Carbon emissions are threatening Washington’s shellfish industry. That’s the concern of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification, which meets today in Seattle.
It was created after shellfish hatcheries noticed a correlation between declining PH values in Hood Canal and dying oyster larvae.
Carbon pollution, absorbed by the ocean, interferes with their ability to form shells.
Bill Dewey, with Taylor shellfish farms, says it’s been seven years now since Willapa Bay oysters have hatched naturally.
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