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Species encountered by type in 4,994 derelict nets removed. 2002 - August 31, 2014 *Puget Sound only; does not include Rivers/Lakes, Pacific Coast or British Columbia

Federal State Group Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* Mammal sea lion Zalophus californianus - 2 2 Sea Lion Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena - 5 5 Harbor Porpoise CS Phoca vitulina 1 38 39 Harbor Seal mammal unid. - 1 1 marine mammal unid. Cetecea - 1 1 Marine Mammal river otter Lontra canadensis - 2 2 River Otter Mammal Total 1 49 50 Alcidae Alcidae sp. - 1 1 Alcidae Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica - 1 1 Barrow's Goldeneye Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus - 174 174 Brandt's Cormorant CS Bufflehead Bucephala albeola - 2 2 Bufflehead Gavia immer - 12 12 Common Loon SS Cormorant unid Phalacrocorax sp. - 141 141 Cormorant Cormorant unids Phalacrocoracidae sp. - 33 33 Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus - 7 7 Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias - 1 1 Great Blue Heron Grebe unid Aechmophorus sp. - 20 20 Grebe Grebes Podicipedidae - 2 2 Grebe unid Larus sp. - 2 2 Gull Loon unid Gavia sp. - 5 5 Loon Merganser Mergus sp. - 1 1 Merganser Murre unid Uria sp. - 17 17 Murre Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica - 36 36 Pacific Loon Phalacrocorax pelagicus - 212 212 Pelagic Cormorant Cepphus columba - 3 3 Pigeon Guillemot Puffin unid Fratercula sp. - 1 1 Puffin SOC Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena - 21 21 Red-necked Grebe Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata - 31 31 Red-throated Loon Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* Scoter unid Melanitta sp. - 24 24 Scoters seabird unid. (blank) - 155 155 Seabirds Shorebird Unid (blank) - 1 1 Shorebirds Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata - 31 31 Surf Scoter Swans Cygnus - 1 1 Swans Waterbird Unid Anatidae sp. - 6 6 Waterbirds White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca - 15 15 White-winged_Scoter Bird Total - 956 956 arrowtooth flounder Reinhardtius stomias - 2 2 arrowtooth flounder big skate Raja binoculata 8 2 10 Big Skate melanops 5 59 64 Black Rockfish SOC CS Sebastes auriculatus - 1 1 brown rockfish SOC CS buffalo Enophrys bison 4 63 67 Buffalo Sculpin Scorpaenichthys marmoratus 25 103 128 Cabezon Sebastes pinniger - 1 1 Canary Rockfish T cartilaginous fish unid. sp. - 32 32 Cartilaginous Fish rockfish Sebastes nebulosus 1 - 1 CS Chinook Oncorhynchus tschawytscha - 7 7 T CS chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta - 13 13 chum salmon Sebastes caurinus 14 20 34 Copper Rockfish SOC CS decorated warbonnet Chirolophis decoratus 40 - 40 Decorated Warbonnet English sole Parophrys vetulus 11 20 31 English Sole fish unid. (blank) 2 215 217 Fish unid. Pleuronectiformes 5 98 103 Flatfish great sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus 18 187 205 great sculpin greenling unid. sp. 1 26 27 Greenling gunnels Apodichthys 1,434 14 1,448 gunnels Irish lord unid. sp. 1 32 33 Irish Lords greenling Hexagrammos decagrammus 37 124 161 Ophiodon elongatus 21 292 313 lingcod longfin sculpin Jordania zonope 6 - 6 longfin sculpin longnose skate Raja rhina 1 - 1 longnose skate Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* northern ronquil Ronquilus jordani 2 1 