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Forage fish

2011 Forage Fish Needs Assessment Workshop

In January 2011, SeaDoc and the Northwest Straits Commission facilitated a meeting of 25 scientists and managers working on forage fish issues on both sides of the US/Canada border. 

sandlance eggsForage fish are the small, energy-dense schooling fishes that feed other fish, birds and mammals in the Salish Sea. Some of these species that depend on forage fish are federally listed as endangered or threatened on one or both sides of the border. Unfortunately, there are major gaps in what we know about these important species.

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Summaries of preliminary results, forage fish spawning beach survey project

Meehan, D. 2001. Summaries of preliminary results, forage fish spawning beach survey project. .

San Juan County forage fish assessment project: science and citizen involvement

Buffum, S.. 2003. San Juan County forage fish assessment project: science and citizen involvement. Proceedings of the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2003.

Are Seals Causing Bottomfish Declines?

Many people have been concerned that a burgeoning harbor seal population is responsible for the declines in bottomfish like rockfish, lingcod and greenlings, but nobody has the data to show if this is true or not. If seals are eating large numbers of bottomfish, it’s important to know so we can make good decisions about where to locate bottomfish protection areas.

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Healthy ecosystems support economic prosperity. The Salish Sea provides abundant natural capital that contributes substantially to the financial prosperity of the region. Unhealthy ecosystems cost money because we lose the opportunity to benefit from them. The Salish Sea's deteriorating health threatens our economic well being and quality of life. SeaDoc uses science to find solutions to the problems facing the fish, wildlife and people of the Salish Sea.

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