Lawsuit Challenges Seattle Harbor Expansion's Impacts on Endangered Orcas - Center for Biological Diversity

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March 4, 2021
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Lawsuit Challenges Seattle Harbor Expansion’s Impacts on Endangered Orcas
Army Corps Failed to Study How Bigger, Louder Ships Will Harm Southern Resident Killer Whales
SEATTLE— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to consider the harm shipping traffic will do to critically endangered orcas when it approved plans to expand Seattle Harbor, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a federal lawsuit filed today.
The ultra-large container ships the port expansion will accommodate will exacerbate the noise and disturbance from commercial shipping in the Salish Sea. Noise disrupts orcas’ feeding because they need to echolocate salmon, their preferred prey.

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