Resource Library
Our library contains a collection of materials from projects and meetings brought to you by the Northwest Straits Commission and the seven Marine Resources Committees. Please contact Commission staff if you are unable to find what you are looking for online.
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Videographic Eelgrass Surveys of Island County Selected Areas: Final Report
This report presents the findings of a baseline study of information, describing the distribution of important habitats in the nearshore zone in Island County. Eelgrass provides habitat for several critical species, most notably juvenile salmon, as well as forage fish and Dungeness crab. Underwater videographic eelgrass surveys were the main focus of the habitat study.
By: James G. Norrise & Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Island County
Length: 91
Bottom Fish Recovery Project: Skagit MRC Potential MPA Candidate Sites
This is a map of potential Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Skagit County to promote bottom fish recovery efforts.
By: Skagit County MRC
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Skagit County
Length: 1
Bottom Fish Recovery Project: Skagit MRC Public Outreach Phase
This is a map for the Bottom Fish Recovery Project in Skagit County that includes public input and habitat information.
By: Skagit County MRC
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Skagit County
Length: 1
Marine Resources of Whatcom County
This document presents a compilation of historical and current data on the marine resources of Whatcom County. Biological data from the Whatcom County shoreline and marine waters extending from Drayton Harbor to Governors Point are compiled and summarized in this report.
By: Anchor Environmental, LLC
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Benchmark: All
Location: Whatcom County
Length: 31
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Annual Progress Report
This is the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiatives second annual progress report, from April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001.
By: Northwest Strait Marine Conservation Initiative
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Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 13
March Point Rapid Shoreline Inventory
In Spring and Summer of 2001, People For Puget Sound & Skagit County MRC, trained volunteers and inventoried over 5 miles of shoreline along March Point. Analyzing data collected resulted in an outline course of action to help restore and preserve the marine environment. These steps included conservation steps for protecting eelgrass beds and forage fish habitat. Restoration recommendations included removing invasive species, taking out failing man made beach structures, and investigating 39 different pollution sites.
By: People for Puget Sound
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Benchmark: All
Location: Skagit County
Length: 13
Island County Eelgrass Shoreline Survey
This report presents the findings of a 2000 shoreline survey for Eelgrass on Island County.
By: Donald B. Meehan & Jan Holmes
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Island County
Length: 13
Annotated Bibliography on the Status of Marine Resources in Jefferson County
This is an annotated bibliography for the Jefferson County MRC regarding marine resources in the county. Information in this bibliography was collected from existing literature reviews, peer reviewed literature, agency reports, and searches of electronic databases pertaining to all marine resources in Jefferson County.
By: Barbara Nightingale
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Benchmark: All
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 131
San Juan County Forage Fish Assessment Project
This is a report of forage fish spawning distribution in San Juan County, and protocols for sampling intertidal and nearshore regions. Declining and threatened salmon numbers in the Puget Sound has raised the issue of maintaining salmon forage fish stocks as a high priority. Protection of nearshore habitats is necessary in order for salmon recovery to be successful.
By: Lawrence L. Multon
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: San Juan County
Length: 53
Northwest Straits Overview - A Science Gap Report
This draft document represents an initial attempt to compile available information about the status of resources and habitats of the Northwest Straits. It is organized into chapters that follow major resource groups, habitats and oceanographic features. Each chapter includes a characterization of the resource, followed by a discussion of that resource’s status as of year 2000.
By: Washington Sea Grant Program, Office of Marine and Environmental & Resource Programs
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Benchmark: All
Location:
Length: 65
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative: First Annual Progress Report
This is the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiatives first annual progress report from April 1, 1999 through March 31, 2000. This report reviews and evaluates the progress in implementing the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative.
By: Northwest Straits Commission
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Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 13
Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission: Report to the Convenors
The Northwest Straits Citizen Advisory Commission was brought together by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D) and U.S. Representative Jack Metcalf (R), in an effort to assess the ecological health of the Northwest Straits and take steps forward to improve upon it. This report outlines the structure, process, and objectives out of the "Murray-Metcalf Commission" to work towards restoring and preserving the marine waters of the Northwest Straits.
By: Sea Grant Washington
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Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 12
Marine Resource Damage Assessment Report for the ARCO Anchorage Oil Spill
This report presents the damage assessment of an oil spill from the tanker ARCO Anchorage that ran aground in Port Angeles Harbor, WA on December 21, 1985. About 239,000 gallons of Alaska North Slope crude oil was spilled into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
By: Lewey J. Kittle Jr., Richard Burge, Randy Butler, Walter Cook, Kurt Fresh, Micheal Kyte, Richard Lowell, Richard Pease, Dan Penttila, Al Scholz, Steven Speich, Robert Steelquist, Jim Walton
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 386
Marine Bird Populations of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia, and Adjacent Waters in 1978 & 1979
This report presents the findings of a two year study period on marine bird populations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia, and surrounding waters. Some of the monitoring factors focused on include effects of human activity, food webs & foraging habitats, breeding habits, and the distribution of species.
