A well-established Lakewood, Washington, real estate entrepreneur, Philip Giboney guides Trojan One Properties, where he manages a variety of residential and commercial holdings. A boating enthusiast in his free time, Philip Giboney enjoys fishing for salmon in Puget Sound.
With populations of salmon in the Salish Sea, encompassing coastal Washington and British Columbia, experiencing a major decline since the late 1980s, the $40 million Salish Sea Marine Survival Project brought together 200 scientists to investigate the issue.
According to a report issued in 2018, coho that made it back from the ocean to spawn in lakes numbered one in ten in the early 1980s. This has declined to one in 20 at present, with Chinook experiencing an even more dramatic decline that placed them on the threatened list in 1995. With these species holding steady along the coast outside the Puget Sound, coastal steelhead trout have declined significantly in both environments, and entered the threatened list in 2007.
Environmental elements impacting population health include disease and an increase in toxic chemicals in the water, as well as greater predatory threats from burgeoning seal and sea lion populations. In contrast to these species, chum, pink, and sockeye salmon numbers are up, in large part due to increased hatchery production.
With populations of salmon in the Salish Sea, encompassing coastal Washington and British Columbia, experiencing a major decline since the late 1980s, the $40 million Salish Sea Marine Survival Project brought together 200 scientists to investigate the issue.
According to a report issued in 2018, coho that made it back from the ocean to spawn in lakes numbered one in ten in the early 1980s. This has declined to one in 20 at present, with Chinook experiencing an even more dramatic decline that placed them on the threatened list in 1995. With these species holding steady along the coast outside the Puget Sound, coastal steelhead trout have declined significantly in both environments, and entered the threatened list in 2007.
Environmental elements impacting population health include disease and an increase in toxic chemicals in the water, as well as greater predatory threats from burgeoning seal and sea lion populations. In contrast to these species, chum, pink, and sockeye salmon numbers are up, in large part due to increased hatchery production.
