Underwater Noise Affects Orcas

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Thanks to humans, Salish Sea waters are too noisy for resident orcas to hunt successfully

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The Salish Sea is home to two unique populations of fish-eating orcas, the northern resident and southern resident orcas .

The northern resident population has steadily grown to more than 300 individuals, but the southern resident population is now at around 75.

The noise from ships likely has an outsized impact on southern resident orca pods.

The research was funded by NOAA , Fisheries and Oceans Canada , the University of Cumbria and Wild Orca .

Tennessen: “The situation could be turned around, but only with great effort and coordination on our part.” The research is published in the journal Nature of Orca.com .

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