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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:42 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:06 am
by ScubaJess
THAT'S SO COOL!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:52 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:40 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:27 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:10 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:22 am
by oldsalt
Jan: My sense of things, not necessarily true, is that lingcod went from abundant to nearly extinct, only to return when the strict fishing restrictions were placed on them. I also felt the same was true of rockfish, especially the black rockfish. We used to catch them with impunity, no limit, and they tasted good. The clouds of black rockfish I would look up at while diving in Haro Strait vanished for a few years. I thought I saw them rebounding in my last years of diving, also following restrictions on fishing. Have you seen the same thing?
-Curt
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:03 am
by Jan K
Curt: I agree that many of the marine species would recover if allowed to do so through the correct management. However, I worry that we lack the knowledge and wisdom to do so in any meaningful way. Concentrating on one specie while ignoring what is happening to the environment around them and to their food supply will probably continue to be the reason of the overall problem, and not only affecting marine life. Just my 2cents....
Great sculpin. Another of the "not so photogenic" fish encountered on jetty rocks.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 1:23 pm
by Jan K
From Keystone Jetty crab lives. Hanging out in the kelp forest and eating crabs. Including its own kind ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:46 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:46 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:54 am
by Jan K
White Bubble shell slugs and their egg ribbons scene at Driftwood Park.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:48 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:27 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:35 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 3:19 pm
by Jan K
Yellowtail rockfish at Keystone Jetty. They have yellow fins, I have yellow fins.
I am happy to swim in their school.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:56 pm
by Jan K
This Painted greenling at Keystone Jetty is very busy guarding eggs . Second batch in three months !
Same spot, same cluster of Ostrich-plume hydroids.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:34 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:32 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:23 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:33 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:12 pm
by oldsalt
Jan: I noticed that the sticklebacks were photographed at Driftwood Park. Were you in the salt water or the ponds east of the shoreline? My sightings of sticklebacks were all ln fresh or briny water, specifically Cranberry Lake at Deception Pass and Lake Erie on Fidalgo Island. I know they are found in salt water, but I never found them there.
-Curt
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:43 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:03 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:50 am
by Tidepool Geek
Hi Jan,
More amazing images and terrific information! Thanks for all your good work.
Sycophantishly yours,
Alex