Restoring kelp beds in Port Gamble Bay
Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal elders remember gathering herring roe in the mid-1900s when bull kelp beds were abundant in Port Gamble Bay and the outer Hood Canal area.
Herring prefer to lay their eggs in thick green beds of kelp. Today little kelp and few herring remain in Port Gamble Bay and no one is really sure why. (more…)