Oyster Bay is an inlet in southern Puget Sound which branches off from Totten Inlet. The bay spans Mason and Thurston counties, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1] Kennedy Creek empties into the bay at the U.S. Highway 101 overpass.
Oyster Bay was named for the oyster industry it supports.[2] The bay is the site of one of only four oyster reserves in Puget Sound where the Olympia oyster grows.[3][4] Oyster Bay is one of the most productive chum salmon runs in the state with over 40,000 spawners a year, estimated to be two-thirds of the run that would exist without human impacts.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oyster Bay (Puget Sound)
- ^ "Thurston County Place Names: A Heritage Guide" (PDF). Thurston County Historical Commission. 1992. p. 63. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ State oyster reserves established, Washington State Legislature, RCW 77.60.010, retrieved 2015-06-01
- ^ Eric Wagner (December 11, 2014), "Gifts from the sea: shellfish as an ecosystem service", in Jeff Rice (ed.), Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, Puget Sound Institute at the University of Washington Tacoma Center for Urban Waters
- ^ Viewing Chum Salmon: Kennedy Creek (South Puget Sound), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, retrieved 2015-06-01
- ^ Conservation Priorities: An Assessment of Freshwater Habitat for Puget Sound Salmon (PDF), Pacific Biodiversity Institute and The Trust for Public Land, 2000, p. 103
- Findlay, Jean Cammon, and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound, Arcadia Publishing (2008) ISBN 0-7385-5607-6.
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