Salish Sea

Shellfish aquaculture has existed in south Puget Sound for over a century. However, in the past 20 years, the activity has taken on an alarming change. Unprecedented expansion, the use of tons of plastics, planting methods that can destroy native plants and animals, and harvesting methods that liquefy the beach are now common practice. State agencies that are tasked with managing and protecting the shorelines are not fulfilling their responsibilities. Please help stop this activity; "Say no to the death of our tidelands". For more information, go to EyesOnPugetSound.blogspot.com.

You can find the lyrics at:
www.KidsEyesOnPugetSound.info/SalishSea.pdf

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Salish
• Sea
• Shellfish
• Aquaculture
• Geoduck

[MrWtfchuck]

And I say, To you all, Who put their bones under your land?Whos beaches are these really?Stone tools and peoples bones dont lie , Nor does DNA! You live on the middens and claim it as your land when the layers of shells under homes and shoes tell another story... one that is thousands of years old.

[nwhoppe]

Interesting commentary for the other side of things. clamdigger and cocacolawa, they comment and then disappear, I would love to meet and debate as reasonable individuals.

[Elddweller]

Huh? cocacolawa.....where was hunting mentioned in any of this? This is a video showing shellfish industry ruining beaches, not hunting practices. Please explain. I'm intrigued why you decided to get hunting involved in this discussion.

[cocacolawa]

"...the public's opportunity to enjoy the physical and aesthetic qualities of natural shorelines of the state......" maybe you should change that to read ......"the pubic's opportunity to enjoy the natural shorelines of our state only in a manner that we see fit." ;) It's OUR land, its OUR waterway. Just because YOU are intolerable of the tradition to hunt and don't understand who I am or why I hunt doesn't give you the right to tell me I can't. ;)

[Elddweller]

shermyable....you left out burrowing shrimp, raccoons, starfish, sand dollars.....all pests that need to die according to the shellfish industry. The Pacific Shellfish Institutes goals and priorities for 2015 would like to see to it that all of them gone. Dig Clams..this is about BIG INDUSTRY, NOT private beaches and trespassing.

eastcoasthomey....hope we don't lose you as a vacationer. We're working hard to stop this atrocity. We will not stop.

[shermyable]

clamdigs you are avoiding the issue. Corporate feed lots on Puget Sound are killing everything. plastics are the favorite choice. Plastic bags so thick you couldn't walk on the beach if you wanted to. Plastic tubes that would cut your feet open if you step on one. Plastic that prevents all natives from existing . industry has sold the clean water line, but they haven't told anyone that they want all predators dead and gone. Predators include, diving ducks, otters, crabs, many others.

[eastcoasthomey]

we don't vacation in washington to see tubes and nets. clean up your act washington or tourism will die. who is running the show out there? you are WAY behind the times. mess with mother nature and it will mess with you. got it?

[Elddweller]

DigClams, The majority of the people DO NOT own their tidelands in Eld Inlet. It's about 50/50 if you do some research. I happen to own my tideland but do not consider anyone wanting to walk the beach trespassing on private land. I welcome people so they can learn about what is indigenous to our beaches. I grow oysters privately too. The problem is, what is indigenous is disappearing due to over zealous, greedy commercial shellfish growers. The public is now getting involved, like it or not.

[DigClams]

well, SouthSoundHiker2010 if you're walking the beaches then you are very likely trespassing on private property as the majority of the houses on the inlet OWN their tidelands. So, unless you have permission from the property owner, then you are most definitely trespassing and can be arrested according to the law in the area.

[SouthSoundHiker2010]

The only ones who will dispute the facts about the Mega-Million Dollar profits being made at nature's expense are the large shellfish companies and thier flunkies. Go out on the beaches and see the truth as it's laid out for all to see.