3 northern ronquil northern spearnose poacher Agonopsis vulsa 1 - 1 northern spearnose poacher Pacific Gadus macrocephalus 1 10 11 SOC CS Pacific herring Clupea pallasii - 1 1 Pacific herring Pacific sanddab Citharichthys sordidus 35 146 181 Pacific sanddab Gymnocanthus tricuspis 15 4 19 Pacific staghorn sculpin painted greenling Oxylebius pictus 3 - 3 painted greenling plainfin midshipman Porichthys notatus - 1 1 plainfin midshipman prickleback unid. Stichaeidae sp. 31 - 31 prickleback unid. Puget Sound rockfish Sebastes emphaeus 11 4 15 Puget Sound rockfish Sebastes maliger 14 28 42 quillback rockfish SOC CS red Irish lord Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus 65 67 132 red Irish lord righteyed flounders Pleuronectidae 1 27 28 righteyed flounders rock sole Lepidopsetta bilineata 4 14 18 rock sole rockfish unid. sp. 26 50 76 rockfish Sebastes sp. 1 19 20 rockfish sailfin sculpin Nautichthys oculofasciatus 38 2 40 sailfin sculpin salmonid unid. Oncorhynchus sp. - 167 167 salmon scalyhead sculpin Artedius harringtoni 1 - 1 scalyhead sculpin sculpin unid. sp. 32 19 51 sculpin sixgill Hexanchus griseus - 1 1 sixgill shark skates Rajiformes 36 4 40 skates slender sole Lyopsetta exilis - 3 3 slender sole sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka - 25 25 sockeye salmon soft sculpin Psychrolutes sigalutes 1 - 1 soft sculpin spiny dogfish shark Squalus acanthias 47 650 697 spiny dogfish shark spotted ratfish colliei 23 220 243 spotted ratfish staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus 12 - 12 staghorn sculpin starry flounder Platichthys stellatus 63 155 218 starry flounder tidepool sculpin Oligocottus maculosus - 1 1 tidepool sculpin white Acipenser transmontanus - 1 1 sturgeon SOC wolf Anarrhichthys felis - 1 1 Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* Sebastes flavidus 1 2 3 yellowtail rockfish CS Fish Total 2,098 2,934 5,032 Invertebrate eucnemis 5 - 5 basket star bat star Asterina miniata 5 - 5 bat star beatic dwarf olive Olivella baetica - 3 3 beatic dwarf olive bent nose Macoma nasuta 28 35 63 bent nose macoma black katy Katharina tunicata 6 - 6 black katy chiton black-clawed Lophopanopeus bellus bellus 2,215 7 2,222 black-clawed crab black-eyed hermit Pagurus armatus 45 1 46 black-eyed hermit blood star leviuscula 5,968 88 6,056 blood star blood worm Glycera americana 58 - 58 blood worm blue 2,123 631 2,754 blue topsnail ligatum 1,782 167 1,949 blue topsnail blunt gaper truncata 14 69 83 blunt gaper bread crumb Halichondria sp. 15 - 15 bread crumb sponge unid. Ophiuroidea sp. 240 2 242 brittle star unid. foraminatus - 1 1 brown box crab butter gigantea 454 28,642 29,096 butter clam butterfly crab Cryptolithodes typicus 52 - 52 butterfly crab California Parastichopus californicus 9,700 70 9,770 California sea cucumber California sunset clam Gari californica 29 602 631 California sunset clam cancellate hairysnail Trichotropis cancellata 1,085 294 1,379 cancellate hairysnail channelled dogwinkle Nucella canaliculata 19 1 20 channelled dogwinkle checkered periwinkle scutulata 1 - 1 checkered periwinkle clam worm Nereis vexillosa 145 - 145 clam worm cloud sponge Aphrocallistes vastus 5 - 5 cloud sponge clown dorid Triopha catalinae 218 10 228 clown dorid common Pacific Enteroctopus dofleini 12 - 12 common Pacific octopus coonstriped Pandalus danae 476 30 506 coonstriped shrimp corded trophon Boreotrophon