73rd Annual Growers Conference and Tradeshow

Red Lion Hotel on the River Portland, Oregon Sept. 17 - 19, 2019 Welcome to Portland! Tuesday, September 17

We are glad you’re here for the 73rd Annual Shellfish Growers Conference. We have a very full three days planned for you, Plenary Session, Grand Ballroom including time to ‘rock out’ to climate-inspired music, a presentation on the anthropogenic stressors on aquaculture, and opportunities to practice your conversational French. 9:00 Conference Welcome Margaret Pilaro, PCSGA and P. Sean McDonald, University of Washington

The conference planning committee has pulled together a wonderful group of thoughtful and interesting speakers in hopes 9:15 Keynote Speaker From local to global, exploring the future for shellfish in a multistressor world,Halley to inspire your work with shellfish – whether on the farm, in the office or at the lab. We have two different crab-related Froehlich, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington workshops, a discussion about proposed changes to the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, and sessions focused on 10:00 Dixie Chicks: Women and the new southern , Beth Walton, Oyster South acidification, disease, sea cucumbers, and public heath – just to name a few. 10:15 Addressing Ocean Acidification:State Updates and Progress This conference is not only a time to celebrate our collective accomplishments, but it also offers a unique chance to build Moderator: Rich Childers relationships with a diverse group of shellfish-minded folks. One of the best opportunities to network is during break time. Pacific Coast Region Update: Jennifer Hennessey Tribal Grower Let’s use this time together to not only learn for ourselves, but to strengthen our community and cultivate the next generation State Updates: Charlotte Regula-Whitefield (OR), of shellfish leaders and researchers. Jennifer Hennessey (WA), Justine Kimball (CA) Member Meeting

Share your musings about the conference on social media using the hashtag #shellfish73. And please let us know what you 11:15 Coffee Break Sponsored by Tuesday @ 10:15 am think about this conference by filling out a survey using the link below. We do listen to your input with the hopes of making Hospitality Suite future conferences better than the previous one. Hama Hama Company Presidential Suite 216 Thank you for taking time to be here with us. Thank you for asking good questions, for being open to learning, and for 12:00 Opening Day Luncheon engaging with all aspects of West Coast shellfish. Luncheon Speaker Can You Hear Climate Change? #SHELLFISH73 Judy Twedt, University of Washington Concurrent Session A, Grand Ballroom Salon 4 Concurrent Session B, Grand Ballroom Salon 1 Ocean Conditions: Climate Change, Economics of Shellfish, Social Science, Ocean Chemistry, Acidification Business Sense Moderator: Dave Fitzpatrick, Kilisut Harbor Moderator: Jodie Toft, Puget Sound Restoration Fund Shellfish 2:00 Impacts of ocean acidification and warming on early 2:00 Dialing in Success: What are the key performance life stages of pinto ( kamtschatkana) indicators for a shellfish farm?, Chip Terry Ph.D., in Washington state, Eileen Bates, University of OysterTracker Washington Please complete the post-event survey online or pick-up a hard copy at the registration table. 2:15 Influence of ocean acidification on 2:15 Effects of off-bottom aquaculture and development www.surveymonkey.com/r/shellfish73 (Crassostrea gigas) DNA methylation, Yaamini R. of best management practices, Steven Booth, Pacific Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions. Venkataraman, University of Washington Shellfish Institute

2:30 Has ocean acidification a real effect on razor 2:30 Oyster Seed Survival: Lessons learned to inform best Monday, September 16 populations in Washington? An isotopic investigation, practices, Bobbi Hudson, Pacific Shellfish Institute Yongwen Gao, Makah Fisheries Management 8:00 Schley Golf Scramble Heron Lakes Golf (Greenback Course) Pre-registration required 2:45 Parental exposures prior to spawning influence larval 2:45 Permitting shellfish hatcheries under the CWA, aka 12:00 Lunch on your own gene expression in the Olympia oyster (), the Costanza nexus, Rich Doenges, Washington Laura H. Spencer, University of Washington Department of Ecology 1:00 PCSGA Board Meeting Washington Room Open only to PCSGA Grower Members in good standing 4:00 Break 3:00 Climate and Skinny : Another look at oyster 3:00 The economic effect of permitting delays on Pacific condition and spawning in Willapa Bay, Washington, Coast shellfish aquaculture,Jonathan van Senten & 4:15 PCSGA Annual General Meeting (AGM) Washington Room Brett R. Dumbauld, US Department of Agriculture, Carole R. Engle, Virginia Tech / VSAREC Open only to PCSGA Grower Members in good standing Agricultural Research Service 6:00 Dinner on your own 3:15 Coffee Break Sponsored by Duncan & Associates 7:30 BINGO! It takes Balls to Play Washington Room Pre-registration encouraged Tuesday continues... Tuesday, September 17, Continued Wednesday, September 18

