While the Steller Sea Lion delisting is good news, the Orca story is not.
New research reveals the number of the Orca population in Puget Sound is dwindling — especially among reproductive age males. “That’s clear, they’re not recovering,” said Bruce Stedman, who heads-up the Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance. He points to numbers from the Center for Whale Research and NOAA, which Stedman claims since 2009, the number of reproductive-age males is down 26 percent, and there are only 14 reproductive age male Orca left. And he worries if those numbers don’t get better soon, the result could be devastating. Luke Duecy reports.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Alarming-research-shows-Orca-population-in-Puget-Sound-is-dwindling-229018991.html