Third and Final Monitoring June 2024

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ACBA Mussel Monitoring

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6/23

Basket 1		Basket 2		Basket 3		Basket 4
mm	gram	mm	gram	mm	gram	mm	gram

50.05

9.29

48.2

8.16

51.74

10.37

Sample size - 25 mussels ea basket

Only 3 baskets (#3 was lost)

Today we found:

Basket 1 - 3 dead mussels

Basket 2 - 2 dead

Basket 3 - all lost

Basket 4 - 4 dead

Overall for 3 baskets today
Ave length		Ave wt
49.9	mm	9.3	gm
3-mos basket growth Jul-Dec
9.5	mm	2.7	gm
23.1%		41.0%
8-mos mussel growth Apr- Dec
18.6	mm	6.71	gm
58.2%		250.8%

1 year mussel growth Jul - June

17.9	mm	6.6	gm
156%		344%

Very little debris found in the baskets. Very few dead mussels

In the month prior, one basket was found sitting on the breakwall after very high tides. Two other baskets were washed away. One was found on Kingman Island. The third (#3) was found much later upriver, all dead.

A short video of the morning session!