By: Terrence R. Wahl, Steven M. Speich, David A. Manuwal, Katherin V. Hirsch, Christine Miller
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: San Juan County
Length: 290
Food Habits for Pacific Salmon, Baitfish, And Their Potential Competitors and Predators in the Marine Waters of Washington
From August 1978 through September 1979, the Department of Fisheries analyzed the foot habits, competitors of, and predators of salmon and baitfish in the Puget Sound. The feeding ecology and trophic interactions of these fish was studied via several sampling techniques, the findings of which are presented in this report.
By: Kurt L. Fresh, Rick D. Cardwell, Robert R. Koons
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Puget Sound
Length: 67
Evaluation of Existing Marine Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Biologic Data
This study was done to evaluate marine intertidal and shallow subtidal biologic data in the waters of northwestern Washington. The objective of this study was to better understand biologic communities which may in the future be susceptible environmental degradation as a result of the increase in oil shipment and refining operations in the region.
By: Judith E. Zeh, Jonathan P. Houghton, Dennis C. Lees
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 280
Plankton of the Strait of Juan de Fuca 1976-1977
This report presents the composition and distribution of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and ichthyoplankton communities studied in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, from February 1976 through October 1977.
By: Alexander J. Chester, David M. Damkaer, Douglas B. Dey, Gayle A. Heron, Jerry D. Larrance
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 74
Recovery of the Strait of Juan de Fuca Intertidal Habitat Following Experimental Contamination with oil
The research in this report deals with recovery of intertidal and shallow subtidal communities in experimental habitats contaminated with spilled crude oil. With increasing oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, studies were conducted as to how to control and combat potential spills.
By: J.R. Vanderhorst, J.W. Blaylock, P. Wilkinson, M. Wilkinson, G. Fellingham
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Northwest Straits, San Juan County
Length: 85
Epibenthic Zooplankton Assemblages at Selected Sites Along the Strait of Juan de Fuca
In conjunction with coincident nearshore fish collections, a survey of epibenthic zooplankton characterizing shallow nearshore habitats along the Strait of Juan de Fuca was conducted in 1978. The main objective of this study was to provide information on the trophic relationships and food web structure of the biotic communities most vulnerable to pollution, or which could be involved in transfer or bioaccumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons.
By: Charles A. Simenstad, William J. Kinney, Bruce S. Miller
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits, San Juan County
Length: 81
Nearshore Fish & Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Including Foot Habits of the Common Nearshore Fish
This report presents the findings of a seasonal survey of nearshore fish in the Strait of Juan de Fuca from May 1976 through June 1979. Macroinvertebrates caught as bycatch were documented as well. Data recorded from the fish included species present, life history stage, abundance, etc.
By: Bruce S. Miller, Charles A. Simestad, Jeffrey N. Cross, Kurt L. Fresh, S. Nancy Steinfort
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 227
Dynamics of Port Angeles Harbor and Approaches Washington
This report presents the findings of the analysis of physical processes that transport and disperse spilled oil in Port Angeles Harbor. Observations focused on tides, currents, winds, runoff, water properties, oil spills, suspended sediment, and pulp mill effluent from a data base that spanned from 1932 to 1979.
By: Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer, Jefferey M. Cox, Jonathan M. Helseth, Laurence R. Hinchey, David W. Thomson
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Benchmark: Sound Science
Location: Clallam County
Length: 119
Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
This report examines the long term effects of oil spills in the marine environment throughout the Strait of Juan de Fuca, specifically the bioaccumulation that results from it. Petroleum hydrocarbons work their way through the food web in a bottom up effect. This process can result in detrimental changes to the overall community structure of marine life.
By: Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, Lewis J. Bledsoe
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 345
The Strait of Juan de Fuca Intertidal and Subtidal Benthos
This report presents the findings of a study examining the distribution, abundance, seasonal variations, and annual variation of the intertidal and shallow subtidal benthos in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. During a two year period, over 1,000 different plant and animal species were collected, 176 of which not previously been documented in the area.
By: Carl F. Nyblade
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 141
Puget Sound Circulation: Final Report for 1977-78
This report presents the work of physical oceanographic research on deep water flow through the primary basin in the Puget Sound, and determining its principle driving mechanisms.
By: G.A. Cannon, N.P. Laird, T.L. Keefer
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Benchmark: Sound Science
Location: Puget Sound
Length: 61
Marine Mammals of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
This report presents the findings of one year worth of marine mammal observations in the northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It was the first year of a two year study to determine their abundance and distribution. Information was gathered via aerial and small boat surveys, with behavioral patterns also being documented by extensive literature review.
By: Robert D. Everitt, Clifford H. Fiscus, Robert L. DeLong
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 205