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Programmatic Final Environmental Impact Statement Expenditure of Funds to Increase Prey Availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales
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2024
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Description:NMFS evaluates a range of alternatives for the use of federal funding to increase the prey availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs), to mitigate reductions in prey resulting from regional declines in salmon abundances and fisheries managed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty. SRKWs are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and the availability of prey (food) is currently one of several limiting factors inhibiting the recovery of this species. The proposed action/preferred alternative would be to use the funds for the production of hatchery salmon for release into the wild as prey (food) for SRKWs. Other alternative uses for the funding include: discontinuing the funding of the program (No Action), a habitat-based prey increase program to increase naturally produced salmon as prey, and use of the funds to compensate for a further fishery harvest reduction. The effects of these alternatives are evaluated on the specified resources. This EIS is responsive to a recent court order.
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