Giving up Chinook Is a Nice Idea but It Will Not Save the Orcas

If the chinook—and the orcas who depend on them—are ever going to recover, it's going to take a lot more than choosing something else for dinner.by Katie Herzog RIEGSECKER/GETTYIMAGES.COM
The Seattle Times published a heart-warming/heart-breaking story Wednesday about chef Renee Erickson, who recently announced that she will be yanking Chinook salmon from her restaurant menus in response to Tahlequah, aka J35, the Salish Sea orca who became an international cause célèbr