewals of the Discovery Island farms: so the Fraser salmon will remain safe from salmon farms until they reach Port Hardy. gave the rest of the farms a 2 year licence which means if the industry tries to restock the farms, they are aware they risk having to cull the fish before they reach market size because they may not have a licence long enough. Also in her decision, finally the Fraser River First Nations are included in the upcoming consultations, which they always should have been. Meanwhile the epic pink salmon returns continues! Amazing salmon news from ⁣
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📷: J27 Blackberry, photographed from Lime Kiln, SJI, Wa. 2 weeks ago. ⁣
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