Tuesday, December 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Larry Norman Lodge
–from Jean Lyle for the SeaDoc Society —
The SeaDoc Society & YMCA Camp Orkila present our annual Family Night at Camp Orkila with a free dinner followed by a free lecture. At 7 p.m. Kit Rawson will speak on “Salmon Management in the 21st Century: have we learned anything yet?”
The news about salmon recovery isn’t always positive, but Kit Rawson says there’s cause for optimism.
Kit Rawson is a retired fisheries biologist with the Tulalip Tribes who spent most of his career working on salmon recovery in Alaska and the Salish Sea.
While the overall number of salmon in the Salish Sea, the inland sea that stretches from Olympia, WA, to Campbell River, BC, are far below historical numbers, some stocks and species have recently returned in numbers not seen for decades.
Back by popular demand, Rawson will discuss efforts to increase runs of wild salmon and to protect wild fish from interbreeding or being outcompeted by hatchery fish.
Fun fact: the coded-wire tags used to track salmon from Alaska to California are designed and manufactured right in the San Juans, on Shaw Island. These and other modern tracking techniques help managers schedule fisheries to avoid catching fish from weak stocks that can’t withstand much harvest.
The talk is free and takes place at 7 p.m. on December 9 in the Larry Norman Lodge at Camp Orkila on Orcas Island. Dinner precedes the talk, and begins at 5:30 p.m.
The 2014-15 Marine Science Lecture Series is designed to inspire the general public and to highlight the amazing fish and wildlife of our region. Lectures are free.
The Lecture Series is presented by program partners The SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila. It has been made possible through generous sponsorship by Tom Averna (Deer Harbor Charters), Barbara Brown, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Audrey and Dean Stupke, West Sound Marina, WWW Foundation (Bryce and Sue Rhodes), and Martha Wyckoff in honor of Lee Rolfe. For more information visit https://www.seadocsociety.org/events
