Surprise Visit from Critically Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales
Haleigh | M/V Sea Lion | September 30, 2021 | 12:00 pm
Throughout this summer, we have only encountered the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales a handful of times. It is growing more rare to see these struggling animals due to the lack of prey for them in the Salish Sea. Chinook Salmon is their #1 food source and has been heavily overfished and further declined due to habitat loss of freshwater rivers. Because they no longer have a stable food source of Chinook...