600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 November 09, 2006
Contact: Chuck Bolland, (360) 902-2255 Underwater video of Hood
Canal fish conditions available OLYMPIA Ė Rare, underwater video
showing conditions in Puget Soundís Hood Canal during a recent
low-oxygen event is available on the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlifeís (WDFW) website. The streaming video can be
viewed at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/hood_canal_oxygen.htm. The
video includes underwater footage showing effects on marine
life, such as lingcod, rockfish and an octopus, near Sund Rocks
on the west side of Hood Canal. Wayne Palsson, a WDFW research
scientist, filmed the underwater video during a Sept. 19 low
dissolved-oxygen event in the canal. Over the past several
years, low dissolved-oxygen events in Puget Soundís Hood Canal
have caused significant die-offs of marine life, including
multiple species of fish, shellfish and invertebrates. While low
dissolved-oxygen levels are not new, these events have become
more frequent and longer la