THE 8th PUGET SOUND GIANT OCTOPUS CENSUS!

[al NDOF]

Here is the Octopus Survey flyer from Seattle Aquarium and Dr. Roland Anderson.
http://www.pnwscuba.com/critterwatchers ... survey.pdf


THE 8th PUGET SOUND
GIANT OCTOPUS CENSUS!
The Seattle Aquarium
will be conducting the eighth annual census of
Giant Pacific Octopuses in Puget Sound, Saturday through Monday,
February 16-18, 2008 (President's Day weekend).
We hope all divers in Puget Sound south of Keystone on Whidbey Island
and inside of Deception Pass southward will report any octopus sightings
to the Seattle Aquarium on those days. (see contact information below).
Information requested is:
• date • time of day
• the exact dive site • exact depth
• den information
• some indication of octopus size (tennis ball, cantaloupe, basketball, or BIG!)
• some indication of where the den is in relation to the entry point of the dive
• number of divers
For example: 51 feet deep, 20 yards right of the entry at Octopus Hole,
Hood Canal, in a vertical crack in rock outcrop, basketball-sized body).
We hope this information can give us some indication of the relative
abundance of octopuses in Puget Sound, and future surveys will give us an
indication of trends in their abundance, whether their populations are increasing
or decreasing.
Information about any and all octopus sightings on that day can be reported to;
Dr. Roland Anderson at the Seattle Aquarium
phone: 206-386-4371
email: roland.anderson@seattle.gov fax: 206-386-4328
Possible places to dive: Alki Pipeline, Seacrest, 4 Mile Rock Barges, Shilshole Bay Barges,
Three Tree Pt., Edmonds Wrecks, Edmonds Oil Dock, Redondo, Richmond Beach, Blakely Rock
and Blakely Reef, Maury Island Barges, Tacoma Narrows, Titlow Beach, Possession Pt. Ferry,
Day Island, Richmond Pt. Wreck, Sunrise Beach, Keystone, Langley Tire Reef, Fox Island,
Taylor Bay Wrecks, Hoodsport, Sund Rock, Octopus Hole, Hamma Hamma Wall,
Hood Canal Bridge, Saltwater State Park, and others.
Thanks to everyone for participating!

[H20doctor]

We see baby octo's all the time out and about... would that be considered a sighting.?

[dsteding]

I hope this information will not be publicly available. The folks up on Vancouver Island have been dealing with octo harvesters that use boards such as these to find octos. As has been seen by recent threads on this board, divers feel pretty a passionate about such things.

So, what will be done with this information, and how will it be protected?

[Sounder]

I'm curious about location sharing too.