6/23 Sea lemon, BC fish farms, net pen collapse, Skagit dams, Elwha fish genes, TM pipe, Duwamish Tribe, Wet'suwet'en suit, newspaper decline

Sea lemon [Monterey Bay Aquarium]

Sea lemon Anisodoris nobilis
Most nudibranchs sport bright colors — sea lemons are deep yellow to burnt orange. Black spots mingle with protruding bumps (tubercles) on the sea lemon's back. A nudibranch's bright colors are usually a warning — eat me at your own risk. Predators scorn the sea lemon's fruity, penetrating odor and acidic taste. (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

B.C. fish farm licences renewed outside Discovery Islands until at least spring 2023
Open-net salmon farming may continue off British Columbia's coast outside the Discovery Islands area, while Ottawa undertakes consultation on a plan to transition away from the practice, the federal government announced Wednesday. Fisheries and Oceans Canada will share a draft framework for the transition in the coming weeks and consultation will run until early 2023 with the final plan to phase out 79 open-net pen farms expected to be released next spring, the department said. (Canadian Press) See also: The federal government just extended B.C. salmon farm licences. Here’s what you need to know  Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Joyce Murray announced a two-year extension for dozens of salmon farm licences that were set to expire at the end of June. Ainslie Cruickshank reports. (The Narwhal)

Jury awards $595,000 to Lummi tribe for salmon pen collapse
A Washington state jury on Wednesday awarded the Lummi Indian tribe $595,000 over the 2017 collapse of a net pen where Atlantic salmon were being raised — an event that elicited fears of damage to wild salmon runs and prompted the Legislature to ban the farming of the nonnative fish. Gene Johnson reports. (Associated Press)

Fish passage ‘likely’ as Seattle City Light aims to re-license Skagit River dams
For more than a century, salmon and the tribes that depend on them have paid dearly for the electricity generated by three dams on the Skagit River. That could change as Seattle City Light looks to renew its federal license to continue operating the dams for an additional three to five decades... While the utility said it’s likely fish passage will make it into the new license, it’s still unclear what that would ultimately look like and whether it’s enough to save the salmon. Nicholas Turner reports. (Seattle Times)

Returning home: The Elwha's genetic legacy
Following dam removal, migratory salmon have been free to swim into the upper Elwha River for the first time in 100 years. Their actual behaviors and reproductive success may well be driven by changes in their genetic makeup. Our seven-part series 'Returning home' examines how the fish are doing and whether the Elwha's genetic legacy remains intact. The first in a new series reported by Chris Dunagan. (Salish Sea Currents)

Budget watchdog says Trans Mountain expansion is no longer profitable
Canada's budget watchdog says building the federally owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is no longer a profitable investment after costs ballooned to more than $21 billion. "Trans Mountain no longer continues to be a profitable undertaking," the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) wrote in a report released Wednesday. David Thurton reports. (CBC)

Duwamish Tribe Sues for Recognition
....[T]his year, on May 11, 167 years after Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens signed the Treaty of Point Elliott with western Washington tribes, a group of Duwamish sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, and the federal government as a whole. The suit is an effort to force the government to acknowledge the Duwamish as an independent tribe. Dan Chasan writes. (Post Alley)

Wet'suwet'en members sue RCMP and Coastal GasLink for alleged harassment and intimidation
Lawsuit claims police and pipeline security officers are impeding rights outside of injunction. Jason Proctor reports. (CBC)

Forecast sees further challenges for newspapers
Despite some success growing their business online, U.S. newspapers will continue seeing overall sales decline, according to a new forecast... News publishers are finding some success with digital business models but overall circulation will continue falling through 2026, according to the U.S. Entertainment & Media Outlook released this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brier Dudley writes. (Seattle Times)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  211 AM PDT Thu Jun 23 2022   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt becoming NW 10 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the  afternoon. W swell 2 ft at 11 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less after midnight. W  swell 2 ft at 14 seconds.

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