Native Olympia oysters in natural habitat in Puget Sound. Restoration efforts in the sound are aimed at re-establishing beds of Olympia oysters, which provide habitat, filter particulate matter, and promote biodiversity. (credit: Puget Sound Restoration Fund)
NOAA Office of Aquaculture
NOAA and Washington State collaborate on shellfish initiative
NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire today unveiled the Washington Shellfish Initiative, a new agreement among federal and state agencies, tribes, and the shellfish industry to restore and expand Washington’s shellfish resources to promote clean-water industries and create family-wage jobs. Read more...
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The Washington effort is an outcome of the recently-announced national aquaculture policies and associated National Shellfish Initiative. To read about the policies and iniatives, go to the Aquaculture Policy page.
- Washington State announces shellfish initiative
- Small Business Innovative Research Program seeks proposals
- New book: Shellfish & the Environment
- NOAA RFP for Ecosystem Impacts of Ocean Acidification
- more...
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