MRC Members doing Crabber Outreach at the 10th Street Boat Launch in 2019.
Surface Water Management and the Marine Resources Committee have some tips to avoid getting your line tangled in a ferry propeller, losing a pot or getting your boat stuck at the launch.
Of the 23 species of large brown algae (known as kelp) that are native to Puget Sound, the beautiful Nereocystis luetkeana, or bull kelp, is the largest. Reaching a canopy height of 60’ or more, this is likely the one you’ve tangled in a propeller, marked as a prized fishing spot or dive site, or perhaps eaten – pickled, as a tasty appetizer. In response to concerns about declining bull kelp populations in some parts of the Sound, and mounting interest in kelp restoration, the Northwest Straits Commission is gathering information for use in local and regional planning and research.