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January 23, 2019 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 11 Bids & Classified Advertising deadlines 12:00 Noon Monday Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To place your ad, email advertising@theskanner.com or go to www.TheSkanner.com and click on the “Ads” menu Scientists ID Another Possible Threat to Orcas: Pink Salmon By Gene Johnson Associated Press SEATTLE — Over the years, scientists have identified dams, pollu- tion and vessel noise as causes of the troubling decline of the Pacific Northwest’s resident killer whales. Now, they may have found a new and more surprising cul- prit: pink salmon. Four salmon research- ers were perusing data on the website of the Cen- ter for Whale Research, which studies the orcas, several months ago when they noticed a startling trend: that for the past two decades, significant- ly more of the whales have died in even-num- bered years than in odd years. In a newly published paper, they speculate that the pattern is related to pink salmon, which re- turn to the Salish Sea be- tween Washington state and Canada in enormous numbers every other year — though they’re not sure how. They sus- pect that the huge runs of pink salmon, which have boomed under conserva- tion efforts and chang- es in ocean conditions in the past two decades, might interfere with the whales’ ability to hunt their preferred prey, Chi- nook salmon. Given the dire plight of the orcas, which officials say are on the brink of extinction, the research- ers decided to publicize their discovery without waiting to investigate its causes. “The main point was In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, an endangered female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle, Wash. getting out to the public word about this bienni- al pattern so people can start thinking about this important, completely unexpected factor in the decline of these whales,” said one of the authors, Greg Ruggerone. “It’s im- portant to better under- stand what’s occurring here because that could help facilitate recovery actions.” Ruggerone, president of Seattle-based Natural Resources Consultants and former chairman of the Columbia River Independent Scientific Advisory Board, and the other authors — Alan Springer of the Universi- ty of Alaska at Fairbanks, Leon Shaul of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and independent researcher Gus van Vliet of Auke Bay, Alaska — have previously studied how pink salmon com- pete for prey with other species. As news stories chron- icled the struggles of the orcas last year — one whale carried her dead calf on her head for 17 days in an apparent ef- fort to revive it — the four biologists looked at data on the Center for Whale Research’s site. Thanks to their previous research, it took them only a few minutes to recognize a trend that had escaped the atten- tion of other scientists. “We know that some are good years for the whales and some are bad years, but we hadn’t put it together that it was a biennial trend,” said Ken Balcomb, the center’s founding director, one of the foremost experts on the so-called Southern Resident killer whales. Further analyzing the data, the researchers found that from 1998 to 2017, as the population of whales decreased from 92 to 76, more than 3.5 times as many newborn and older whales died during even years — 61, versus 17 in odd years. During that period, there were 32 successful births during odd years, but only 16 during even years. That biennial pattern did not exist during a prior 22-year period from 1976 to 1997, when the whale population was recovering from ef- forts to capture orcas for aquarium display, the re- searchers said. But in 1998, salmon harvests were curtailed amid efforts to boost runs decimated by over- fishing, pollution and habitat loss. A strong change in ocean condi- tions occurred around the same time, benefiting pink salmon especially by increasing the abun- dance of zooplankton, which make up much of the pink salmon’s diet. The combined effect of the ocean changes and fishing restrictions has greatly benefited the pinks, which are by far most numerous salmon species in the North Pa- cific. When they return to the Salish Sea, there are about 50 for each of the bigger, fattier Chi- nook. Nearly all pinks return to their natal streams in odd years, completing their two- year life cycle, unlike other salmon, which stay in the ocean longer. 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