Concurrent Session A, Grand Ballroom Salon 4 Concurrent Session B, Grand Ballroom Salon 1 Plenary Session, Grand Ballroom

Ocean Conditions Continued... Continuing to Crack Crab: Dungeness Crab 7:30 Aussie Wakeup! Hosted Breakfast, Hands-on Tool School, and Innovation Showcase Moderator: Dave Fitzpatrick, Kilisut Harbor Shellfish Population Dynamics and Ecosystem Services Moderator: Julie Barber, Swinomish Tribe Sponsored by SmartOysters, SEAPA, and Sedwyn Pty Ltd. 3:45 Welcome and overview of PNWCRG 3:45 Does it matter where my parents grew up? 4:00 Effects of high CO2 on Dungeness crab,Paul 9:15 John Lentz Profiles in Innovation Speaker Series Ostrea Ex Machina, Eric Marrisal, Grainocean Transgenerational effects of Olympia oyster larvae, McElhany, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science International, France Lindsay M Alma, University of Washington Center, Mukilteo Field Station 10:00 The Great Experiment: A collaborative communications strategy to improve public perceptions about US 4:00 Ocean acidification negatively affects early development 4:15 Unravelling the trophic ecology of wild and captive marine aquaculture, Kimberly Thompson, Aquarium of the Pacific in endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni), Sara juvenile Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) Boles, University of California - Davis using fatty acid biomarkers, Aaron Galloway, Oregon 10:15 Institute of Marine Biology Coffee Break Sponsored by 4:15 Assessing vulnerability of Pacific Northwest shellfisheries 4:30 Big fishery, big data, and little crabs: Using a genomic Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to ocean acidification: a hybrid approach toward scalable approach to examine larval recruitment patterns of risk communication, Thamanna Vasan, Oregon State Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in the California Concurrent Session A, Grand Ballroom Salon 4 Concurrent Session B, Grand Ballroom Salon 1 University Current Ecosystem, Elizabeth Lee, Oregon State University Down on the Farm: Shellfish Growers Trials, Wild Stock Management 4:30 Ocean acidification monitoring in Alaskan villages and 4:45 Growth and abundance of juvenile and sub-adult Tribulations, and Triumphs Moderator: Elizabeth Tobin, Jamestown S’Klallam shellfish enhancement efforts on the Kenai penninsula, Dungeness crabs in the South Slough Estuary, Michael Moderator: Ian Jefferds, Penn Cove Shellfish Tribe Jacqueline Ramsay, Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery Thomas, University of Oregon 10:30 New Alaskan FLUPSY design, Eric Wyatt, Blue Starr 10:30 An analysis of envrionmental factors influencing 4:45 Metabolic recovery and compensatory shell growth of 5:00 Tracking larval and juvenile Dungeness crab in the Oyster Co. spatial clustering of Salish Sea clam , James juvenile Pacific (Panopea generosa) following southern Salish Sea: Two years of results and plans for McArdle, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community short-term exposure to acidified seawater,Samuel Gurr, future research, Claire Cook, Swinomish Tribe University of Rhode Island 10:45 Toxic : Observations from Case Inlet, Nyle Taylor, 10:45 The recovery of harvested geoduck tracts in Puget Taylor Shellfish Farms Sound, Henry Carson, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife 5:00 A protein inventory reveals mechanisms of temperature 5:15 Discussion: Light trap network update & observations impact on oyster development, Shelly Trigg, University from the summer’s efforts 11:00 Cruise In: Bringing the people to the party, Trevor Sande, 11:00 Relative recruitment reconstructions of Washington of Washington Marble State geoduck populations, Bethany Stevick, WA Dept. 5:15 Opening Night Tradeshow Reception 5:45 Discussion: Overview of results from research of Fish & Wildlife objectives discussed at first meeting of PNWCRG & Grand Ballroom East Salon current issues/trends 11:15 Training of entry level workers, Bob Rheault, East Coast Bivalve Reproduction Shellfish Growers Association Moderator: Mackenzie Gavery, University of 6:15 Dinner on your own Washington 7:30 National Shellfisheries Association Student Fundraiser: Putt It in Your Pie Hole! Estuarine Habitat, Ecosystem Services, 11:15 Population trends and reproductive cycles of the Pismo Does golf spark your competitive side, but messy slapstick speaks to your heart? This year you can have both! Multitrophic Interactions clam (Tivela stultorum) in California, Alexandria Support students in our industry by combining your golf skills with your pie throwing skills in this biathlon of Marquardt, California Polytechnic State University Moderator: Sandy Zeiner, Northwest Indian Fisheries obscure sports. Your money and time helps fund student attendance and presentations! Commission 11:30 Eye in the Sky: The potential of unmanned aerial systems 11:30 Applying cutting-edge technology for reproductive A Special Thank You To: (UAS) as a tool to map eelgrass habitat in Oregon control in bivalves, Mackenzie Gavery, University of Norplex, Inc. for generously hosting the Hospitality Suite, year after year! estuaries, Anthony D’Andrea, Oregon Department of Washington Hospitality Suite located in the Presidential Suite 216 and open until midnight Fish and Wildlife John Lentz Profiles in Innovation 11:45 Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) recruitment behavior 11:45 Gonad maturation of the Mediterranean Student Sponsors Speaker Series Donations in Puget Sound, Brian Allen, Puget Sound Restoration (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and Olympia oyster (Ostrea Fund lurida) in three locations within the Puget Sound, WA, Vicki Wilson, Arcadia Point Eric Wyatt, Blue Star Oyster Co. Trevor Derie, University of Washington Bill Dewey, Chuckanut Shellfish Bill Dewey, Chuckanut Shellfish Adam James, Hama Hama Company Bruce Brenner, J.J. Brenner Oyster Company 12:00 Lunch on your own 12:00 Lunch and NSA Annual Meeting Bruce Brenner, J.J. Brenner Oyster Company Nate Wight, Jorstad Creek Oyster Company ISSC Proposal Review - Working Lunch David Steele, Rock Point Oyster Company, LLC Jesse Fortune, Formutech Inc. Hospitality Suite - Presidential Suite 216 Sue Cudd, Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery Ian Jefferds, Penn Cove Shellfish LLC Lunch pre-order required - $20 David Steele, Rock Point Oyster Co. Wednesday continues... Wednesday, September 18, Continued Wednesday, September 18, Continued

