9/16 French bulldog, salmon for orcas, Lynda Mapes, right whales, logging and climate, fossil fuel failure, BC fake reef

French bulldog [AKC]

French bulldog
The French Bulldog is a breed of domestic dog, bred to be companion dogs. The breed is the result of a cross between Toy Bulldogs imported from England, and local ratters in Paris, France, in the 1800s. They are stocky, compact dogs with a friendly, mild-mannered temperament. (Wikipedia)

Feds OK plan to cut salmon fishing when needed for orcas 
Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest’s endangered killer whales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries adopted the plan Tuesday as recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. It calls for restricting commercial and recreational salmon fishing when chinook salmon numbers are especially low. (Associated Press)

Author of ‘Orca’ has a message for the Northwest: hope has a price tag
Science reporter Lynda Mapes’ work takes her to locales such as the Elwha River, where she reported on the science of dam removal. In her new book, Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home, Mapes says she came to understand that orcas are “the key to what’s going on in this place … If the whales can’t survive, what does that say about us?” Gretchen K. Wing writes. (Salish Current)

Scientists spot rare, mysterious right whales in waters off Alaska
Scientists earlier this summer made a rare sighting of two pairs of North Pacific right whales, noteworthy because only about 30 of the massive, endangered animals are thought to remain in the waters off Alaska. Hal Bernton reports. (Seattle Times) Why Canada is making it harder to go whale watching  New regulations aim to save orcas and humpbacks. Here’s what this means for whale tourism. Johanna Read reports. (National Geographic)

Climate change is reason to deny injunction extension over BC logging
Public concerns over climate change should play a large part in deciding whether a B.C. forestry company is granted an extension to an injunction against protests against the logging of old-growth forests, a court heard Wednesday. The B.C. Supreme Court must weigh the importance to the environment that protecting old-growth trees plays in the Fairy Creek area of Vancouver Island against the economic interests of Teal Cedar Products Ltd., which has applied for a one-year extension to the injunction, lawyer Steven Kelliher said. Dirk Meissner  reports. (Canadian Press)

No federal party offers clear path on how to wind down fossil fuel production
When asked about new scientific research showing much of the country’s oil, gas and coal should stay in the ground so that Canada meets its climate targets, none of the major parties were able to say how they plan to achieve this. Ali Raza reports. (The Narwhal)

Model of navy helicopter to be added to artificial reef in B.C.
A group that transforms decommissioned ships into new marine habitats is hoping to expand one of its artificial reefs north of Vancouver. The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia has commissioned a full-scale model of a Sea King helicopter to be built and the lowered 70 feet below the ocean surface onto the flight deck of the HMCS Annapolis. Eric Lloyd reports. (CTV News)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  229 AM PDT Thu Sep 16 2021   
TODAY  SE wind to 10 kt rising to 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 6 ft at 8 seconds subsiding to  4 ft at 9 seconds in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SE wind to 10 kt becoming SW 10 to 20 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft after  midnight. W swell 4 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain in the  evening then rain likely after midnight.

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