ANCHOR OUT OF EELGRASS TO PROTECT HERRING, SALMON, AND ORCA
Help protect salmon, orca, and the beautiful San Juan Islands by anchoring out of sensitive eelgrass.
The San Juan Islands are an internationally Ways for boaters to protect eelgrass acclaimed boating destination. Stunning and support marine food webs: landscapes and a rich marine environment • Anchor out of eelgrass. provide extensive recreational opportunities • Place mooring buoys out of eelgrass or such as wildlife viewing, fishing and use eelgrass-friendly buoy designs. crabbing. • Use a marina or mooring buoys instead of Sensitive eelgrass habitats are nurseries building a new dock. for juvenile Chinook salmon as well as • If you have an existing dock, make sure spawning areas for Pacific herring, small you have light penetrable grating for schooling fish that support seabirds, big fish, decking and avoid toxic treated wood. and marine mammals. • Keep your boat in good working order and quickly clean even small oil spills. Eelgrass damaged by boat anchors can take • Share this information with friends, family, years to recover. To help salmon and and visitors. the Southern Resident orcas, anchor out in waters deeper than the eelgrass or use a mooring buoy. Use the information in this boater guide to plan ahead and ensure your boating photo: Mark Gardner experience in the San Juan Islands is safe and enjoyable for people and nature! BOATERS Use the map inside to protect sensitive
eelgrass habitats in the San Juans herring in eelgrass image by Florian Graner
(360) 378-2319 (360) | sanjuans.org
San Juans San
Friends Friends
of the of
Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Funding Recovery Salmon State Washington photo: Mark Gardner Mark photo:
Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the the and Service Wildlife and Fish U.S. the Foundation,
Funding support generously provided by the Burning Burning the by provided generously support Funding
SALMON Contain and absorb and Contain •
FOR SAFETY SAFETY FOR Don’t add dish soap! dish add Don’t •
ANCHOR OUT ANCHOR
Safety first Safety •
Stay on scene scene on Stay •
Call 1 (800) OILS 911 OILS (800) 1 Call
OIL SPILL RESPONSE SPILL OIL
Please call (855) 542-3935 (855) call Please
To report derelict fishing gear fishing derelict report To
ZONE DERELICT GEAR DERELICT
PROTECTION
EELGRASS
on VHF Ch. 16 Ch. VHF on
(877) 767-9425 or hail the U.S. Coast Guard Guard Coast U.S. the hail or 767-9425 (877)
County websites. websites. County
For entangled marine mammals, please call call please mammals, marine entangled For visit the Washington State Parks and San Juan Juan San and Parks State Washington the visit
ANCHOR OUT! ANCHOR San Juan Islands. For more information please please information more For Islands. Juan San other violations, please call (800) 853-1964 (800) call please violations, other
marine parks and shoreline county parks in the the in parks county shoreline and parks marine For law enforcement, harassments, and and harassments, enforcement, law For
Public mooring buoys are available at many state state many at available are buoys mooring Public
DOUBT, IN WHEN
mammal, please call (866) 767-6114 767-6114 (866) call please mammal,
MOORING BUOYS MOORING
To report a dead, injured or stranded marine marine stranded or injured dead, a report To
REPORTING HOTLINES HOTLINES REPORTING
(360) 468-2288 (360)
MAMMAL MARINE
(360) 468-3377 (360)
Shaw General Store Store General Shaw
Islands Marine Center Center Marine Islands
SHAW ISLAND SHAW
LOPEZ ISLAND LOPEZ when not in use in not when
(360) 376-3037 (360)
Turn off fish finders and echo sounders sounders echo and finders fish off Turn •
(360) 378-2688 (360)
Deer Harbor Marina Marina Harbor Deer
within 300 yards 300 within Friday Harbor Marina Harbor Friday
(360) 376-2314 (360) appear whales if engine off Turn •
(360) 378-9816 (360)
West Sound Marina Sound West Southern Resident orcas orcas Resident Southern
Roche Harbor Roche
Go slow (<7 knots) when within ½ mile of of mile ½ within when knots) (<7 slow Go • SAN JUAN ISLAND ISLAND JUAN SAN 376-2240 (360)
West Beach Resort Beach West orcas
(360) 378-2044 (360)
Stay 300 yards from Southern Resident Resident Southern from yards 300 Stay •
(360) 376-2152 ext 700 700 ext 376-2152 (360) Harbor Park/Reid
Stay 200 yards from Transient orcas Transient from yards 200 Stay • Rosario Resort Rosario State Island Stuart
ORCAS ISLAND ORCAS ISLAND STUART Current U.S. regulations as of 2019 of as regulations U.S. Current
BE WHALE WISE! WISE! WHALE BE PUMPOUT STATIONS PUMPOUT RESOURCES FOR BOATERS FOR RESOURCES ANCHOR OUT OF EELGRASS TO PROTECT HERRING, SALMON, AND ORCA
Help protect salmon, orca, and the beautiful San Juan Islands by anchoring out of sensitive eelgrass.
