10/28 Pea crab, shellfish closure, DNR timber sales, Everett wastewater, Indigenous art, mola, week in review

Pea crab [Dave Cowles/Walla Walla U]

Pea crab Pinnixa faba
The pea crab lives symbiotically with clams, tube worms, sea cucumbers, and other fauna. Usually they feed on the results of their host's filtering, or in the case of sea cucumbers they live in the cloaca feeding off of the results of digestion and reproduction. They have no rostrum and no teeth between the eyes. (Wikipedia)

Shellfish contamination prompts harvesting closure off Vancouver Island's west coast
Canadian officials are warning the public not to harvest shellfish near Barkley Sound, off Vancouver Island's west coast, due to contamination. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says intense rain following a lengthy drought in the area has created health and safety risks, including the possibility of paralytic shellfish poisoning. (CBC)

Court halts DNR timber sales in Jefferson County
A Jefferson County Superior Court judge has ruled against the state Department of Natural Resources in a case plaintiffs say will have broad implications for how the agency manages its forests. Superior Court Judge Keith Harper ruled Wednesday in favor of plaintiffs Center for Sustainable Economy and Save the Olympic Peninsula who argued Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had violated the state Environmental Policy Act by failing to consider the impacts of climate change from two timber sales in the county. Peter Segall reports. (Peninsula Daily News) See also: Jefferson County considers carbon offset program (Peninsula Daily News)

State fines Everett $13K for incompletely treated wastewater
The state Department of Ecology fined Everett $13,000 for almost 10 million gallons of wastewater discharge that wasn’t completely treated in June. Most of the treatment process happened normally, except for a 19-hour failure of the pump to inject sodium hypochlorite, which is similar to concentrated bleach and sanitizes the wastewater before it enters the Snohomish River. Ben Watanabe reports. (Everett Herald)

VCA offers exhibition of current work by Indigenous artists
Marking November’s designation as Native American Heritage Month, Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) will present a month-long group show of Native artists from or working in the Salish Sea and Alaska regions, in collaboration with Seattle’s Stonington Gallery. The exhibit will have an opening reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and run through Nov. 27. (Vashon Beachcomber)

'Surreal': Rare fish spotted in Alert Bay, British Columbia
As a whale scientist, Jared Towers is used to getting up close and personal with cetaceans on the coast of British Columbia and around the globe. But he was surprised this week when a giant sub-tropical fish from half a world away showed up just a few metres from his waterfront home in Alert Bay. The massive mola sunfish — two metres wide and three metres across, and a third of a metre thick — was basking and swimming in the calm bay just a stone’s throw from the front of his house. Darron Kloster reports. (Times Colonist)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 10/28/22: Lemur Friday!, drought salmon, BC island gems, Indigenous science, plastic recycling, BC spotted owls, fossil fuel revolving door, endangered Fraser, 'forever chemicals,' timber sales

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Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  303 AM PDT Fri Oct 28 2022   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON   
TODAY  S wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 10 ft at  13 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning. 
TONIGHT  SW wind to 10 kt becoming S 5 to 15 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 10 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of  showers after midnight. 
SAT  S wind 5 to 15 kt becoming 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 10 ft at 13 seconds. Rain likely. 
SAT NIGHT  S wind 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell  9 ft at 13 seconds. 
SUN  SW wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 7 ft at 12 seconds.

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