And now this news is out - fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endan…
Yet another dead right whale. A female who had a calf this year. Hoping for the calf's sake that it died instantly.
NOAA Fisheries #rightwhale #brightextinction
Great description of the chinook salmon management benefits to #SRKW identified by Raincoast Conservation Foundation & Oceans Initiative et al in our latest paper examining killer whales, #Chinook #salmon , & #brightExtinction 🙏WildFishConservancy theorcasonian.com/new-research-s…
“The worst case scenario would have the southern residents disappear within 40 years.”Peter S. Ross Raincoast Conservation Foundation #brightextinction cheknews.ca/southern-resid…
# SRKW orcas hurtling toward extinction, new study finds #BrightExtinction seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c… via The Seattle Times
““In a declining population…the greater the lag time between knowledge and mitigation, the more draconian the recovery actions needed.” Misty MacDuffee Raincoast Conservation Foundation #BrightExtinction raincoast.org/2024/04/study-…
Peter Corkeron NOAA Fisheries Thanks Peter. We felt it was important to contrast Boehm’s concept of dark extinction (losing species before they’re even documented scientifically) with the populations we risk losing in plain sight
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nature.com/articles/s4324…