“One of the big issues threatening southern resident killer whales is toxic pollution…”

Exactly. The volume of ships could become a trickle at the whim of the American government.

PVSA-required calls are 82% of stops, representing 90% of passenger capacity. But since required calls are typically late night & brief, cruise tourism accounts for less than 2% of overall tourist spending in the region. Biggest benefit is to shoreside operations like port, garbage, buses.

82% of ships originate Seattle where shore power will be mandatory. Port of SEA uses 3 hours as shore power dis/connect time. In 2025, 46% of YYJ calls would use shore power for less than 2 hours, many less than 60 minutes. We’re a regulatory pit stop for ships to comply with an 1886 US law.

This is all spending on cruise operations which only benefits a few corporations. Actual spending by cruise tourists is less than 2% of total tourist spending in the region. Local neighbourhood does not benefit at all, but pays the price in emissions, noise, traffic, health impacts.

Hi Elizabeth, I am looking for photography of microorganisms, phytoplankton, zooplankton, etc. that are destroyed by cruise ship scrubber wash discharge. Would this cute little one be typical of what cannot survive toxic scrubber wash? Thank you!

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

We monitor trucks, know the Tymac issue, and have pushed for actual data on what goes from cruise ships to Hartland - and points beyond - for years. Crickets. We're deep in FOIs now 'cuz nobody's talking. www.fair-sailing.com/faqgarbage

Locals capture the cruise ship horns blaring at midnight on doorbell cams in Victoria, then post without identifying details but distance from port. Amazing how willing cruise ships are to torment locals, but it’s because they generally don’t care about destination residents.