Anacortes WA
Fidalgo Bay
Start Time: 9:30 AM
Finish Time: 5:00 PM
Temps: Mid 60s to Mid 70s
Participants: Jake Heare
I arrived earlier in the morning. I pulled up the hanging devices and broke them down into individual trays. I collected dead, counted live, and photographed trays for size/growth for later analysis. Upon completing these metrics the trays were reorganized into stacks containing one tray from each population at a random level in stack (top, middle, bottom). 3 stacks were then rebuilt and hung off the docks.
The 4th stack was treated with an epsom salt mixture to anesthetize the animals for brooding larvae inspection. One tray was dosed at a time in a 10 gallon mixture of 50/50 sea water/freshwater with 6-8 cups of epsom salt in them (roughly 75-80 g/L). Gaping oysters in each tray were individually inspected for brooding larvae. Once inspection was completed, trays were then transferred to a tub filled with 10-15 gallons of fresh seawater to recover from treatment for 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on recovery rate.
| Fidalgo |
2N1-4 |
2N5-8 |
2N9-12 |
2N13-16 |
Total |
| Live |
99 |
100 |
96 |
110 |
405 |
| 2H1-4 |
2H5-8 |
2H9-12 |
2H13-16 |
Total |
|
| 91 |
100 |
83 |
94 |
368 |
|
| 2S1-4 |
2S5-8 |
2S9-12 |
2S13-16 |
Total |
|
| 92 |
104 |
93 |
94 |
383 |
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| Calm day at Fidalgo Bay |
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| Sea Otter hangin out at the dock |
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| Sea Otter Out Hunting |
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| Sea Otter Captures Red Rock Crab |
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| Sea Otter eats a big eel |
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| Sea Otter Dances the night away |