Concurrent Session A, Grand Ballroom Salon 4 Concurrent Session B, Grand Ballroom Salon 1 6:00 Grand Awards Banquet in the Grand Ballroom Estuarine Habitat Continued... Sea Cucumbers on the Move Cocktails @ 6:00 Moderator: Sandy Zeiner, Northwest Indian Fisheries Moderator: Karl Mueller, Lummi Nation & Andy Dinner @ 6:30 Commission Suhrbier, Pacific Shellfish Institute Student & Industry Awards and Silent Auction 2:00 Estuarine habitat use by higher trophic-level fish and 2:00 Population genetics of Apostichopus californicus across Sponsored by Plauché & Carr LLP and Rock Point Oyster Co. decapods, Jennifer Ruesink, University of Washington the Pacific Coast of North America, Natalie Lowell, University of Washington 2:15 Characterizing the habitat function of bivalve 2:15 Genetic identification of Parastichopus californicus Thursday, September 19 aquaculture using underwater video, Bridget Ferriss, in the classroom: Using place-based research to NOAA Fisheries advance genomics literacy at Tribal Colleges, Destinee Plenary Session, Grand Ballroom Hutchinson, Northwest Indian College 9:00 Oil Spill Response System NOAA Seafood Inspection’s Oil Spill Response System, Whitney Moore, NOAA 2:30 Growing oysters in the context of ecosystem restoration: 2:30 Population genetic structure and connectivity of Challenges and opportunities, Phil Bloch, Confluence Parastichopus californicus in the northeastern Pacific 9:15 Research Goals Workshop West Coast Shellfish Research Goals and 2020 Priorities Environmental Company Coastal region, Amanda Xuereb, University of Moderator: Bobbi Hudson, Pacific Shellfish Institute Toronto 10:15 Shellfish Shorts - 5 Minute Talks in ‘Ignite’ Format 2:45 In SITU filtration rates of Olympia oyster (Ostrea 2:45 Sea cucumber co-culture trials in Washington state, Moderator: P. Sean McDonald, University of Washington lurida) habitat and Pacific oyster ( gigas) from nursery to growout, Andy Suhrbier, Pacific aquaculture, Althea Marks, California State University Shellfish Institute Using scientific collaboration to build resiliency at a CA shellfish farm,Gary Fleener, Hog Island Oyster Co. Fullerton There is an app for that - A simple app for everyday tasks on the oyster farm,William Walton, AU Shellfish Lab 3:00 Coffee Break Sponsored by Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission “NOOCS” and crannies of Olympia oyster restoration: An update on the Native Olympia Oyster Collaborative activities from Baja California to British Colombia, Jodie Toft, Puget Sound Restoration Fund Marine Pathogens, Shellfish Disease, Genetics, Broodstock Development Harmful Algal Bloom Moderators: Molly Jackson, Taylor Shellfish Farms 10:30 Coffee Break Sponsored byHama Hama Co. and Duncan & Associates Moderator: Colleen Burge, University of Maryland Concurrent Session A, Grand Ballroom Salon 4 Concurrent Session B, Grand Ballroom Salon 1 3:30 Using probiotic bacteria to reduce larval mortality of 3:30 Update on progress of MBP and ensuring long-term Crassostrea gigas due to the bacterial pathogen Vibrio support for Pacific oyster breeding and gentics on the Human Health Issues European Green Crab on Pacific Shores: coralliilyticus, David Madison, Oregon State University US West Coast, Chris Langdon, WA Dept. of Fish & Moderator: Bobbi Hudson, Pacific