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UW Research Survey On Farming Native Shellfish
Clam & Oyster businessman Carl Harrold Johnson passes
(Posted: December 28, 2017)
Carl passed away peacefully due to natural causes on December 4, 2017. His memorial will be held Saturday, January 13th @ 1pm at the Fort Warden Commons. A potluck reception will immediately follow at the Irondale Church. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made in Carl’s name – For details & obituary click here.
December ecosystem services photo contest winner
(Posted: December 22, 2017)
Congratulations Blaine Schoolfield of the Hatfield Marine Science Center
Blaine’s photo is of a Lemon nudibranch and mussels, just two of the many animals that utilize oyster cage structure for habitat on Molluscan Broodstock Program rafts in Yaquina Bay, OR.
KING 5 NEWS: Ocean acidification worsening in Puget Sound
(Posted: December 21, 2017)
A five-year study released Wednesday shows that ocean acidification is getting worse in Puget Sound and needs drastic action to stop the trend. PCSGA member Joth Davis from Baywater Shellfish Farm in Port Ludlow highlights on KING 5 News.
November ecosystem services photo contest winner
(Posted: November 20, 2017)
Congratulations Nicolas de Witt of Fanny Bay Oysters
Something caught de Witt’s eye while inspecting Manila Clam beds. A fish had laid several eggs in one of the panels that covers and protects the clams. They stood out from the rocky beds in the light of his headlamp, otherwise he might never have noticed them. Contest link
October ecosystem services photo contest winner
(Posted: November 1, 2017)
Congratulations Weatherly Bates of Alaska Shellfish Farms.
She took this photo of a juvenile sea otter that she calls Scuppers. He is missing a front paw which probably would doom him if he hadn’t figured out to befriend Weatherly & her co-workers. Scuppers spends his days close by their farm boat eating all of the urchins, crabs, and mussels that are washed out of their boats as they clean and harvest oysters. Everywhere they go, Scuppers follows for a meal. He went from a skinny starving Read More