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Willapa Bay Oysters

The tidelands of Willapa Bay, Washington have historically provided prime oyster habitat. But ocean acidification is making it more difficult for oyster larvae and young oysters to grow and maintain their protective shells. Pictured here are scenes from Facing Climate Change featuring Herrold Fish and Oyster Co. and Goose Point Shellfish Farm and Oystery.

Facing Climate Change (2012)

Matt Blaine and Gavin Maxwell of Herrold Fish & Oyster Co. transplant oyster on Willapa Bay.
Matt Blaine and Gavin Maxwell of Herrold Fish & Oyster Co. transplant oyster on Willapa Bay.
Roy Herrold, Matt Blaine and Gavin Maxwell of Herrold's Fish and Oyster Co. transplant oysters on Willapa Bay.
Matt Blaine, Gavin Maxwell and Seth Cooper of Herrold's Fish and Oyster Co. transplant oysters on Willapa Bay.
Seth Cooper, of Herrold Fish & Oyster Co., opens a seed bag on Willapa Bay.
Matt Blaine, Gavin Maxwell, Seth Cooper and Roy Herrold open up seed bags during Herrold's Fish and Oyster Co's spring transplant, Willapa Bay, Washignton.
Matt Blaine, Gavin Maxwell and Roy Herrold open up seed bags during Herrold's Fish and Oyster Co's spring transplant, Willapa Bay, Washignton.
Matt Blaine, Herrold Fish & Oyster Co., Willapa Bay, Washington.
Oyster grounds on Willapa Bay, Washington.
Sticks mark the corner of oyster grounds on Willapa Bay, Washington.
Matt Blaine and Seth Cooper from Herrold Fish & Oyster Co. transplant oysters on Willapa Bay, Washington.
John Herrold drive his oyster dredge across Willapa Bay.
A storage shed at Herrold Fish & Oyster Co. on Willapa Bay is dwarfed by a pile of oyster shells.
Oyster dredge in Willapa Bay, Washington.
Captain of a Goose Point oyster dredge in Willapa Bay.
Captain of a Goose Point oyster dredge in Willapa Bay.
Oysters are harvested by dredge.
Kathleen Nisbet looks through a pile of freshly harvested oysters on board a drege.
Kathleen Nisbet of Goose Point Oysters.
Kathleen Nisbet of Goose Point Oysters.
Kathleen Nisbet of Goose Point Oysters.
Workers harvest oysters by hand at low tide on Willapa Bay.
Workers harvest oysters by hand at low tide on Willapa Bay.
Workers harvest oysters by hand at low tide on Willapa Bay.
Kathleen Nisbet harvests oysters by hand at low tide on Willapa Bay.
Kathleen Nisbet harvests oysters by hand at low tide on Willapa Bay.
Bags of shells are washed prior to seeding.
Washed seed bags.
Workers shuck oysters at Goose Point Oyster Co.
Workers shuck oysters at Goose Point Oyster Co.
Dave Nisbet marks the corner of an oyster bed on Willapa Bay.
A branch is used to mark the corners of an oyster bed on Willapa Bay.
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