macouni 4 20 24 corded trophon cryptic kelp crab richii 11,709 167 11,876 cryptic kelp crab cushion star tesselatus 52 - 52 cushion star Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* daisy brittle star Ophiopholis aculeata 4,150 - 4,150 daisy brittle star dark mahogany clam Nuttallia obscurata - 2 2 dark mahogany clam dire dirum 241 44 285 dire welk Cancer magister 2,007 4,604 6,611 dungeness crab fat henricia Henricia sanguinolenta 26 1 27 fat henrica frilled dogwinkle 429 163 592 frilled dogwinkle clam Panopea abrupta 334 1,321 1,655 geoduck clam giant Balanus nubilus 22,337 33,152 55,489 giant barnacle giant dendronotid Dendronotus iris 1 - 1 giant dendronotid giant Pacific chiton Cryptochiton stelleri 244 9 253 giant Pacific chiton giant plumose anemone farcimen 213 - 213 giant plumose anemone giant white dorid Archidoris odhneri 3 - 3 giant white dorid glassy sea squirt Ascidia paratropa 303 - 303 glassy sea squirt glove sponge Neoesperiopsis digitata 86 59 145 glove sponge golfball crab Rhinolithodes wosnessenski 148 35 183 golfball crab granular claw crab Oedignathus inermis 5 3 8 granular claw crab green false-jingle Pododesmus macroschisma 1,940 15,400 17,340 green false-jingle green Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 8,157 435 8,592 green sea urchin gunpowder star Gephyreaster swifti 1 - 1 gunpowder star hairy Pagurus hirsutiusculus 2 - 2 hairy hermit crab hairy lithodid Hapalogaster mertensii 12 1 13 hairy lithodid heart crab Phyllolithodes papillosus 86 17 103 heart crab helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus 42 10 52 helmet crab hermit crab sponge Suberities suberea 6 - 6 hermit crab sponge hermit crab unid. Paguridae sp. 71 - 71 hermit crab horse clam sp. 251 2,242 2,493 horse clam horsehair crab Erimacrus isenbeckii 2 - 2 horsehair crab horseshoe ascadian Chelyosoma productum 5,964 - 5,964 horseshoe ascadian hudson's dorid Acanthodoris hudsoni 11 - 11 hudson's dorid humpback shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus 61 6 67 humpback shrimp kelp isopods isopoda 7 - 7 kelp isopods Kennerley venus Humilaria kennerleyi 129 2,010 2,139 Kennerley venus Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* lampshell Terebratalia transversa 13,905 2,544 16,449 lampshell leafy hornmouth 1,980 540 2,520 leafy hornmouth lean nassa Nassarius mendicus cooperi 125 51 176 lean nassa leopard dorid Diaulula sandiegensis 17 10 27 leopard dorid lined chiton 11 - 11 lined chiton lined ribbon worm Tubulanus sexlineatus 2 - 2 lined ribbon worm long ray star Stylasterias forreri 2 - 2 long ray star longarm brittle star Amphiodia urtica 29 - 29 longarm brittle star longhorn decorator crab Chorilia longipes 9,612 262 9,874 longhorn decorator crab lyre crab Hyas lyratus 20 - 20 lyre crab lyre whelk lyrata 25 - 25 lyre whelk manila clam philippinarum 18 58 76 manila clam mask Tectura persona 3 50 53 mask limpet metridium anemone Metridium giganteum 52 - 52 metridium anemone Monterey sea lemon Archidoris montereyensis 10 - 10 Monterey sea lemon moon Euspira lewisii 7 11 18 moon snail morning sunstar dawsoni 71 2 73 morning sunstar mossy chiton Mopalia muscosa 17 1 18 mossy chiton mottled star 174 8 182 mottled star mudstar Ctenodiscus crispatus 11 - 11 mudstar ninetooth pebble crab Cycloxanthops novemdentatus 5 - 5 ninetooth pebble crab northern Haliotis kamtschatkana 1 11 12 northern abalone SOC CS northern