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On 22 March I paid a visit to the large lease operated by Hog Island Oysters (HIO) near Tom’s Point (lease M-430-15), and another Hog Island lease at the mouth of Walker Creek (lease M-430-10).
I’ve been mostly sharing findings on the leases run by Tomales Bay Oyster Company (TBOC) due to the ease of access to the southern lease, as well as because their leases are some of the messiest places on the bay.
Getting to the far north lease of HIO takes more time and energy, so I don’t get there too often.
Often I am asked by people “What about Hog Island? Do they make as big a mess as TBOC?)
My usual response is “All the growers make a mess, HIO makes the least mess from what I can tell.”
Until now, I thought TBOC and crew were the only culprits when it came to cutting and dropping zip-ties into the bay during harvest. I found 54 zip-ties on this day along a very short section of shore, with only moderate effort.
As you can see from the images below, HIO has room to improve their methods.
As always, click on an image to see a larger version.
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Green polygon depicts Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15, near Tom’s Point. Red arrow points to location where abandoned grow-out bags were left on 22 March. Each yellow pin shows location of abandoned grow-out bag. T21 is where I reattached 3 bags of live oysters to anchor line.
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Abandoned Hog Island Oysters grow-out bag hauled out on Pierce Point (PRNS) on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned??? Hog Island Oysters grow-out bags on lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Hog Island Oysters grow-out bags on lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned??? oyster grow-out bag on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster grow-out bag on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster grow-out bag on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned ??? oyster grow-out bags on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned oyster rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned oyster rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Recovered bags with live oysters, now reattached on lease M-430-15, see waypoint T21 on map at top of post.
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Abandoned Hog Island Oysters grow-out bags collected adjacent to lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned Hog Island Oysters grow-out bags collected adjacent to lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned Hog Island Oysters grow-out bags collected adjacent to lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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Pisaster ocreceus that was inside a nearly empty, mostly buried in mud, bag of dead manilla clams
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Abandoned Hog Island Oysters grow-out bags (with live oysters) collected adjacent to lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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Stanway oyster racks and abandoned rack lumber on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Stanway oyster racks on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Stanway oyster racks on Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-10 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned zip-ties, rope remnants, float, grow-out bag remnants, PVC pipe remnants, collected from shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 and Tomales Bay Oyster Company lease M-430-04 on 22 March, 2015
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Abandoned zip-ties, rope remnants, float collected from shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned zip-ties & rope remnants, float collected on shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned zip-ties collected on shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned rope remnants collected on shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned zip-ties collected on shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned zip-ties collected on shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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©Richard James – coastodian.org
Abandoned zip-ties collected on shore adjacent to Hog Island Oysters lease M-430-15 on 22 March, 2015
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This is inexcusable. When you consider there are six growers in Marin waters alone, it begs the question how much trash is in our ocean from growers all along our coast?