Southern Resident Orcas J Pod - Protect What You Love (SRKW) 8-29-19
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2019
- I was happy to see 14-week-old J56 with Mom J31 Tsuchi and 4-year-old J53 Kiki traveling with J46 Star. Kiki lost her mom this summer, J17 Princess Angeline who was grandmother to Star. Star lost her mom J28 Polaris in 2016. Surrounded by family and friends these 2 young ladies are loved and protected. Facing extinction the Southern Residents are suffering a critical food shortage and habitat degradation. Last month CWR reported three adult orca missing and presumed dead reducing the population to just 73 individuals. One of the missing is Kiki's mother.
Be Whale Wise - Follow these guidelines and local laws in the presence of marine wildlife. www.bewhalewise.org/
Orca Network, www.orcanetwork.org/
The Whale Trail, thewhaletrail.org/
The Whale Museum of Friday Harbor, whalemuseum.org/
Center for Whale Research, www.whaleresearch.com/
Listen to underwater hydrophones - www.orcasound.net
Salmon Recovery and breaching the four lower Snake River Dams:
Damsense, damsense.org/
www.orcasalmonalliance.org/
srkwcsi.org/ - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
Fantastic.
Thank you for watching, Hans :)
Aren't they Magnificent!!! TY!
Hi Shireen! Nice to see your comment. They ARE magnificent! Thank you so much for watching :) :)
ID's help. (J27 Blackberry is obviously spectacular.) Further to your notes, Kiki's older sister is the famous J35 Tahlequah, who is now caring for a lot of youngsters.
Swimmer note: the way they power through the waves is sensational.
Thank you for your comment, Robert. J27 is absolutely spectacular! Yesterday in the evening (9-9-19), the J16's were here in Haro Strait, Mom J16 Slick; her daughters J36 Alki; J42 Echo and her son, J26 Mike. Thank you for watching! (RIP J50 Scarlet)
@@989razzle Glad to hear you saw them.
Such a breath taking site to see!! 😍 I love our Resident Orcas! 🐋❤ Seeing their decline is totally heartbreaking 💔 I hope action is taken sooner rather than later. I agree that the dams play a big role in restoring their prey. Along with limiting vessel traffic and pollution. If these conditions continue, we will no longer see these magnificent creatures in our oceans in the future... 😭
Only breaching the dams will have a big enough impact at this late stage. Then there's the not-so-trifling matter of Trudeau's Trans-Mountain oil tankers coming to destroy Haro Strait.
@@robertspaggiari7033 I agree, breaching the dams will be the best step right now. Saddening to see that humans are creating the reasons for their extinction.. 😔
Thank you for your heartfelt comment mzordo. I agree with you wholeheartedly. If the dams are breached today, it will still take years for the salmon population to recover. Until that time I think any action we can take to ease the stresses on the Southern Resident population is needed. Thank you for watching :)
@@robertspaggiari7033 The Washington State Department of Ecology is updating WA State's Oil Spill Contingency Plan that requires large commercial vessels, oil handling facilities, and pipelines to have detailed oil spill contingency plans for appropriate equipment and trained personnel to respond to spills that may occur. A draft of the updated rule is now available for public comment until October 6, 2019. Hearings were not scheduled in the communities that are most impacted by the current and projected increased transport of non-floating oils. It would be great if islanders could attend the nearest hearing which is in Everett on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Here is the link to submit a public comment cs.ecology.commentinput.com/?id=V6ATc Thank you for your comment Robert!
@@989razzle Thanks for the link. I was already aware of that possibility, but I wasn't thinking so much about hypothetical oil spills, more about a daily multiplication of vessel traffic. It will basically make an unrecognizable Haro Strait an extension of the port of Vancouver, but much worse than anything people are yet imagining. I recommend you get hold of the Trans-Mountain material and have a long think about the details. Also recommend old episodes of Mark Leiren-Young's 'Skaana' podcast for names on the BC side. Remember that 1/2 of Haro Strait is Canadian waters.
IF I were a Southern Resident, my plan would be to close the whole of Haro Strait to all vessels above a certain size, except those with special permits (e.g. Inslee's new ferries), and force Vancouver traffic to use Johnstone Strait. I don't think I'll get my wish.
The Canadians are keeping the north sleepy and touristic, and making the border area their industrial zone. Bad luck for anyone living near the border.
We must protect their Oceans and keep them clean and we must stop over fishing and taking all their food. Orca Network has good info.
Thanks for your concern for the Southern Residents SunGazeMia. We also must open up the dams that are decimating the salmon population. For one, we need to restore the Snake River, www.wildsalmon.org/ I agree with you about fishing although most of the industry and some sports fisher people disagree. Although vessel distances were increased this year, the whale watching industry has been successful blocking initiatives to increase it further. I would like to see a regulation requiring vessels to stay outside the perimeter of an orca group that is actively foraging. Their foraging behavior naturally brings them into close distance of waiting vessels: the vessels need to back off. IMO. Thank you so much for caring!
What can be done to get food to them, if anything!
Orca Network is a network of organizations that support Orca. I receive a news letter from Orca Network via email, that has many links that may help point you in the right direction to help Orca everywhere. Look in this videos description. They give you the link.
Thank you for your comment vasidney. The most important thing we can do is open up the dams that are decimating the salmon population. Even if done immediately it will take more than a few years for the salmon to recover and grow large enough to feed orcas. www.wildsalmon.org/ The salmon are also on the endangered list yet sport and commercial fishing, though regulated, is allowed. Though vessel distance from the whales is regulated and was increased in 2019 by 100 yards, other attempts to increase it further were successfully challenged by the whale watch industry. There is an effort underway to eliminate vessel traffic and fishing in key historic feeding areas. There is a voluntary "no-go" zone on the west side of SJI extending 1/4 mile offshore (1/2 mile at LK lighthouse). IMO this is not wide enough. Thank you for your concern about the orcas. Our love for them should unify us, not polarize us.