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New report released by NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center and PMEL Since the 1970s, researchers have used passive acoustic approaches to document the presence of locally occurring killer whales in the Salish Sea ecosystem, including endangered Southern Resident killer whales. The Salish Sea consists of the transboundary inland waters of Washington State and southern British Columbia, Canada, and includes several international ports and commercial vessel traffic corridors. Southern Residents rely on sound for finding their fish prey and to communicate among group family members, and have
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