Willapa Bay oyster grower sounds alarm, starts hatchery in Hawaii. A Willapa Bay shellfish company is shifting some of its business to Hawaii because of ocean acidification that scientists believe is killing tiny oyster larvae in shellfish farms along Washington's coast.  See full story at The Seattle Times.

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When debris from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan began making its way toward the West Coast of the United States, there were fears of possible radiation and chemical contamination as well as costly cleanup.
But a floating dock that unexpectedly washed ashore in Newport this week and has been traced back to the Japanese disaster has brought with it a completely different threat – invasive species.

Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Partnership Efforts Target Local Resource Concerns
NRCS seeks ag producers and non-industrial private forest landowners to apply for financial, technical assistance. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that it anticipates availability of funding for salmon recovery efforts in the Puget Sound. Producers can receive funding to implement conservation practices that address fish passage, and water quality and habitat improvement within fish-bearing areas in the Puget Sound region. Using funds from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), NRCS will provide financial and technical assistance to producers for implementing conservation practices such as planting woody buffers, replacing culverts to remove fish barriers, and decommissioning or replacing manure storage systems along salmon-bearing streams.