Oyster Bay, Washington
Oyster Bay is an inlet in southern Puget Sound which branches off from Totten Inlet. Kennedy Creek empties into the bay at the U.S. Highway 101 overpass. It is one of the most productive chum salmon runs in the state with over 40,000 spawners a year, estimated to be two-thirds of the run that would exist without human impacts.[1][2] The bay is the site of one of only four oyster reserves in Puget Sound where the Olympia oyster grows.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Viewing Chum Salmon: Kennedy Creek (South Puget Sound), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, retrieved 2015-06-01
- ↑ Conservation Priorities: An Assessment of Freshwater Habitat for Puget Sound Salmon (PDF), Pacific Biodiversity Institute and The Trust for Public Land, 2000, p. 103
- ↑ State oyster reserves established, Washington State Legislature, RCW 77.60.010, retrieved 2015-06-01
- ↑ Eric Wagner (December 11, 2014), "Gifts from the sea: shellfish as an ecosystem service", in Jeff Rice, Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, Puget Sound Institute at the University of Washington Tacoma Center for Urban Waters
- Findlay, Jean Cammon, and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound, Arcadia Publishing (2008) ISBN 0-7385-5607-6.
Coordinates: 47°06′20″N 123°04′31″W / 47.10556°N 123.07528°W
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