11/16 Drayton Harbor, WA fish farm ban, BC fish farm protest, Return to Salish Sea, whale film clip

Drayton Harbor [Puget Sound Restoration Fund]

Drayton Harbor
Drayton Harbor is a sheltered bay in Whatcom County partially enclosed by Semiahmoo Spit on the west. The site also includes the channel connecting Drayton Harbor and Semiahmoo Bay, the associated mudflats, and shallow marine waters north of the channel…. The sheltered nature of Drayton Harbor… make it a major wintering and migration staging area for aquatic birds. The extensive intertidal mudflats and shallow waters provide foraging habitat for large numbers of shorebirds and dabbing ducks. (Important Birding Areas of Washington)

Washington state senator says he’ll file bill to ban Atlantic salmon farming
Under fire after a collapse and massive escape last summer, Atlantic salmon net-pen farming would be banned in Washington under legislation that will be filed by Sen. Kevin Ranker this coming session. The legislation would allow existing state leases for the eight Atlantic net-pen farms now operating in Washington to run out by 2025. No permits for new farms would be granted, and no renewals for existing leases would be allowed. The bill also would require state agencies that regulate net-pen farming to keep a tighter watch on operations. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Sun)

Court orders end to occupation of B.C. fish farm, pending hearing
First Nation demonstrators at a B.C. fish farm are leaving — at least for now. Several Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw and Namgis members have been occupying Marine Harvest Canada's aquaculture site on Midsummer Island for more than two months. The fish farm is one of several in the Broughton Archipelago, east of Port Hardy. The demonstrators say they are concerned fish farms are hurting wild salmon in the area. They also say the aquaculture operations do not have permission to operate in their traditional territory. Marine Harvest is seeking an injunction to remove the protesters, citing safety concerns. Megan Thomas reports. (CBC)

Takeaways From 'Return To The Salish Sea'
Over the past three months, KNKX has hosted a series of weekly interviews about the iconic waterway that includes Puget Sound and extends into British Columbia. Return to the Salish Sea took listeners to locations all around the shores of this shared ecosystem to hear from people who are deeply connected to it and concerned about its future. Bellamy Pailthorp shares highlights. (KNKX)

Filmmaker wins bid to appeal aquarium injunction ordering removal of whale footage
The director of a film critical of the Vancouver Aquarium has been granted the right to appeal an earlier court decision alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract, and that ordered parts of the documentary cut from the finished edit. Gary Charbonneau's 61-minute film — Vancouver Aquarium Uncovered — was released in January of 2016. It examined the practice of keeping beluga whales and dolphins in captivity and, in part, used footage he shot as part of a school group in 2015. At the time he was warned by aquarium staff not to use the video commercially. (CBC)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  300 AM PST Thu Nov 16 2017  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY  
TODAY  S wind 15 to 25 kt becoming SW 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 to 4 ft subsiding to 2 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at 9  seconds becoming SW 6 ft at 9 seconds. Showers likely. A slight  chance of tstms in the afternoon.
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. SW swell 5 ft  at 8 seconds. A slight chance of tstms in the evening. Showers  likely.

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