18-12-2010, 08:16 PM
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My assumption, the difference between Kingston and Edmonds is due to location. Along the East side of Puget Sound, there are numerous rivers, and especially during winter, we have extra high flows of dirty water. This likely makes less than ideal conditions for the squid "dirty water, lower salinity due to fresh water influx". JUST MY OPINION
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That makes complete sense. All that Kingston has in the way of freshwater input is a few scattered smaller streams. Carpenter creek dumps into the sound right near the Kingston marina and dock so when we get heavy rains the water still gets murky and squid still become scarce. However, the smaller streams have a tendency to clear up faster. As i mentioned in an earlier post, the water near kingston is already loosing it's turbidity from the recent rains. I have noticed a strong correlation in the past - both in winter and summer squid seasons - between the water clarity and presence of squid. In the winter time squid disappear after heavy rains and in the summer i have noticed that the usual July and august algae blooms that cloud up the water also put a stop to productive squid fishing. i know that lower salinity was postulated as a reason for keeping the Humboldt squid from migrating further into Puget Sound than the Seiku area. it seems highly probable to me that our market squid may also share this salinity sensitivity.
My assumption, the difference between Kingston and Edmonds is due to location. Along the East side of Puget Sound, there are numerous rivers, and especially during winter, we have extra high flows of dirty water. This likely makes less than ideal conditions for the squid "dirty water, lower salinity due to fresh water influx". JUST MY OPINION
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That makes complete sense. All that Kingston has in the way of freshwater input is a few scattered smaller streams. Carpenter creek dumps into the sound right near the Kingston marina and dock so when we get heavy rains the water still gets murky and squid still become scarce. However, the smaller streams have a tendency to clear up faster. As i mentioned in an earlier post, the water near kingston is already loosing it's turbidity from the recent rains. I have noticed a strong correlation in the past - both in winter and summer squid seasons - between the water clarity and presence of squid. In the winter time squid disappear after heavy rains and in the summer i have noticed that the usual July and august algae blooms that cloud up the water also put a stop to productive squid fishing. i know that lower salinity was postulated as a reason for keeping the Humboldt squid from migrating further into Puget Sound than the Seiku area. it seems highly probable to me that our market squid may also share this salinity sensitivity.