horsemussel Modiolus modiolus 46 46 92 northern horsemussel northern kelp crab 1,276 82 1,358 northern kelp crab Nuttall's Clinocardium nuttalli 59 1,512 1,571 Nuttal's cockle ochre star ochraceus 185 2 187 ochre star orange sea cucumber miniata 1,219 - 1,219 orange sea cucumber orange sunstar 1 - 1 orange sunstar Oregon triton 4,230 1,623 5,853 Oregon triton Pacific blue mussel Mytilus edulis 1,758 320 2,078 Pacific blue mussel Pacific gaper 3 21 24 Pacific gaper Pacific littleneck clam Protothaca staminea 52 1,520 1,572 Pacific littleneck clam Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* Pacific gigas 8 5 13 patula 1 60 61 Pacific razor clam painted anemone Urticina felina 86 - 86 painted anemone painted star koehleri 239 19 258 painted star pale sea cucumber Cucumaria fallax 120 - 120 pale sea cucumber peanut worms Sipuncula 1,142 20 1,162 peanut worms peppered sea cucumber Cucumaria piperata 155 - 155 peppered sea cucumber plain tellin Tellina modesta - 6 6 plain tellin pointed macoma Macoma inquinata - 2 2 pointed macoma porcelain crab Petrolisthes sp. 2,125 16 2,141 porcelain crab primitive ribbon worm Tubulanus polymorphus 792 3 795 primitive ribbon worm pubescent porcelain crab Pachycheles pubescens 6 - 6 pubescent porcelain crab Puget Sound Lopholithodes mandtii 133 131 264 Puget Sound king crab purple dwarf olive Olivella biblicata - 27 27 purple dwarf olive purple ring topsnail Calliostoma annulatum 414 8 422 purple ring topsnail purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 5 - 5 purple sea urchin purple shore crab Hemigrapsus nudus 3 - 3 purple shore crab pygmy rock crab Cancer oregonensis 3,855 84 3,939 pygmy rock crab red octopus Octopus rubescens 9 - 9 red octopus red rock crab 2,536 3,656 6,192 red rock crab red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus 986 191 1,177 red sea urchin red spiny sea star Hippasteria spinosa 1 - 1 red spiny sea star red sponge Rostanga pulchra 2 - 2 red sponge nudibranch ridged blood star Henricia aspera 186 4 190 ridged blood star rock gigantea 64 451 515 rock scallop rose star Crossaster papposus 63 - 63 rose star rose-painted semele Semele rubropicta 13 17 30 rose-painted semele roughpatch shrimp Pandalus stenolepis 13 - 13 roughpatch shrimp sandpaper trophon Nipponotrophon lasius 4 4 8 sandpaper trophon scale worm Halosydna brevisetosa 51 - 51 scale worm scaly lithodid wosnessenskii 44 28 72 scaly lithodid sea lemon Anisodoris nobilis 20 1 21 sea lemon Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* sharp-nosed crab Scyra acutifrons 1,662 5 1,667 sharp-nosed crab shiny orange sea squirt Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis 38 - 38 shiny orange sea squirt short plumose anemones 1 - 1 short plumose anemones sickle jackknife clam Solen sicarius 2 9 11 sickle jackknife clam slender cancer crab Cancer gracilis 182 45 227 slender cancer crab slender cerith Bittium attenuatum - 4 4 slender cerith slender decorator crab 5,500 7 5,507 slender decorator crab slender kelp crab Pugettia gracilis 13,068 7 13,075 slender kelp crab smooth pink scallop rubida 10,556 26,553 37,109 smooth pink scallop snail unid. 1 1 2 snail unid. softshell clam Mya arenaria 5 17 22 softshell clam spiny lithode crab Acantholithodes hispidus 18 6 24 spiny lithode crab spiny mudstar foliolata 9 - 9 spiny mudstar spiny pink shrimp Pandalus eous 4 - 4 spiny pink shrimp spiny pink star 28 - 28 