Most days I am a conservation biologist with Raincoast that focuses on salmon ecology. Other days are different.
Joined March 2011
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Misty MacDuffee retweeted
Support what you love: Charitable tax receipts for 2024 extended until end of February. Make a donation to @Raincoast until February 28 and receive a tax receipt for 2024. #conservation #donate raincoast.org/2025/01/suppor…
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
.@Duffling said the 370 conditions the federal government imposed on the port expansion are filled with “soft language,” versus concrete mitigations. #salmon #orcas #RBT2 thenarwhal.ca/bc-roberts-ban…
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Comment: Life for Southern Resident killer whales not getting better. @Raincoast op-ed re: #SRKW in the @timescolonist today. #endangered #orcas @Duffling timescolonist.com/opinion/co…
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
Small-scale marsh creation: Right now, members of @TaraGMartin Conservation Decisions Lab, @Raincoast, and @ducanada, will be installing small-scale #marsh creation experiments at Tilbury Island. #habitat #restoration raincoast.org/2024/10/small-…
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
We would argue that a fish-trading agreement in an era of biodiversity crisis, a #salmon crisis and a climate crisis is not what we need between nations," @Duffling told Undercurrent News. "We need a conservation agreement between nations..." bit.ly/4drDKrE
Fact over fiction: The realities of endangered killer whales Kudos @Raincoast scientists @Marine_Valeria @LanceBarrettLen timescolonist.com/opinion/co… via @timescolonist
There are legacy effects of the aquarium trade that has certainly reduced the reproductive potential of SRKW (ie breeding females), but our analysis shows they can recover if we adequately address prey (fisheries mngment) and noise. nature.com/articles/s43247-0…
The removal of immature (but legal sized) Chinook in a marine fishery acts as a selective pressure (a fishery induced evolution) that lowers survival of fish maturing at older ages and bigger sizes, in favour of younger age and smaller size.
Unlike most other salmon, Chinook can feed and grow in local waters instead of rearing in the Gulf of Alaska and other North Pacific areas. This makes them vulnerable to being caught in coastal fisheries while they are still growing.
This is significantly below a size where SRKWs purse them. Roughly 80% of Puget Sound hatchery Chinook salmon fall into this category.
Agree there are plenty of Chinook, the problem is their size & age. SRKW select for 4yrs + & generally > 74cm. Most Chinook (especially from 🇺🇸hatcheries) are much smaller & younger than 100 yrs ago. In Puget Sound, the ave hatchery Chinook (at maturity) is 62 cm long & <3 yr old
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
.@Duffling says it’s not solely about declining Chinook, but how those stocks are being harvested. “What if we changed the way we fish Chinook #salmon? What if we stop fishing them in the marine environment and only fish them once they reach the rivers?” dailyguardian.ca/new-census-…
What she said @zerowastekait @SkeenaWild
Kait’s here with the latest updates from our Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) objection case, which we have been at for the last few days.
@WatershedWatch_ @Raincoast
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
The paper @Duffling co-authored says the whales' survival is contingent on conditions improving in the Salish Sea, not staying the same or getting worse. #orcas #endangeredspecies timescolonist.com/islander/h… via @timescolonist
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
We ❤️ this new animation from @Raincoast on the ecosystem benefits of switching (back) from open-ocean, mixed-stock #salmon fisheries to highly selective terminal fisheries
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
We’re calling for an emergency protection order to save the remaining 74 Southern Resident Killer Whales.
Increased traffic and noise pollution from TMX oil tankers will have detrimental impacts on the health of the Salish Sea.
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Misty MacDuffee retweeted
For immediate release: B.C. conservation organizations welcome Ocean Wise decision to pull its recommendation of sustainability for southeast Alaska salmon fisheries
#SalmonFishery #Salmon @SkeenaWild @WatershedWatch_ @Duffling raincoast.org/press/ocean-wi…
Misty MacDuffee retweeted
Backgrounder: Last week, @OceanWise made the decision to remove its recommendation to list salmon from southeast Alaska as sustainable. This removal will be in place until the sustainability of these fisheries is no longer in question. #BCSalmon @duffling
raincoast.org/2024/07/summar…
Breaking News !!!
@OceanWise has removed salmon harvested in southeast Alaska from its recommended sustainable seafood products list.‼️🚫
SkeenaWild, @WatershedWatch_ and @Raincoast commend Ocean Wise for their groundbreaking decision 👏
#alaskasdirtysecret
