The Salish Sea supports huge schools of bait fish also known as herring, that feed the salmon and other larger species. Diver and filmmaker, Laura James,went in down near Seattle, with a rebreather (which leaves no bubbles) and captured this beautiful dance of the bait fish, at night.
Laura will be part of a group of environmental activists highlighted in the film, “Sound and Vision” to be shown by the Jefferson County Marine Resource Committee and the Washington Environmental Coalition, in Port Townsend in January. Dates and location to be announced later.
Cove 2 Baitfish from Laura James on Vimeo.
Filed under: Puget Sound | Tagged: bait, fish, Puget Sound |
Wonderful photos but we won’t see many like them in South and Central Sound after last week’s approval to allow eradication of zostera japonica via use of Imazamox. Both Japanese eelgrass and native (zostera marina) provide habitat for forage fish that feed salmon smolt. Against all reports of the benefits of Japanese eelgrass, the shellfish industry overcame all objections and, once again, the State caved in. We have fallen through the looking glass.