L Pod is all the way down in Monterey Bay

searun

searun

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Check this out...L Pod is all the way south in Monterey Bay. The new calve is doing remarkably well. No peanut head, not signs of starvation as some have predicted. The entire pod appeared to be doing very well.

Either they are getting good grits or shifted diet to feed on baby grey whales like their cousins the Transients.

Check it out:

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/...-off-california-coast-1.4360793?fbclid=IwAR3z
 
When’s the grey whale migration north? The greys journey through Monterey and the Orcas are usually their to greet them, especially the calfs
 
Powerset said:
When’s the grey whale migration north? The greys journey through Monterey and the Orcas are usually their to greet them, especially the calfs
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There now apparently....everyone is loading up. Transients are there with L-Pod.
 
All kidding aside...if there is a big bounce in California Chinook numbers it is great news.

My view is this lack of prey situation is far from a Fraser / Canada issue. In typical Canadian fashion we take 100% of the blame and ignore the bigger issues out there.

Hopefully this signals better years ahead for the SRKW and our government can get real about “fixing” the prey situation by instituting fishing closures.
 
searun said:
Always the optimist - I'm confident nature will bat last on this...as for the government...unfixable.
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yeah it's kinda sad when the DFO rep tells you to buckle in and this whale stuff is going to be around forever now because the SRKW population has never been above a 100 individuals. So were putting in all these restrictions but we dont expect they will do anything because the population has always fluctuated up and down and its just at its lower end of the norm.

Optics for Ottawa
 
California’s 2019 ocean salmon fishing season should be slightly better than last year’s, according to information presented at this week’s annual Salmon Information Meeting held in Santa Rosa by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The ocean abundance projections for Sacramento River fall Chinook (SRFC), a main salmon stock harvested in California waters, is estimated at 379,600 adult salmon, an increase over 2018 forecasts. This may result in increased fishing opportunity in some central coastal areas. The Klamath River fall Chinook (KRFC) abundance forecast of 274,200 adult salmon is lower than 2018 forecast, but still an improvement over low forecast numbers seen in recent years.

“We are cautiously optimistic that the increase in ocean abundance of SRFC will translate into more fishing opportunity this year,” said CDFW Environmental Scientist Kandice Morgenstern.
 
How is it that two rivers in drought ridden California which are smaller is size and presumably far more impacted by development than the mighty Fraser have Chinook runs of similar size?
 
The Klamath could become much more productive if the project to remove 4 dams goes ahead. https://www.americanrivers.org/2018/06/plan-released-for-klamath-river-dam-removal/
This is the kind of project which will improve the chinook situation and, and have real long term impact for SRKW by increasing the food supply, particularly in the southern part of their range. Bold actions like this, not even more fishing restrictions are what will make a difference for those animals.
 
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