Bilateral Workshops to Evaluate Effects of Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales Terms of Reference Background

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• Subjects: Canada; Killer Whale; Killer whale
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• The Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) population numbers less than 90 whales and is listed as Endangered under both the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA). • NOAA Fisheries and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) are responsible for the protection and recovery of this species in the United States and Canada, respectively. • NOAA Fisheries and DFO wish to continue and expand upon their ongoing cooperation in the development of the best available science to inform recovery actions in their respective jurisdictions and, to the extent changes in management may be found necessary, to confer on options for such changes. • NOAA Fisheries and DFO have accumulated and shared a significant body of scientific and other information pertinent to the status and ecology of killer whales and threats to their recovery, yet data gaps and scientific uncertainties remain, and there may be additional scientific information and perspectives that are not yet known to the agencies. • The best available science indicates that salmon, particularly large Chinook salmon are the preferred prey of SRKW.