The San Juan Islands are an internationally Ways for boaters to protect eelgrass acclaimed boating destination. Stunning and support marine food webs: landscapes and a rich marine environment • Anchor out of eelgrass. provide extensive recreational opportunities • Place mooring buoys out of eelgrass or such as wildlife viewing, fishing and use eelgrass-friendly buoy designs. crabbing. • Use a marina or mooring buoys instead of Sensitive eelgrass habitats are nurseries building a new dock. for juvenile Chinook salmon as well as • If you have an existing dock, make sure spawning areas for Pacific herring, small you have light penetrable grating for schooling fish that support seabirds, big fish, decking and avoid toxic treated wood. and marine mammals. • Keep your boat in good working order and quickly clean even small oil spills. Eelgrass damaged by boat anchors can take • Share this information with friends, family, years to recover. To help salmon and and visitors. the Southern Resident orcas, anchor out in waters deeper than the eelgrass or use a mooring buoy. Use the information in this boater guide to plan ahead and ensure your boating photo: Mark Gardner experience in the San Juan Islands is safe and enjoyable for people and nature! BOATERS Use the map inside to protect sensitive
eelgrass habitats in the San Juans herring in eelgrass image by Florian Graner
(360) 378-2319 (360) | sanjuans.org
San Juans San
Friends Friends
of the of
Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Funding Recovery Salmon State Washington photo: Mark Gardner Mark photo:
Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the the and Service Wildlife and Fish U.S. the Foundation,
Funding support generously provided by the Burning Burning the by provided generously support Funding
SALMON Contain and absorb and Contain •
FOR SAFETY SAFETY FOR Don’t add dish soap! dish add Don’t •
ANCHOR OUT ANCHOR
Safety first Safety •
Stay on scene scene on Stay •
Call 1 (800) OILS 911 OILS (800) 1 Call
OIL SPILL RESPONSE SPILL OIL
Please call (855) 542-3935 (855) call Please
To report derelict fishing gear fishing derelict report To
ZONE DERELICT GEAR DERELICT
PROTECTION
EELGRASS
on VHF Ch. 16 Ch. VHF on
(877) 767-9425 or hail the U.S. Coast Guard Guard Coast U.S. the hail or 767-9425 (877)
County websites. websites. County
For entangled marine mammals, please call call please mammals, marine entangled For visit the Washington State Parks and San Juan Juan San and Parks State Washington the visit
ANCHOR OUT! ANCHOR San Juan Islands. For more information please please information more For Islands. Juan San other violations, please call (800) 853-1964 (800) call please violations, other
marine parks and shoreline county parks in the the in parks county shoreline and parks marine For law enforcement, harassments, and and harassments, enforcement, law For
Public mooring buoys are available at many state state many at available are buoys mooring Public
DOUBT, IN WHEN
mammal, please call (866) 767-6114 767-6114 (866) call please mammal,
MOORING BUOYS MOORING
To report a dead, injured or stranded marine marine stranded or injured dead, a report To
REPORTING HOTLINES HOTLINES REPORTING
(360) 468-2288 (360)
MAMMAL MARINE
(360) 468-3377 (360)
Shaw General Store Store General Shaw
Islands Marine Center Center Marine Islands
SHAW ISLAND SHAW
LOPEZ ISLAND LOPEZ when not in use in not when
(360) 376-3037 (360)
Turn off fish finders and echo sounders sounders echo and finders fish off Turn •
(360) 378-2688 (360)
Deer Harbor Marina Marina Harbor Deer
within 300 yards 300 within Friday Harbor Marina Harbor Friday
(360) 376-2314 (360) appear whales if engine off Turn •
(360) 378-9816 (360)
West Sound Marina Sound West Southern Resident orcas orcas Resident Southern
Roche Harbor Roche
Go slow (<7 knots) when within ½ mile of of mile ½ within when knots) (<7 slow Go • SAN JUAN ISLAND ISLAND JUAN SAN 376-2240 (360)
West Beach Resort Beach West orcas
(360) 378-2044 (360)
Stay 300 yards from Southern Resident Resident Southern from yards 300 Stay •
(360) 376-2152 ext 700 700 ext 376-2152 (360) Harbor Park/Reid
Stay 200 yards from Transient orcas Transient from yards 200 Stay • Rosario Resort Rosario State Island Stuart
ORCAS ISLAND ORCAS ISLAND STUART Current U.S. regulations as of 2019 of as regulations U.S. Current
BE WHALE WISE! WISE! WHALE BE PUMPOUT STATIONS PUMPOUT RESOURCES FOR BOATERS FOR RESOURCES ANCHOR OUT OF EELGRASS Help recover salmon and orca by avoiding sensitive eelgrass and herring spawning habitats when boating in the San Juan Islands.
Orcas Island
Shaw Island
San Juan Island
Lopez Island
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Herring Spawning Habitat Anchor out of eelgrass or use mooring buoys to protect herring spawning grounds. Shallow Eelgrass Habitat Anchor deeper than 15 feet (at low tide) to avoid eelgrass in these areas. Eelgrass Habitat Anchor deeper than 25 feet (at low tide) to avoid eelgrass in these areas.
This map not intended for navigational purposes