Tribe concerned about Purple Urchin Barrens and kelp forests
Hordes of slow-moving prickly purple urchin that creep along the seafloor can easily wipe out a kelp forest. The Makah…
Category: Shellfish
Makah Tribe Gets Early Hit of Invasive European Green Crab
The Makah Tribe’s European green crab invasion has hit yet another alarming benchmark, with more than 1,200 crab captured within…
Aging Geoduck is as easy as counting rings on a shell
Like rings on a tree trunk, the rings on a geoduck shell reveal the age of the bivalve. With some…
Heat dome found to be deadly for some shellfish species, but not for others
June’s intense heat dome, ill-timed with extremely low tides, left shellfish dead on some beaches across Puget Sound and the…
Suquamish Tribe revives cockle population for tribal harvest
After four years of carefully rearing cockles from broodstock, the Suquamish Tribe celebrated its successful efforts with clam bakes last…
Makah Tribe Marks and Recaptures Dungeness and European Crab for Population Estimates
A sample of native Dungeness crab and problematic European green crab in the Tsoo-yess River got a smear of red,…
Dungeness Crab Larvae, Migration Patterns Focus of Research Group
Northwest treaty tribes and other members of the Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group (PCRG) have been learning more than expected about Dungeness crab larvae migration patterns…
Tribes, Shellfish Growers and Partners Support Olympia Oyster Restoration in Hood Canal
The Skokomish Tribe partnered with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Pew Charitable Trusts this spring to participate in a national oyster restoration program, Supporting Oyster…