Shellfish Institute An Update on Status, Trends, and Action Wildlife Moderator: P. Sean McDonald, University of WA 3:45 Oyster filtration of Labyrinthula zosterae in changing 3:45 MBP OSHV-1 Resistance Breeding Program, 10:45 Cold chain performance for Washington state and 10:45 Ocean ecosystem indicators forecast year class strength environmental conditions, M. Victoria Agnew, Konstantin Divilov, Oregon State University Chesapeake Bay farmed oysters, Bobbi Hudson, of invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) University of Maryland - Baltimore County Pacific Shellfish Institute in Oregon estuaries, Sylvia Yamada, Oregon State 4:00 Sweating the small stuff: Potential for bitter crab disease University Pest Management in the Pacific Northwest,Pamela C. Jensen, NOAA 11:00 Blooming Large: Tackling the health risks of harmful 11:00 Eradication failure and the hydra effect: Moderator: Chris Grue, University of Washington Fisheries algae, Megan Hintz, Lummi Nation Overcompensation following intensive harvest of the 4:15 Shellfish health and disease update - West Coast, Ralph 4:00 Invasive tunicates as biofouling agents of longline invasive European green crab, Catherine De Rivera, A. Elston, AquaTechnics Inc. bivalve aquaculture, Zofia Knorek, University of Portland State University North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11:15 Improving water quality by building programmatic 11:15 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife European capacity and improving coordination for Puget Green Crab Early Detection Monitoring Program, 4:30 Biotoxin cccumulation and depuration in field exposed 4:15 Is table salt a viable alternative for the control of Bur- Sound’s Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Chelsey Buffington, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Rock (Crassadoma gigantea) - A prerequisite for rowing shrimp on shellfish beds in Washington state, programs, Henry L. Peterson, WA Dept. of Health culture, Katie Houle, Pacific Shellfish Institute Kylie Sahota & Jonathan Schroeder, University of Washington 11:30 Modernizing laboratory analytical methods for 11:30 Salish Sea Transboundary Action Plan Update, Allen amnesic shellfish poisons (ASP) and diarrhetic Pleus, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife 4:45 Effects of Bitter Crab Disease on the gene expression of Human Influences on Urbanized Estuaries shellfish poisons (DSP),Dave Ikeda, WA Dept. of Alaskan Tanner crabs, Grace Crandall, University of Moderator: Sara Grant, PCSGA Health Washington 11:45 2019 Vibrio parahaemolyticus environmental 11:45 West Coast European green crab disease, Kate Sherman, 4:30 Microplastic contamination across an urban gradient, sampling review, Grace Workman, WA Dept. of Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Lyda Harris, University of Washington Health 4:45 Incorporating human dimensions into shellfish 12:00 2020 shellfish acreage goal: Successful water quality 12:00 Range expansion of European green crabs in British aquaculture management in an urbanized estuary, restoration, Jean Frost, WA Dept. of Health Columbia, Sylvia Yamada, Oregon State University P. Sean McDonald, University of Washington 12:15 Adjourn 1:15 Adjourn Tradeshow Exhibitors and PCSGA Allied Members

