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Changes in ocean put shellfish business in jeopardy
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130201/NEWS01/702019904[font face=Serif]Published: Friday, February 1, 2013, 12:01 a.m.
[font size=5]Changes in ocean put shellfish business in jeopardy[/font]
By Bill Sheets, Herald Writer
[font size=3]EVERETT -- Between 2005 and 2009, billions of oyster larvae began dying at hatcheries around the state before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it.
The state's $270 million shellfish industry, which employs about 3,200 people, is in danger.
One oyster farm, Goose Point Oysters in Willapa Bay, has begun raising oyster larvae in Hawaii because it can no longer grow them here.
The reason, scientists say, is ocean acidification.
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[font size=5]Changes in ocean put shellfish business in jeopardy[/font]
By Bill Sheets, Herald Writer
[font size=3]EVERETT -- Between 2005 and 2009, billions of oyster larvae began dying at hatcheries around the state before anyone knew what was going on or could do anything about it.
The state's $270 million shellfish industry, which employs about 3,200 people, is in danger.
One oyster farm, Goose Point Oysters in Willapa Bay, has begun raising oyster larvae in Hawaii because it can no longer grow them here.
The reason, scientists say, is ocean acidification.
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