NMFS Considers Expanding Southern Resident Orca Critical Habitat

"...the National Marine Fisheries Service, or NMFS, announced it would consider expanding the critical habitat of the southern resident killer whales, the only community of orcas protected by the Endangered Species Act. But it won’t decide whether to recommend the expansion until 2017, citing the need for further studies of the whales’ range."

Read more: http://www.montereyherald.com/science/20150223/expanded-protected-area-for-orcas-to-be-studied