Shellfish - Puget Sound Innovation Stories

Olympia Oyster Restoration

by Puget Sound Partnership | Jul 15, 2019 | Nearshore, Shellfish, Programs

Rebuilding native oyster beds and important habitat The Olympia oyster is Washington's original oyster. As our only native oyster species, they help keep our estuaries healthy by providing habitat for a diverse community of organisms. The oysters grow in aggregations,...

Restoration of the Pinto Abalone

by Puget Sound Partnership | Jul 15, 2019 | Nearshore, Shellfish, Programs

Recovery of an iconic shellfish species to Puget Sound Abalone are large marine snails important to the food web. The pinto abalone is the only abalone species found in Washington waters. This native species has cultural and ecological significance, grazing rock...

Clean Samish Initiative

by Puget Sound Partnership | Jul 10, 2019 | Stormwater, Shellfish

Cleaner water for shellfish beds The Puget Sound Partnership 's Leadership Council set a goal of upgrading 10,800 acres of shellfish beds by 2020. Over 4,000 of those acres are in the Samish River watershed. The Clean Samish Initiative is a partnership working to...

Swinomish Clam Gardens

by Puget Sound Partnership | Jul 10, 2019 | Nearshore, Shellfish

Reviving the Past to Protect the Future The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (SITC) is working near Similk Bay to revive an ancient mariculture practice by installing the first present-day clam garden in the United States. Clam gardens are shoreline habitats modified...

Drayton Harbor

by Puget Sound Partnership | Sep 25, 2017 | Estuaries, Stormwater, Shellfish

Photo credit Steve Seymour

Lower Big Quilcene

by jonbridgman | Apr 22, 2017 | Stormwater, Shellfish

The Lower Big Quilcene restoration project is in the design phase of developing community-supported actions to improve flood protection for the town of Quilcene, over 30 homes, and road access to the largest employer in Jefferson County—Coast...

Maury Island & Quartermaster Harbor

by jonbridgman | Apr 21, 2017 | Nearshore, Shellfish

Thanks to improved water quality, the Washington State Department of Health recently reopened 180 acres of shellfish beds on Vashon Island to commercial and recreational harvesting for the first time in 20 years. Water quality in Quartermaster Harbor suffered not...

Birch Bay

by jonbridgman | Apr 19, 2017 | Stormwater, Shellfish

Birch Bay, north of Bellingham, was closed to commercial shellfish harvesting in 2008 because of bacteria contamination, affecting a 670-yard radius around the mouth of Terrell Creek. Local, state, and federal agencies collaborated to create a comprehensive...

Bayshore Preserve & Oakland Bay

by jonbridgman | Apr 19, 2017 | Nearshore, Stormwater, Shellfish

Bayshore Preserve was created to protect the country's most productive Manila clam site. Washington state is the biggest exporter of Manila clams in the country, and Oakland Bay in Mason County is where to find them. The Squaxin Island Tribe, as well as 2,000 annual...

Puget Sound Innovation Stories

Olympia Oyster Restoration

Restoration of the Pinto Abalone

Clean Samish Initiative

Swinomish Clam Gardens

Drayton Harbor

Lower Big Quilcene

Maury Island & Quartermaster Harbor

Birch Bay

Bayshore Preserve & Oakland Bay

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