SoundHAB: FW: Flight survey Anacortes area

[Jack Rensel]

More information from Kevin Bright.  Excellent pictures and analysis.
Thank you.

 

From: Kevin Bright [mailto:KevinB at IcicleSeafoods.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 3:53 PM
To: soundhab-bounces at whoi.edu
Subject: Flight survey Anacortes area

 

 

Water looked good up north. No browns or reds toward Lummi and looking north
toward the Fraser. Still lots of Fraser River milky water laying on the
surface in pockets, but no strong colors. There was a faint brownish patch
off of Clark Point on the north end of Guemes running eastwards toward
Vendovi. East Sound on Orcas is full of Heterosigma and Noctiluca and
according to samples and reports a multitude of other dinoflagellates. 

 

The milky water from the Fraser river plume stretches all the way south past
Lopez Island and down Rosario Strait into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The
milky water has also worked its' way into the San Juan Islands toward Friday
Harbor and should be producing some interesting water next week with the
forecast for sun over the weekend. 

 

Given enough sunlight next week and all this freshwater laying on top,
there is still a potential for some of this to fire up again into some
pretty strong Heterosigma blooms, however stronger tides next week will help
(hopefully) to keep it from stratifying into high concentrations
(hopefully). 

 

Photos: Left to Right top to bottom- Deepwater Bay (milky river and green
mix), Sucia Island, East Sound west side (Hetero), Rosario Resort (Noctiluca
bright reds near shore, and Heterosigma brownish reds), East Sound east side
(Noctiluca near shore and Hetero).

 

Hopefully yours, Kevin Bright

 

  



 

 



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