Hama Hama Oyster Firm: Specialty Oyster Larval Setting Program
· What: Growing the manufacturing of native Olympia oysters and workforce improvement by way of the mentorship of farm interns.
· Why: Comparatively few shellfish farmers in Washington develop the native Olympia oysters as a result of hatchery-produced juvenile Olympia oysters are troublesome to seek out and costly to buy. This undertaking will enable the Hama Hama Oyster Firm to check out Olympia oyster manufacturing with the tip objective of finally offering juvenile Olympias to small oyster firms close by to develop and promote commercially.
· How: SOAR funds can be used to develop Olympia oysters from larvae to juvenile measurement, after which monitor survival and progress to maturity. If profitable, Hama Hama Oyster Firm will use this pilot program to extend the variety of Olympia oyster seed and marketable product accessible to each shellfish farmers and shoppers.
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians: Triangle Cove Blended-Use Shellfish Mosaic
· What: Enhancing a Tribal shellfish rising space in a pocket estuary of Port Susan Bay. The undertaking has three targets: restore shellfish beds and related habitat construction, present conventional and nutritious meals for Tribal members for harvest, and finally produce shellfish for native markets.
· Why: Water high quality has declined in Port Susan Bay, resulting in the closure of shellfish harvest zones in a lot of the world. Nevertheless, the Stillaguamish Tribe has stewarded Triangle Cove, sustaining a thriving estuary with harvestable shellfish. To additional help restoration of the Triangle Cove ecosystem (post-Spartina eradication) and to satisfy targets of the 2011 WA State Shellfish Initiative, this undertaking goals restore native Olympia oysters and improve shellfish harvest alternatives for Tribal members.
· How: The undertaking will deploy juvenile Olympia oysters on shell substrate, together with mature Olympias, to ascertain an area inhabitants of native oysters. Manila clam seed may also be unfold to reinforce a portion of the rising space. The positioning can be monitored for the survival and progress of the juvenile shellfish and the pure settlement of native oysters.
