Shellfish Growing Area Annual Reports - WA State Dept. of Health

Every year we evaluate shellfish growing areas to see if they still meet their classification status. We review water sample data and assess potential pollution sources. When the evaluation is complete, we summarize the results in a brief report for each area.

In addition to the growing area reports, we prepare a report for each county called the Early Warning System Summary (EWS). The EWS identifies water sample stations for each growing area where water quality has a "threatened" or "concerned" status.

The 2009 Shellfish Growing Area Annual Reports reflecting information collected in 2008 are listed below. They are grouped by:

The Early Warning System Summary report for each county is included in the county listing.

County	Growing Area
Clallam	Early Warning System Summary for Clallam County growing areas
	Discovery Bay Dungeness Bay East Straits Jamestown	Neah Bay Sequim Bay West Straits
Grays Harbor	Early Warning System Summary for Grays Harbor County growing areas Grays Harbor Pacific Coast
Island	Early Warning System Summary for Island County growing areas
	Holmes Harbor Penn Cove Point Partridge Possession Sound	Saratoga Pass South Skagit Bay Southwest Whidbey Island
Jefferson	Early Warning System Summary for Jefferson County growing areas
	Dabob Bay Discovery Bay Hood Canal #1 Hood Canal #2 Hood Canal #3 Hood Canal #4 Kilisut Harbor	Mats Mats Bay Mystery Bay Oak Bay Port Townsend Protection Island Quilcene Bay
King	No growing areas on the early warning system in 2008
	Colvos Passage East Passage Poverty Bay Quartermaster Harbor
Kitsap	Early Warning System Summary for Kitsap County growing areas
	Agate Passage Blake Island Burley Lagoon Colvos Passage Dyes Inlet Hood Canal #1 Hood Canal #2 Hood Canal #4 Hood Canal #5	Kingston Lemolo (formerly Liberty Bay) Port Blakely Port Gamble Port Madison Port Orchard Passage Yukon Harbor
Mason	Early Warning System Summary for Mason County growing areas
	Annas Bay Hammersley Inlet Hood Canal #4 Hood Canal #5 Hood Canal #6 Hood Canal #7 Hood Canal #8 Hood Canal #9 McMicken Island North Bay	Oakland Bay Peale Passage Pickering Passage Reach Island Rocky Bay Skookum Inlet Spencer Cove Stretch Island Totten Inlet
Pacific	Early Warning System Summary for Pacific County growing areas
	Bay Center Bruceport Cedar River Nahcotta	Naselle River Nemah River North River Stony Point
Pierce	Early Warning System Summary for Pierce County growing areas
	Anderson Island Burley Lagoon Colvos Passage Drayton Passage Filucy Bay Fox Island Henderson Bay	McMicken Island Oro Bay Penrose Point Rocky Bay Vaughn Bay West Key Peninsula Wyckoff Shoal
San Juan	Early Warning System Summary for San Juan County growing areas
	Buck Bay East Sound Hunter Bay Mackaye Harbor	Mud Bay Shoal Bay Upright Channel Westcott Bay
Skagit	Early Warning System Summary for Skagit County growing areas
	East San Juan Padilla Bay Samish Bay	Similk Bay Swinomish
Snohomish	Early Warning System Summary for Snohomish County growing areas Possession Sound South Skagit Bay
Thurston	Early Warning System Summary for Thurston County growing areas
	Dana Passage Eld Inlet Henderson Inlet	Nisqually Reach Totten Inlet
Whatcom	Early Warning System Summary for Whatcom County growing areas
	Alden Bank Birch Bay Drayton Harbor East San Juan	Lummi Bay Lummi Island Portage Bay

Growing Area Annual Reports (pdf files)