Misty MacDuffee

Support what you love:  Charitable tax receipts for 2024 extended until end of February. Make a donation to @Raincoast until February 28 and receive a tax receipt for 2024. #conservation #donate raincoast.org/2025/01/suppor…

.@Duffling said the 370 conditions the federal government imposed on the port expansion are filled with “soft language,” versus concrete mitigations. #salmon #orcas #RBT2 thenarwhal.ca/bc-roberts-ban…

Comment: Life for Southern Resident killer whales not getting better. @Raincoast op-ed re: #SRKW in the @timescolonist today. #endangered #orcas @Duffling timescolonist.com/opinion/commen…

this morning's reflection youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZMx…

Small-scale marsh creation: Right now, members of @TaraGMartin Conservation Decisions Lab, @Raincoast, and @ducanada, will be installing small-scale #marsh creation experiments at Tilbury Island. #habitat #restoration raincoast.org/2024/10/small-…

We would argue that a fish-trading agreement in an era of biodiversity crisis, a #salmon crisis and a climate crisis is not what we need between nations," @Duffling told Undercurrent News. "We need a conservation agreement between nations..." bit.ly/4drDKrE

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist @cutpluggin Hence, the problem is not a general lack of Chinook prey, but a lack of *preferred* prey: large, old Chinook. This, combined with noise & disturbance, means successful foraging is reduced and #SRKW must expend more energy to get fewer calories.

Comment: Fact over fiction: The realities of endangered killer whales. @Raincoast op-ed by @Marine_Valeria and @LanceBarrettLen #orcas timescolonist.com/opinion/commen… via @timescolonist

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist @cutpluggin The removal of immature (but legal sized) Chinook in a marine fishery acts as a selective pressure (a fishery induced evolution) that lowers survival of fish maturing at older ages & bigger sizes, in favour of younger age and smaller size.

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist @cutpluggin Unlike most other salmon, Chinook can feed and grow in local waters vs Gulf of Alaska & other North Pacific areas. This makes them vulnerable to being caught in coastal fisheries while they are still growing (& therefore immature.

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist @cutpluggin This is significantly below a size where SRKWs purse them. Roughly 80% of Puget Sound hatchery Chinook salmon fall into this category.

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist @cutpluggin Agree there are plenty of Chinook, the problem is size & age. #SRKW select for 4yrs old+ & > 74cm. Most Chinook (especially from 🇺🇸hatcheries) are much smaller & younger than 100 yrs ago. In Puget Sound, the ave hatchery Chinook (at maturity) is 62 cm long & <3 yr old

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist There are legacy effects of the aquarium trade that has certainly reduced the reproductive potential of SRKW (ie breeding females), but our analysis shows they can recover if we adequately address prey (fisheries mngment) and noise. nature.com/articles/s4324…

Fact over fiction: The realities of endangered killer whales Kudos @Raincoast scientists @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen timescolonist.com/opinion/commen… via @timescolonist

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist The removal of immature (but legal sized) Chinook in a marine fishery acts as a selective pressure (a fishery induced evolution) that lowers survival of fish maturing at older ages and bigger sizes, in favour of younger age and smaller size.

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist Unlike most other salmon, Chinook can feed and grow in local waters instead of rearing in the Gulf of Alaska and other North Pacific areas. This makes them vulnerable to being caught in coastal fisheries while they are still growing.

@Raincoast @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen @timescolonist This is significantly below a size where SRKWs purse them. Roughly 80% of Puget Sound hatchery Chinook salmon fall into this category.

Agree there are plenty of Chinook, the problem is their size & age. SRKW select for 4yrs + & generally > 74cm. Most Chinook (especially from 🇺🇸hatcheries) are much smaller & younger than 100 yrs ago. In Puget Sound, the ave hatchery Chinook (at maturity) is 62 cm long & <3 yr old

@Earth42morrow Its not just climate change; its a century of thoughtless & massively unsustainable land use decisions ahead of climate change

Storm #Boris killed at least 24 in central and eastern #Europe  The worst flood-hit areas were #Romania #Poland #Austria #CzechRepublic #Slovakia and north #Italy VC: vigilidelfuoco 8/12 #Flood #Storm #Flashflood #Foggia #Rain #Alluvione #Pioggia #Climate #Weather #Viral

Severe weather events spelled catastrophe around the world in the month of #September A thread 🧵1/12 #Flood #Storm #Typhoon #Wildfire #Europe #Asia #Africa #USA #Myanmar #China #Japan #India #Nepal #Budapest #Italy #Poland #Mexico #Carolina #Florida #Climate #Weather #Viral

.@Duffling says it’s not solely about declining Chinook, but how those stocks are being harvested. “What if we changed the way we fish Chinook #salmon? What if we stop fishing them in the marine environment and only fish them once they reach the rivers?” dailyguardian.ca/new-census-dat…

What she said @zerowastekait @SkeenaWild