Comments on: Fish prevail over Californians again, says editorial http://aquafornia.com/archives/9679 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:52 -0800 hourly 1 By: dfb http://aquafornia.com/archives/9679/comment-page-1#comment-15332 dfb Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:04:37 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=9679#comment-15332 I think the argument is disingenuous with regard to orcas (aka killer whales). It borders on specious. Although orcas spend most of the year in the Puget Sound region, they do travel as far south as Monterey during the winter months. http://www.whaleresearch.com/facts.html#travel "During the autumn months in recent years the whales shift their travel patterns southward, following salmon heading to rivers draining into Greater Puget Sound. During the winter months, however, the whales spend a increasing amounts of their time in the outer coastal waters; and, in recent years some members of the Southern community — K- and L-pods — have been observed as far south as Monterey, Calif., and as far north as Langara, Queen Charlotte Island." Salmon, likewise, do not stay only in waters off California. For that reason, salmon fishing has been interrupted in Oregon as well due to the collapse of salmon populations in the Sacramento River - source of 60-80% of Oregon salmon accoring to the Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2008/04/feds_failed_salmon_on_sacramen.html I think the argument is disingenuous with regard to orcas (aka killer whales). It borders on specious. Although orcas spend most of the year in the Puget Sound region, they do travel as far south as Monterey during the winter months.

http://www.whaleresearch.com/facts.html#travel
“During the autumn months in recent years the whales shift their travel patterns southward, following salmon heading to rivers draining into Greater Puget Sound.
During the winter months, however, the whales spend
a increasing amounts of their time in the outer coastal
waters; and, in recent years some members of the Southern community — K- and L-pods — have been observed as far south as Monterey, Calif., and as far north as Langara, Queen Charlotte Island.”

Salmon, likewise, do not stay only in waters off California. For that reason, salmon fishing has been interrupted in Oregon as well due to the collapse of salmon populations in the Sacramento River – source of 60-80% of Oregon salmon accoring to the Oregonian. http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2008/04/feds_failed_salmon_on_sacramen.html

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