threat our kids will be saying there used to be salmon in the pacific northwest. it was a dead baby killer whale that got people talking about what to do next. as much as air or water, so much life in the pacific northwest depends on salmon. over 130 species rely on nature's original food delivery. but fewer salmon are surviving the heroic swim from open ocean to spawning streams hundreds of miles inland. and that means trouble for two creatures that really love the king of fish. killer whales and us. in your grandparents day, the columbia bains seemed to produce a never-ending supply and salmon the size of people. but those big june hog chinooks are extinct now. numbers were so low the fall fishing season was canceled. >> estimates are about 17