Final Environmental Impact Statement Expenditure of Funds to Increase Prey Availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales

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.

The proposed action/preferred alternative for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is to use federal funds for a hatchery salmon prey increase program for SRKWs to mitigate the effects of U.S. salmon fisheries managed under the 2019 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement. The funding would be distributed to hatchery operators to produce juvenile hatchery salmon that will mature into adult salmon for prey of SRKWs in marine waters.

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Last updated by West Coast Regional Office on 10/01/2024