Project Year: 2002 - Present
Project Description: In 2002, the native oyster restoration project began in Fidalgo Bay to establish several sustainable native oyster beds. Since then, oyster habitat has been enhanced through the distribution of oyster shell and several plantings of native oyster seed have occurred. The survival rate, growth, and natural recruitment have been deemed high and additional natural recruitment has been seen in Fidalgo Bay at areas outside the seed planting sites. Baywide native oyster population surveys take place every 5 years.The estimated abundance of Olympia oysters in Fidalgo Bay has steadily increased from around 50,000 oysters in 2002 to over approximately 5.5 million oysters in 2023.
- 2023 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2021 Heat Dome Impacts on Shellfish Technical Report
- 2018 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2016 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2005 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2013 Olympia Oyster Guide- PSRF
- 2013 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2012 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2011 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2009 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report
- 2004 Olympia Oyster Restoration Report