3/20 Yellowfin tuna, Cooke Aquaculture leaves, False Cr pollution, gray whales, 'rogue island,' Estuarium, Black Press sold

Yellowfin tuna [Oceana]

Yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares
The yellowfin tuna is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from the Hawaiian ʻahi, a name also used there for the closely related bigeye tuna. (Wikipedia)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Friday Harbor mayor and council clash over leadership issue

Salmon-spilling company ends fight to resume farming at Puget Sound sites
The company behind a massive spill of Atlantic salmon in 2017 has thrown in the towel on its efforts to keep farming fish at two sites in Puget Sound. Cooke Aquaculture withdrew its appeal Friday of a 2022 Washington Department of Natural Resources order to shut down its floating farms off Bainbridge Island, just west of Seattle, and Hope Island in Skagit County. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)

No end to 'ticking time bombs' of pollution in Vancouver's False Creek
Too many boats are left derelict and sink, polluting the inlet in Vancouver. Sarah Grochowski reports. (Vancouver Sun)

With early arrival of ‘sounders,’ gray whale watchers chase a mystery
Gray whales returned to the Salish Sea in January. Their timing is known only to them, but whale watchers can inform research on the population. Ta'Leah Van Sistine reports. (Everett Herald)

‘Rogue island’ in Vancouver Island lake has been removed
A “rogue island” of breakaway shoreline that floated around Quamichan Lake for several weeks has been tethered, broken up and removed. The floating mass of sod, reeds and shrubbery measured about 20 metres long and six metres wide and made its way all over the 315-hectare Quamichan Lake, three kilometres northeast of Duncan, from late February until last week. Darren Koster reports. (Times Colonist)

Puget Sound Estuarium no longer pursuing tenancy in Port’s Waterfront Center due to lack of funds
Puget Sound Estuarium (PSE) has stopped pursuing tenancy in the Port of Olympia’s planned Waterfront Center, Strategic Initiatives Director Camille St. Onge told the Port Commission on Monday. PSE is a non-profit organization that provides educational programs and exhibits about marine life. Plans for the Waterfront Center, which will be located near Swantown Marina, included space for PSE, which was planning to lease at least 5,000 square feet of space for two classrooms and exhibit space in the planned building. Jerome Tuaño reports. (JOLT News)

35 Washington State News Publications Sold to a Mysterious New Owner
A British Columbia court last week approved the sale of the Canadian company that owns the Everett Herald and 34 other local news outlets in Washington, as well as the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and other newspapers in Hawaii. The deal is expected to close on Friday, March 22... The new ownership structure is opaque. The new company, oddly called 1000817790 Ontario Ltd., will take control of the Washington and Hawaii news outlets; newspapers in Alaska including the Juneau Empire; and about 100 newspapers, almost all weeklies, in western Canada... So what happens next at Sound Publishing, the Black Press subsidiary that owns the Everett Herald and other, smaller news outlets in Washington, is still unclear. Court documents indicate there will be unspecified Black Press layoffs before the deal closes on Friday. Chuck Taylor and Jim Simon report. (Post Alley)

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Here's your tug weather—West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  320 AM PDT Wed Mar 20 2024    
TODAY  S wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 ft or less. W swell 5 ft  at 12 seconds.  
TONIGHT  SW wind to 10 kt in the evening becoming light. Wind  waves 1 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 12 seconds.

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