Fish populationsLife historyGeneticsEcologyPuget SoundWashington(State)This report describes the conclusions of the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) Puget Sound Rockfish Biological Review Team (BRT) on the status of five species of rockfish--bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis), canary rockfish (S...
Fish caught in the water of Puget Sound by hand line, deep water otter trawl, inshore otter trawl, beach seine and purse seine were examined bacteriologically to determine the effects of catching method on the qualitative distribution of types, and 299 pure cultures were isolated and extensively...
Shellfish Shoreline armoring Social science Species and food webs Species of concern State of the Sound Stormwater Summer stream flows Terrestrial habitat Tidal energy Toxic contaminants Traditional ecological knowledge Tribes Uncertainties Vital Signs ...
on organisms associated with an artificial reef in Puget Sound, Wash. Stomachs ofthese fish species, dissectedfrom 609 fish speared on, around. and near the artificial reef between August 1977 and December 1978, were examined and the contents were compared with organisms present in the immediate...
Puget Sound North North Puget Sound is one of the best places to fish in the state. All of the runs coming to the south Puget Sound must, of course, pass through north Puget Sound waters first. This is your first chance to intercept them. Select a region to learn more:...
摘要: Executive Summary Groundfish resources in Puget Sound including bottomfish, Pacific halibut, and non-classified marine fishes are some of the principal clients of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Recent studies have shown that the majority of key...
Puget Sound is a large marine and estuarine ecosystem in Washington State that serves as the habitat for a number of recreationally and commercially important species of groundfish and Pacific salmon Onchorhynchus spp. Over the past several decades, the human population of the Puget Sound ...
SEATTLE —Puget Sound’s orcas, the iconic black-and-white whales famed for their arching leaps alongside ferries and other marine traffic, were declared an endangered species by the federal government Tuesday. The designation, long sought by environmental groups, will provide “a better chance for...
Are there great white sharks in the Puget Sound? Orcas, seals and otters are known residents of Puget Sound, but a perhaps lesser known fact is that our area waterways are also home to several species of sharks. ... The infamous Great White Sharkis also known to pass through Washington ...
This living habitat is critical marine infrastructure supporting the extraordinary biodiversity that defines the Puget Sound waters we know, love and depend on. Pacific herring, a forage fish that many larger species seek for food, spawn directly on the floating and submerged kelp fronds (1). ...