I truely don't think acoustical effects on the Orca's is the sole reason for their decline and as many have said there are other highly possible contributions to their decline: toxin levels, chinook salmon run declines, yes accoustics/boat traffic.

It is however, unrealistic for NOAA to propose an MPA with "exceptions" and yet can't come to a realistic proposal in the Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Management Plan.

To not take in to account the econcomic impacts the 'no-go zone" will have on locals, the flaw in their science and not looking at all the parts, equally, to recover orca's or any ESA listed specicies, I personally think is irresponsible.