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  Feds OK plan to cut salmon fishing when needed for orcas

  seattletimes.com - The Associated Press

  Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the …

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  The Seattle Times

  

  It’s peak orca viewing season and southern residents are scarce; here’s why

  seattletimes.com - Kimberly Cauvel

  More than halfway through peak season for southern resident orca sightings in the state's interior marine waters, the endangered whales have been …

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  The Seattle Times

  

  Northwest killer whales are shrinking in size — and so are their prey, chinook salmon, new research shows

  seattletimes.com - Lynda V. Mapes

  A study done with drone photography revealed that younger killer whales are up to half a meter shorter than their older, healtheir peers. Chinook …

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  The Seattle Times

  

  Want to help Puget Sound’s orcas and salmon? Here’s what Seattle-area leaders say you can do

  seattletimes.com - Lynda V. Mapes

  No one thing can save endangered salmon runs and the orcas that rely on them. We spoke to Seattle-area leaders about what changes they say can make a …

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  The Seattle Times

  

  In California, orcas and salmon have become so scarce people have forgotten what once was. Will the Northwest be next?

  seattletimes.com - Lynda V. Mapes

  In the final installment of our special report Hostile Waters, we travel south to California, where memories of what once was are fading, and to …