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Harbor Shellfish advisory board: hatchery busy, scallop surveys start and board votes to seek $50,000 state shellfish funding
Summary
Natural resources staff reported an active hatchery season (oyster spawn, upcoming scallop spawn and dive surveys) and an eelgrass management draft; the board voted to ask staff to prepare a letter supporting a $50,000 state shellfish line item that was left out of the budget.
Tara Riley, natural resources staff for the Harbor Shellfish Advisory Board, reported the hatchery’s spring work and asked the board to support outreach for state shellfish funding.
On April 24, we had our first oyster spawn, and they are going to be 12 days old tomorrow, Riley said. She told the board the hatchery will produce oyster singles and spat-on-shell, will begin a second set of spring dive surveys on Monday, May 12 to assess scallop abundance at 20 of 40 sites, and will start a scallop spawn once interns arrive.
The details matter because the dive surveys will track overwinter mortality and inform…
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