Hello everyone,
Samples from this morning indicate that Pacific Oyster larvae
are beginning to set throughout the Bay. Larval counts are
slowly dropping as the larvae grow – much more quickly than
cohorts of recent years.

Here are the counts from samples during the 5:30AM high water:
(counts per 20 gal, sizes in microns)

Site         Low count   High Count     Smallest   Largest
Mill Channel     6           13           210        300
Peterson Stn     2            9           210        290

Smokey Hollow    6            7           210        290
Bear River       9           21           210        310
Lewis Slough    60           84           230        290
Cougar Bend      5           36           180        290
Long Isl Sl     15           40           250        280
Naselle River    0            1           210        210

We hope all these setting size larvae are finding the new
shell being put out as fast as it lands on the bottom.

Regards,
Alan
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