For the third straight year a highly-trained team of WSU Beach Watchers has gathered comprehensive data on
fish abundance and size at Cornet Bay, where the MRC is working with Washington State Parks on several nearshore enhancement projects. Sarah Schmidt photographed the seining team in action. To view the full report, click on the headline or right here.
Snohomish and Island MRCs unanimously endorse Port Susan MSA
Meeting together in Coupeville, Dec. 6, the Island and Snohomish MRCs voted unanimously to recommend leaders of the two counties adopt the draft plan to establish an educational Port Susan Marine Stewardship Area. The vote culminated five years of discussions, community meetings, workshops, study and planning. More information.
Island County Sound IQ website goes live
Our new Sound IQ data-sharing website is live at http://www.iqmap.org/icSound IQ. Read more in our Projects section.
Island County MRC - Who We Are
Island County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is an advisory body to county government, established in 1999 under the federal Northwest Straits Initiative. We and our MRC colleagues in six other counties of northern Puget Sound comprise the Northwest Straits Commission. Congress established the commission as a fresh approach to addressing Puget Sound’s problems by fostering bottom-up, local, innovative solutions, rather than top-down mandates.
The members of our MRC are volunteers and represent diverse interests, industries and agendas. They bring a cross-section of disciplines and experience to this work, and are joined in a single, unifying passion to do what is best for our local marine environment.
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