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Juvenile Salmon Use of Nearshore Habitats in San Juan County
Tina Wyllie-Echeverria Collaboration with Eric Beamer and Kurt Fresh (tows), and many students/volunteers 1950-2006, about 50 sites around the San Juans have been sampled and have found juvenile salmon. Of 656km of SJI shoreline, 430km is rocky beach. Tow nets … Continue reading
Posted in 2009 Puget Sound Georgia Basin conference, fish, Salmon
Tagged chinook, forage fish, san juan islands, seine
Juvenile Chinook use pocket estuaries near natal rivers
Eric Beamer, Juvenile Chinook salmon use of small non-natal estuaries in the Whidbey Basin, eastern Admiralty Inlet, and the San Juan Islands Most of our juveniles are coming from the Skagit, accumulating early in the year (feb-may, some years as … Continue reading
Eric Eisenhardt: Efficacy of bottomfish recovery zones
We have a great op in the San Juan Islands to compare marine reserves set up in ~1990 (mandatory) with bottomfish recovery zones (BRZ) were established ~7 years later (voluntary). Overall, regulations have changed over time, essentially getting more restrictive. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bottom recovery zones, lingcod, marine protected area, mpa, rockfish
Anne Beaudreau on lingcod in the San Juan Islands
What are the interacting relationships between rockfish, the lingcod that eat them, and the fishers who take lingcod (and rockfish)? In reserves we can look at predatory role of lingcod without fishing pressure. We can also look at differences in … Continue reading
Posted in 2009 Puget Sound Georgia Basin conference, fish
Tagged cod, ling, lingcod, marine reserve, san juan islands
John Calambokidis PSGB’09 talk
Changes in marine mammal populations of the Salish Sea: What will the future look like? Pinnipeds Harbor seal populations have stabilized — probably at historical levels — in all areas of Washington after rising from lows of the 70s and … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, fin whale, gray, grey, harbor porpoise, sea lion, seal
Lynne Barre PSGB’09 talk
Implementation of the recovery plan for SRKWs Section 7 consultations: Looking at Federal actions (funding, permiting, regulating) that might affect hydropower (hatchery production), water treatment plants, sewer outfalls, in-water construction, upland projects, habitat restoration, research, tidal and wave energy, etc. … Continue reading
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Health of the Salish Sea: panel discussion
Andrea Copping, Chief Leah George-Wilson, Richard Beamish, Mary Ruckelshaus, Joel Baker Richard Beamish: State of the Salish Sea (Richard Beamish) Warming trends over last 30yrs in Strait of Georgia [SoG] (steady) and Puget Sound (slower) Decline in % early marine … Continue reading
Keynote talk: 2009 Puget Sound Georgia Basin
Andrew Rosenberg from U of New Hampshire speaking on “Ecosystem-based Management:developing a framework for implementation” at 9:25am PST. Evidence for ecosystem effects: We know ecosystem-level impacts occur (from scientific and traditional knowledge) We know regine shifts occur and that our … Continue reading
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Blackmouth fishing in the San Juans and beyond
Last weekend was the beginning of blackmouth season in Marine Area 7 (the San Juan Archipelago and vicinity). I’ve been wondering if WDFW should encourage fishing for Puget Sound resident Chinook as there are some indications that resident Chinook are … Continue reading
Posted in Salmon
Puget Sound Partnership Education Summit
Live blog from the Puget Sound Partnership Education, Communication, and Outreach Summit. The stated purpose of the Summit is “to revitalize the ECO Net and its relationship with the Puget Sound Partnership’s goals and priorities.” 9:15 Bill Ruckelshaus discussed need … Continue reading