Local Fish

Below are lists of fish found in our beach seines, plus some photos. 2009 was the year that a rigorous effort was made to seine twice a month and to identify most of the fish found. The greater number of fish identified that year has to do with better technique, not more fish (though that could possibly also be the case).

Some Fish Found in 2007 Beach Seines

Flatfish
Herring
Perch: Shiner, Striped
Salmon: Chinook, Coho
Sculpins: Cabezon, Sharpnose, Staghorn

Some Fish Found in 2008 Beach Seines

clingfish, or Gobiesox maeandricus.
Cod
Flatfish
Gunnel: Crescent, Penpoint, Red, Saddleback
Greenling: Kelp, Rock, White-spotted
Herring
Perch: Pile, Shiner, Striped
Rockfish: Quillback
Salmon: Chinook, Chum, Pink
Sculpin: Buffalo, Great, Staghorn
Tubesnout

Some Fish Found in 2009 Beach Seines

Cod: Pacific
Flatfish: English Sole, Starry Flounder, Butter Sole
Greenling: Kelp, White-spotted
Gunnel: Crescent, Penpoint, Saddleback, Snake, Striped
Herring
Perch: Kelp, Pile, Shiner, Striped
Pipefish
Prickleback: Snake
Poacher
Rockfish: juvenile, Copper, Red Irish Lord
Salmon: Chinook, Chum, Coho, Pink
Sand Lance
Sculpin: Buffalo, Cabezon, Great, Padded, Silver-spotted, Sharp-nosed, Silver-spotted, Soft, Staghorn
Smelt
Stickleback
Tubesnout