Manchester WA
Clam Bay
Start Time: 9:30 AM
Finish Time: 12:30 PM
Temp: Low to Mid 50's
Participants: Steven Roberts, Sammi Brombacher, L. Christine Savolainen, Jake Heare
We reached the site around 9:30 AM and began pulling the trays out of the net pen. We opened all trays, cleaned off contents with sea water, and Steven and Jake collected mortalities. Sammi and Christine counted con non specifics. Everyone then counted trays and accumulated data. Due to very low mortality, no samples were collected. To estimate size we imaged all the trays with all the oysters for image analysis at a later date. Trays had new labels placed in them and hobologger replace to collect data. Trays were then closed up and placed back into the net pens.
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| Temperature log from August 2013 to February 2014 |
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| Trays at Manchester |
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| Steven tweeting about how awesome Olympia oysters are! |
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| Sammi concentrating on the task at hand. |
Shelton, WA
Oyster Bay (Totten Inlet)
Start Time: 3:00 PM
Finish Time: 6:30 PM
Temp: Mid 50's to Low 60's
Participants: Sammi Brombacher, L. Christine Savolainen, Jake Heare
We reached the site around 3 PM and began pulling trays out of the water. We discovered that one set of trays had been lost due to the caribiner malfuctioning and releasing the trays on bottom. Upon inspection of the other trays we found that we lost two Oyster Bay trays and one Fidalgo tray. Future plans are to take advantage of a daytime lowtide to collect the missing trays which are hopefully near the spot where they hung. We processed the trays similar to above without the help of Steven. There were a few notable incursions by small starfish into the trays which had a minor but apparent affect on mortality. Due to low mortality to no samples were taken at this time. Remaining trays had new labels and a fresh hobologger placed in them. Trays were closed up and replaced in the pens.
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| Temperature log for Oyster Bay from August 2013 to February 2014 |
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| Starfish on my tiles. Little monster! |
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| Jake counting oysters, a storied tradition from years of working with bivalves. |
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| Working hard and taking selfies... All in a days work! |
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| Beautiful deck top shot (all photos taken by L. Christine Savolainen) |
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| The best part of working all around the Puget Sound. |