3/1 Pacific oyster, Tacoma trees, Alouette R junk, BC chronic wasting disease, BC civil foreclosure, Cascade PBS, week in review

 

Pacific Oyster [WDFW]

Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas
The Pacific oyster, Japanese oyster, or Miyagi oyster (Magallana gigas) is an oyster native to the Pacific coast of Asia. It has become an introduced species in North America, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. The larvae of the Pacific oyster are planktotrophic, and are about 70 µm at the prodissoconch 1 stage. The larvae move through the water column via the use of a larval foot to find suitable settlement locations. They can spend several weeks at this phase, which is dependent on water temperature, salinity, and food supply. Over these weeks, larvae can disperse great distances by water currents before they metamorphose and settle as small spat. Similar to other oyster species, once a Pacific oyster larva finds a suitable habitat, it attaches to it permanently using cement secreted from a gland in its foot. After settlement, the larva metamorphoses into a juvenile spat. The growth rate is very rapid in optimum environmental conditions, and market size can be achieved in 18 to 30 months. Unharvested Pacific oysters can live up to 30 years. (Wikipedia)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Tyler Schroeder to lead Port of Bellingham economic development

Tacoma gets $1.3 million to plant more trees in effort to protect kids, cool the city
Parts of Tacoma are so lacking in trees they look more like a desert than the Evergreen State. That could change soon now that the city and the nonprofits it partners with are getting $1.3 million in grants aimed to get more trees in the ground. (Tacoma News Tribune)

Cleanup crew hauls tonnes of junk out of Alouette River
Decades worth of abandoned boats, docks and other junk removed this week
Rafferty Baker reports. (CBC)

Chronic wasting disease threatens First Nations food security
Two deer in B.C. recently tested positive for the incurable neurological disease, sparking concern for those who hunt for their food. Rochelle Baker reports. (National Observer)

B.C. seeks $6M in properties allegedly tied to illegal crab sales
The B.C. director of civil forfeiture alleges money from crab sales was laundered through commercial property in Richmond and a Vancouver house. Gordon Hoekstra reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Crosscut, KCTS 9 come together as Cascade PBS
It’s a new era for Seattle’s news and original productions landscape. What we once knew as Crosscut and KCTS 9 are evolving into Cascade PBS starting today. (Cascade PBS)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 3/1/24: Pig Friday, Columbia Basin plan, Chinook Indian Nation, BC firefighting, BC new ferries, herring fisheries, TM pipe cost, gray whales, Fraser oil spill, wildfires

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Here's your weekend tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  210 AM PST Fri Mar 1 2024    
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT    
TODAY  SE wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. W swell 7 ft  at 14 seconds.  
TONIGHT  SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 6 ft  at 13 seconds.  
SAT  S wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 5 ft at  12 seconds.  
SAT NIGHT  SW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming SE after midnight. Wind  waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 6 ft at 12 seconds.  
SUN  SE wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 4 ft at  11 seconds.

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