The Southern Resident Orcas of the Salish Sea
With fewer salmon to eat, Southern Resident killer whales spend ...
The Salish Sea around the San Juan Islands has traditionally been a hotspot for the whales. The Southern Residents would spend the summer months ...
Orcas - Puget Sound Vital Signs
... Salish Sea ecosystem, and in turn a healthy Southern Resident killer whale population. More information on population trends of other marine ...
Killer Whales: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat! (Salish Sea Wild)
of Salish Sea Wild, SeaDoc and our conservation partners bring the latest high-tech gear into the fight to save endangered Southern Resident ...
Rare clash between two distinct kinds of orcas in the Salish Sea
Two distinct species of orcas feed and socialize in the waters of Puget Sound: fish-eating endangered southern resident killer whales and transient, or Bigg's, ...
Southern Resident Killer Whales | Health of the Salish Sea ... - US EPA
After a steep decline between 1994 and 2001, the population of Southern Resident Killer Whales appears to have stabilized.
The Salish Sea is home to many marine mammals, but most known as the home of the Southern Resident Community of orcas or killer whales (SRKWs). This unique ...
Southern resident orcas - Wikipedia
The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ...
The Scoop on Southern Resident Killer Whales (Salish Sea Wild)
Our team works with scientists trying to save the Salish Sea's most iconic and endangered species: the Southern Resident killer whale.
Southern Resident Orcas - The Whale Trail
L and K pods are known to travel to the northern coast of California in the winter months and J pod normally stays closer to the Salish Sea. The SRKW will ...
Southern Resident Killer Whales in the Salish Sea – Sunday 09/10 ...
[Naturalist Sarah – 09/10/2017 – M/V Sea Lion – 12:00pm & 04:30 Charter]. Summer time in the San Juan Islands usually means sunny weather, ...
Salmon Advocacy for Southern Resident Orcas. Why salmon? Southern Residents are fish-eaters, feeding primarily on salmon, with Chinook making up over 80% of ...
Rights for Southern Resident Orcas - NARN
Southern Resident Orcas. NARN and Legal Rights for the Salish Sea (LRSS) began their partnership in 2023. LRSS was founded in 2016 ...
How You Can Help Southern Resident Orcas
Orca Action Month is every June - a time to celebrate the presence of the Southern Resident orcas in the Salish Sea and take concrete action together for their ...
Stories of the Southern Resident Orcas | Defenders of Wildlife
Their core summer habitat is in the Salish Sea, which runs between British Columbia, Canada and Washington state. They also regularly forage off ...
Three Southern Resident orcas passed away this year
This is much needed good news for struggling Southern Resident orcas – a distinct population of orcas which frequent the Salish Sea and ...
Southern Resident Orcas - Georgia Strait Alliance
... orcas that live off the Pacific Northwest coast, with critical habitat in the Salish Sea ... Endangered Southern Resident orcas are a genetically distinct ...
Salish Sea too noisy for killer whales to hunt - Capital Daily
Data show ambient noise from vessels cause changes in hunting behaviour in both Southern and Northern Resident killer whales.
Sightings of Southern Resident killer whales in the Salish Sea 1976 ...
Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs) or orcas, Orcinus orca, are resident year round in the Salish Sea, the inland waterways of Washington State and ...
Southern Resident Killer Whale - Salish Sea Wiki
Southern Resident Killer Whale, are a group of Killer Whale or Orca that spend most of their time moving back and forth between the Salish ...
Southern Resident orcas spotted in Salish Sea for more than two ...
Many efforts have been underway to restore salmon populations, reduce underwater noise and educate boaters, in an effort to make waters safe ...