The Willapa Bay Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association was required by Washington Department of Ecology to apply for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for applications of carbaryl to Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.
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The Willapa-Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association (WGHOGA) voluntarily entered into Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with several groups to develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for burrowing shrimp. An IPM Coordinator was hired and an IPM Committee was formed, including WGHOGA, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of Ecology, Washington State University, Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration, Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Pacific Shellfish Institute, the Toxics Coalition and ...
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Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement issued for the use of carbaryl by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Ecology. The Burrowing Shrimp Control Committee was formed through the Washington State Legislature to develop a plan for continued control and Integrated Pest Management development. The membership consisted of agencies, legislators, tribes, and shellfish farmers.
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Burrowing shrimp rendered over 15,000 acres unusable for oyster culture (Lindsay 1961). Washington Department of Fisheries initiates burrowing shrimp control experiments with Sevin (carbaryl), furnace (fuel) oil, orthodichlorobenzene, lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane) (Lindsay 1961).
Read MoreBelle Stevens, “Ecological observations on Callianassidae of Puget Sound.” Ecology 10: 399-404
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