Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook Salmon

摘要

The efforts to assess population numbers and determine the best ways to intervene to address the plight of the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) have been ongoing for many years and the process was probably predestined to result in "winners" and "losers", from both the ecological and human perspectives. Most recently, after several years of research and discussion Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has proposed changes primarily to recreational fishing regulations on the Southern West Coast of Canada to better manage the population of SRKW, at least over the short term. The situation is quite complicated and this article summarizes some of the issues.