What it will take for the Southern Resident orca population to bounce back

If the Southern Resident Killer Whale population, which has been consistently declining, can grow to 80-90 whales in the next 50 years, they could recover.

SEATTLE — “If we do nothing, I think we will lose this population forever.” 

That’s what Rob Williams, co-founder of nonprofit Oceans Initiative, said about the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW).

A recent report published by Williams and 16 other scientists details the accelerated decline of the endangered killer whales. 

“I think the first problem is that you have to quantify how big the problem is. And it takes decades of science to be able to say

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