Anemone, BC fishing regs, just big hornets, at-sea observers, laboring mussel

Giant green anemone [Mary Jo Adams]

Giant green anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Look for the giant green anemone in tidepools, surge channels, and on rocks along exposed rocky beaches from the mid intertidal zone to a subtidal depth of 100 feet. Like other anemones, it is a carnivore and feeds on displaced mussels, crabs, small fish, and sea urchins. (Written by Mary Jo Adams/Sound Water Stewards)


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New regulations to protect killer whales ask fishermen to stop fishing near whales year round
For the second year in a row the Government of Canada is enacting restrictions to help protect the southern resident killer whale population. The new rules from Fisheries and Oceans Canada include protecting access to chinook salmon, reducing contaminants affecting killer whales and their prey and asking all vessels to "go slow" when whales are around. Many of the regulations laid out are similar to those announced last year. New elements include expanding area-based closures for recreational and commercial fishing in key killer whale foraging areas and creating interim sanctuary zones off Pender Island, Saturna Island and at Swiftsure Bank that will last from June 1 to Nov. 30, 2020. The DFO is also asking all fishermen to temporarily cease fishing activities when killer whales are within 1,000 metres of their vessels year-round throughout all Canadian Pacific waters. Kieran Oudshoorn reports. (CBC)

Bug experts dismiss worry about U.S. 'murder hornets' as hype 
....Numerous bug experts told The Associated Press that what they call hornet "hype" reminds them of the 1970s public scare when Africanized honeybees, nicknamed "killer bees," started moving north from South America. While these more aggressive bees did make it up to Texas and the Southwest, they didn't live up to the horror-movie moniker. However, they also do kill people in rare situations. This time it's hornets with the homicidal nickname, which bug experts want to ditch. "They are not 'murder hornets.' They are just hornets," said Washington Agriculture Department entomologist Chris Looney, who is working on the state's search for these large hornets. The facts are, experts said, two dead hornets were found in Washington last December, a lone Canadian live nest was found and wiped out last September and no live hornets have yet been seen this year. Seth Borenstein reports. (Associated Press)

‘You’re out there alone’: whistleblowers say workplace abuse hides true impacts of B.C.’s trawl fishery
A months-long investigation by The Narwhal, including interviews with 11 current or former at-sea observers, reveals a culture of intimidation and harassment that has resulted in the vast and systematic under-reporting of deep-sea fish harvested from B.C.’s coastal waters. Jimmy Thomson reports. (The Narwhal)

One Great Shot: Laboring Mussel
Photographer Grant Callegari captures the remarkable moment a mussel releases a torrent of eggs. (Hakai Magazine)



Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  256 AM PDT Fri May 8 2020   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM PDT THIS MORNING  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON   
TODAY  SE wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 5 ft  at 12 seconds. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell  6 ft at 12 seconds. 
SAT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 5 ft at  12 seconds. 
SAT NIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 5 ft at 10 seconds. 
SUN  SE wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 4 ft at  10 seconds.




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