Hama Hama Oyster Firm: Specialty Oyster Larval Setting Program
· What: Growing the manufacturing of native Olympia oysters and workforce growth by way of the mentorship of farm interns.
· Why: Comparatively few shellfish farmers in Washington develop the native Olympia oysters as a result of hatchery-produced juvenile Olympia oysters are tough to search out and costly to buy. This venture will permit the Hama Hama Oyster Firm to check out Olympia oyster manufacturing with the top objective of ultimately offering juvenile Olympias to small oyster corporations close by to develop and promote commercially.
· How: SOAR funds shall be used to develop Olympia oysters from larvae to juvenile measurement, after which observe survival and progress to maturity. If profitable, Hama Hama Oyster Firm will use this pilot program to extend the variety of Olympia oyster seed and marketable product obtainable to each shellfish farmers and customers.
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians: Triangle Cove Blended-Use Shellfish Mosaic
· What: Enhancing a Tribal shellfish rising space in a pocket estuary of Port Susan Bay. The venture has three objectives: restore shellfish beds and related habitat construction, present conventional and nutritious meals for Tribal members for harvest, and ultimately produce shellfish for native markets.
· Why: Water high quality has declined in Port Susan Bay, resulting in the closure of shellfish harvest zones in a lot of the realm. Nonetheless, the Stillaguamish Tribe has stewarded Triangle Cove, sustaining a thriving estuary with harvestable shellfish. To additional assist restoration of the Triangle Cove ecosystem (post-Spartina eradication) and to satisfy goals of the 2011 WA State Shellfish Initiative, this venture goals restore native Olympia oysters and enhance shellfish harvest alternatives for Tribal members.
· How: The venture will deploy juvenile Olympia oysters on shell substrate, together with mature Olympias, to ascertain a neighborhood inhabitants of native oysters. Manila clam seed can even be unfold to boost a portion of the rising space. The location shall be monitored for the survival and progress of the juvenile shellfish and the pure settlement of native oysters.
