SoundHAB: Bloom interfering with Treaty salmon fishing

[Jack Rensel]

Tim Tynan of NOAA reports (I paraphrase): 

 

Elden Hillaire, The Lummi Nation's fisheries manager and a gillnetter who
fishes this time of year at Point Roberts near the US-Canadian border.  The
Lummi fishers have been complaining for the last several years about thick
blooms in the area that coat their gill nets in short order and make them
unfishable. This occurred last year during pink salmon fishing in September
and greatly reduced harvest and made net handling very difficult.  This year
it is in October it is during the chum salmon fishery, with the salmon part
of the harvestable quota of Fraser River Chum salmon.

 

The species causing this bloom is not known and it would be good if someone
could secure a fresh sample, place it in a cooler and then NOAA staff in
Seattle may be able to identify it quickly.  Calls were made to Tribal staff
but it was late on Friday afternoon. 

 

The probability of harmful algal blooms always is high on Friday nights. 

 

Please help out if you can.

 

 

J.E. Jack Rensel Ph.D.

Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences

4209 234th Street N.E. 

Arlington WA 98223 USA

360-435-3285

cell: 360-631-6538

jackrensel at att.net

www.AquaModel.org

 

 

 

 

 

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