[Oyster_seed_group] August 19 Willapa Oyster Bulletin

From Alan Trimble

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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