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Forage Fish matter	Monitoring and protecting
	The view from Puget Sound and Bamfield

Bamfield researcher de Graaf sees forage fish as ‘keystone species’ in marine food web --- being prey for most larger predatory fish etc

	Washington State researcher with 35+ years studying forage fish
	Pacific Herring Northern anchovy Pacific sand lance Surf smelt Emphasis of talk was sand lance

	Keystone species
	From Seabirds to coho and Chinook salmon to marine mammals --- everyone depends upon forage fish
	Here is surf smelt intertidal habitat --- the theme was both monitoring their spawning , put protecting their habitat from human degradation

Marine Forage Fishes in Puget Sound Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership Available as a PDF off their publications page	More later

Created by LG on Feb 1, 2006

Last updated on Friday, June 19, 2009