Alaska Packaging Inc. Marvel Lock Corp Seattle-Tacoma Box Company Debra Jones Michael Yu David Brockmeyer Burlington, WA Victoria, BC Canada Maple Valley, WA (360) 333-5571 (250) 598-8983 (206) 552-1214 www.akpackaging.net www.marvellock.com www.seattlebox.com Aqua-Pacific Wire & Mesh Supply Mount Baker Mining & Metal SEDWYN PTY LTD Niki Palmer Allen Jakubauskas Robert Deed Nanaimo, BC Canada Bellingham, WA Wynyard, Tasmania (250) 751-3772 (360) 325-3169 www.shellquip.com.au www.aquapacificwire.com www.mbmmllc.com Confluence Environmental Company NANOOS SmartOysters Chris Cziesla Paul Rudell Colin Bridges Seattle, WA Seattle, WA Moruya, NSW Australia (206) 321-6537 (206) 221-1902 www.thisissmartoysters.com www.confenv.com www.nanoos.org Duncan & Associates Inc The Nature Conservancy Sysmex America Heidi Duncan Sally McGee Todd Eschler Olympia, WA Mystic, CT Lincolnshire, IL (360) 352-7588 (860) 271-3922 (224) 543-9331 www.duncanins.com www.tnc.org www.sysmex.com/us Englund Marine & Industrial Supply NNZ Inc. Taylor Shellfish Farms Dale Murff Bruce Colquhoun Nyle Taylor Astoria, OR Surrey, BC Canada Shelton, WA (503) 475-0782 (604) 600-7640 (360) 701-7774 www.englundmarine.com www.nnz.ca www.taylorshellfishfarms.com Formutech Inc. Norplex Inc. Thunderbird Plastics Ltd. Jesse Fortune Dave DeAndre Filip Adam Prince Edwards Island, Canada Auburn, WA Portland, OR (902) 629-0126 (360) 426-0629 (503) 724-1385 www.formutech.ca www.norplexinc.com www.thunderbirdplastics.com Hexcyl Systems & FlipFarm Systems Oyster Tracker Vitsab International AB Gary Seidl - Australia Chip Terry Mark Winowich [email protected] (781) 570-9406 Edmonds, WA Aaron Pannell - New Zealand www.oystertracker.com (206) 962-0437 [email protected] www.vitsab.com Hoopers Island Oyster Co. PureBiomass Inc. wafla Chris Wyer Georgiy Vozhdayev Tom Dykstra Cambridge, MD Encinitas, CA Lacey, WA (703) 628-0017 (612) 207-7488 (360) 455-8064 x116 www.hoopersisland.com www.purebiomass.org www.wafla.org Industrial Inc. Reed Washington Farm Bureau Robert Roulston Tim Reed David Pearson Victoria, BC Canada Freedom CA Lacey, WA (250) 889-5075 (408) 377-1065 (360) 359-4641 www.industrialplankton.com www.reedmariculture.com www.wsfb.com Jet City Label SEAPA USA Allen Osterman Matt Will A Special Thank You! Seattle, WA Pittsburgh, PA (206) 660-3585 (817) 776-2147 Tradeshow Reception & Grand www.jetcitylabel.com www.seapa.com.au Awards Banquet Shellfish Donors Johnson Fabrication LLC Seattle Marine & Fishing Supply Co. Penn Cove Shellfish LLC Michael Johnson Martin Lupton Rock Point Oyster Company Port Townsend, WA Seattle, WA (661) 435-8543 (206) 351-8588 Taylor Shellfish Farms www.seamar.com