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2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference: Abstracts and Biographies (cover)

2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference: Abstracts and Biographies

This publication includes a listing of the presentation abstracts and speakers for the Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference hosted by the Puget Sound Action Team and the Georgia Basin Action Plan March 29-31, 2005 in Seattle at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

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2007 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference: Abstracts and Biographies (cover)

2007 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference: Abstracts and Biographies

Over 900 delegates attended and participated in the 2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.

2001 Puget Sound Research Conference Abstracts and Biographies (cover)

2001 Puget Sound Research Conference Abstracts and Biographies

The Pugert Sound Action Team and generous co-sponsors, including state and federal agencies, local governments, universities, and businesses, convened the fifth Puget Sound Research Conference in 2001 in Bellevue, Washington.

1977 The Use, Study, and Management of Puget Sound Symposium Proceedings (cover)

1977 The Use, Study, and Management of Puget Sound Symposium Proceedings

"Since man is sometlmes nearsighted in establishing the routes to achleve his goals, it is good practice to review those routes occasionally to see if indeed the correct track is being folIowed." – Alyn C. Duxbury, 1977

The 1977 sypmposium, The Use, Study, and Management of Puget Sound, posed questions about the uses of Puget Sound, the regulations that govern the uses, and the effects of those

Cruises of the R.V. Brown Bear 1952 – 1965 (cover)

Cruises of the R.V. Brown Bear 1952 – 1965

The University of Washington research vessel R.V. Brown Bear made 381 scientific cruises between 1952 and 1965.

Aerial view of Puget Sound showing multiple rivers and inlets. The text reads ‘The role of estuaries in the ecology of juvenile Pacific salmon and trout in Puget Sound’ by Thomas P. Quinn from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington.

The role of estuaries in the ecology of juvenile Pacific salmon and trout in Puget Sound

This overview describes the different ways that juvenile Pacific salmon and trout use estuaries, and why those differences are important for ecosystem recovery efforts. The report was commissioned by the University of Washington Puget Sound Institute with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program.

An open motor boat sitting in sill water as to people place a fishing net across the channel.

A new beginning for threatened Chinook

The Stillaguamish River is home to what may be the most imperiled stock of Chinook salmon in all of Puget Sound. What scientists are learning here at the Stillaguamish estuary on Port Susan Bay could help turn the tide for these fish and other salmon around the region. E

A fin whale spouting water as it surfaces.

Fin whales in the Salish Sea

Fin whales are the second-largest species of animal on the planet. Their occasional presence in the Salish Sea is notable because they are rare and listed as Endangered federally and in Washington State. Sightings today are considered most likely to occur in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which is closest to their migration route on the outer coast.

Residents and Bigg’s killer whales will be listed as subspecies by the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Here, in this 2013 photo, several southern residents pass by Seattle in Puget Sound. Photo: Candace Emmons, NOAA

All killer whales will remain one species — for now, according to marine mammal committee

A formal proposal to designate resident and Bigg’s killer whales as separate species has been rejected by a committee widely recognized as the authority in naming new marine mammal species.

A group of black and white killer whales swimming in open water.

Decision time approaches for two new orca species, as other issues bring new questions

Scientists are making the case that the world's orcas should be divided into two new species. Voting for the proposed change was scheduled to take place last week at the Society for Marine Mammalogy. [Update: Read about the decision here.] https://mig.eopugetsound.org/magazine/all-killer-whales-will-remain-one…-—-now-according-marine-mammal-committee