HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeattle ShellfishGrower's Notice of Intent to Create a New Artificial Shellfish Bed or
to Enhance an Existing Natural Shellfish Bed under
Section 6.3 of the Revised Shellfish Implementation Plan
PLEASE MAIL THIS NOTICE TO THE TRIBES LISTED ON PAGE 4
YOU MAY ALSO RETURN THIS NOTICE TO DOH OR WDFW, WHICH WILL
FORWARD IT TO THE TRIBES FOR YOU
GrowerName:Date: April24,20l4
Name of company: Seattle Shellfish LLC
Address:
2l}l 4th Ave E Suite 201
Olympia WA 98506
E-mail Address : trcarlson@seattle shellfi sh. com
Phone / fax numbers:
360-236-0462
360-236-0462 Fax
for cultivation- Tax parcel number(s) & water body(ies):
Mason County parcel No. 22001-44-60570
Located to the SE between McMicken Island and Harstine Island in Case Inlet
County: Mason
Mason County
Mason Countv Courthouse
411 N 5th St. '
Shelton WA 98584
Date that you plan to begin cultivation of shellfish
on parcel(s): (this date must be at least 60 days
after Tribe's receipt of this notice):
7lUt4
Shellfish ipecies proposed for cultivation:
Geoduck
Has this parcel ever been harvested commercially
for any species of shellfish?
Yes- No X
If yes, please provide details on next page
Has this parcel ever been cultivated for any
species of shellfish?
Yes- No X
Ifyes, please provide details on next page
(optional)
Is parcel certified for shellfish harvest by the
Departrnent of Health (or has it been in the pas|?
Yes- No X
Ifyes, please provide cert.
(optional)
Is parcel covered by an Emerging Commercial
Fishery LicensplPermit or Aquatic Farm
Registration issued by WDFW (or has it been
in the pas|? j.
Yes X '. No
Application in process
If yes, please provide license/pennit #
or AFR #
Grower's Notice of Intent to Create a New Artifrcial Shellfish Bed or
to Enhance an Existing Natural Shellfish Bed under
Section 6.3 of the Revised Shellfish Implementation Plan
Please summarize the history of shellfish harvest and/or enhancement on the parcel(s) proposed
for cultivation, including for (l) Manila Clams, (2) Native Littleneck Clams, (3) Pacific Oysters,
and (a) Geoduck, including the nature and quantity of the harvest and/or enhancement, when the
harvest and/or enhancement occurred, and who conductedthe harvest and./or enhancement.
(Attach additional pages if necessary. You may also attach records of harvest and/or enhancement.)
To harvest standing stock of native geoduck clams per Shellfish lmplementation Plan, Consent and Settlement
Agreement. To cui:tivate using standard farming procedures at a density and area found to suitable given substrate
surveys and company planning.
In what "Area' is the parcel proposed for shellfiqh cultivation located?
Area 1 : all waters of southern Puget Sound west of a line-drawn from Johnson's Point to Devil's Head
Area2: all waters of Puget Sound south ofthe TacomaNarrows Bridge to the line drawn from Johnson's Point and
Devil's Head
Area 3 = all waters of Hood Canal south of the Hood Canal Bridge
Areal: all remaining waters east of the west end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca not included within
Areas 1,2,or3.
Does the parcel proposed for shellfish cultivation contain (or has it previously contained) a
density of mature, marketable Manila Clams, Native Littleneck Clams, Pacific Oysters, or
Geoduck, greater than or equal to the density set forth in the table below?
Yes- No X
lnitial geoduck surveys do not support the presence of native geoduck at .01 per Sq ft.
Area I Area2 Area 3 Area 4
Manila
Clams
0.14lbs./sq. ft.0.10lbs./sq. ft.0.11 lbs./sq. ft.0.07lbs./sq. ft.
Native
Littleneck
Clams
0.14lbs./sq. ft.0.10lbs./sq. ft.0.11 lbs./sq.'ft.0.07lbs./sq. ft.
Pacific
Oysters
0.33 oyster/sq.ft.
*
0.33 oyster/sq.ft.
*
0.33 oyster/sq.ft.*'0.33 oyster/sq.ft.
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Geoduck 0.01 ducks/sq. ft.
,.*
0.01 ducks/sq.ft.
*rF
0.01 ducks/sq.ft.**
0.01 ducks/sq.ft.
*rF
Grower's Notice of Intent to Create a New Artificial Shellfish Bed or
to Enhance an Existing Natural Shellfish Bed under
Section 6.3 of the Revised Shellfish Implementation Plan
* This density applies currently only to the waters of Hood Canal south of a line drawn from Olele Point
to Foulweather Bluff, but a tribe may seek application of this density to other waters.
** The Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement for Geoduck provides that the density of an intertidal
area proposed for geoduck cultivation shall be established by an initial harvest of the entire wild geoduck
stock in the area, under an agreement between the Grower and affected treaty Tribes.
If yes, what species
If yes, for each species, please provide your estimates as to the density and overall quantity of
mature, marketable shellfishthat is (or was) present on the bed, explain the basis for your
estimates, and attach any strrvey data.
If no, for each species, please explain the basis for your density estimates, and attach any survey
data.
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