Salish Sea Science Roundtable 12.5.23 | Update on the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project
Channel: Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Date: 2023-12-06

Liz Duffy of Long Live the Kings and Isobel Pearsall of Pacific Salmon Foundation shared an update on the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project. The project was a seven-year collaborative, international research effort focused on identifying factors affecting early marine survival of Chinook and coho salmon and steelhead in the Salish Sea. The evidence from more than 90 individual studies supports the conclusion that, while no single factor is responsible, changes in food supply and an increase in predators are the primary factors driving the decline. Local factors including habitat degradation, contaminants, and disease also impact salmon health and survival, while climate change is an overarching challenge compounding these factors. Liz and Isobel shared updates in terms of science advancements, implementation of findings, and research gaps.

See the slides and learn more at https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/salish-sea-science-roundtable/

Chapters: 
00:00 Intro 

1:07 Update on the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project 

50:43 Q&A