spiny pink star spiny scallop 4,804 11,817 16,621 spiny scallop spiny sea squirt hilgendorfi igaboja 3,042 105 3,147 spiny sea squirt spiny top snail Cidarina cidaris 19 12 31 spiny top snail spot shrimp Pandalus platyceros 61 1 62 spot shrimp squat Munida quadrispina 2 - 2 staghorn bryozoan Heteropora magna 16 - 16 staghorn bryozoan stalked hairy sea squirt villosa 45,007 166 45,173 stalked hairy sea squirt star unid. Asteroidea sp. 29 8 37 star unid. stout cyclocardia Cyclocardia ventricosa - 10 10 stout cyclocardia straight horsemussel Modiolus rectus 1,300 523 1,823 straight horsemussel striped dogwinkle Nucella emarginata 73 27 100 striped dogwinkle striped sun star 88 3 91 striped sun star sunflower star Pycnopodia helianthoides 814 37 851 sunflower star tabled whelk Neptunea tabulata 3 2 5 tabled whelk tanner crab bairdi 16 6 22 tanner crab taylor mussel Musculus taylori 159 13 172 taylor mussel tellina unid. Tellina sp. 1 1 2 tellina unid. Federal State Group Species Common Species Scientific Num Alive Num Dead Total Info Link Status* Status* tennis ball sponge Craniella villosa 62 - 62 tennis ball sponge thick-claw porcelain crab Pachycheles rudis 87 - 87 thick-claw prcelain crab transparent sea squirt Corella willmeriana 207 - 207 transparent sea squirt tube worm Phoronid 645 20 665 tube worm umbrella crab Cryptolithodes sitchensis 16 - 16 umbrella crab variegate amphissa Amphissa versicolor 2,429 1,227 3,656 variegate amphissa vermillion sea star Mediaster aequalis 21 - 21 vermillion sea star wavy-line astarte Astarte esquimalti 25 25 50 wavy-line astarte weathervane scallop Patinopecten caurinus 2 - 2 weathervane scallop western ringed lucina Lucinoma annulatum - 27 27 western ringed lucina white dendronotid Dendronotus albus 1 - 1 white dendronotid white sea cucumber quinquesemita 970 5 975 white sea cucumber widehand hermit Elassochirus tenuimanus 7 - 7 widehand hermit winged trophon Boreotrophon stuarti 13 3 16 winged trophon yellow encrusting sponge Myxilla lacunosa 576 1 577 yellow encrusting sponge yellow margin dorid luteomarginata 38 - 38 yellow margin dorid yellow sponge Spongia barbara 8 - 8 yellow sponge Invertebrate Total 223,351 144,454 367,805 Coral hydroid coral Abietinaria greenei - - - hydroid coral orange cup coral Tubastraea coccinea 61 - 61 orange cup coral pink hydrocoral unid. Stylaster sp. - - - pink hydrocoral unid. Coral Total 61 - 61 Grand Total 225,511 148,393 373,904 Species encountered by type in 3,678 derelict crab pots and rings removed and disabled. Puget Sound 2002 - August 31, 2014 Group Local Common Name Scientific Name Num Alive Num Dead Total Bird Loon unid Gavia sp. - 1 1 Fish fish unid. (blank) - 2 2 great sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus 3 - 3 kelp greenling Hexagrammos decagrammus - 1 1 quillback rockfish Sebastes maliger 2 - 2 red Irish lord Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus 2 - 2 sculpin unid Cottidae sp. 2 - 2 starry flounder Platichthys stellatus 2 - 2 striped surf perch Embiotoca lateralis 1 - 1 Fish Total 12 3 15 Invertebrate Dungeness crab Cancer magister 3,018 686 3,704 red rock crab Cancer productus 477 83 560 sunflower star Pycnopodia helianthoides 85 - 85 ochre star 65 65 metridium anemone Metridium giganteum 40 - 40 lyre crab Hyas lyratus 25 12 37 northern kelp crab Pugettia producta 12 - 12 spiny pink star Pisaster brevispinus 9 - 9 bent nose macoma Macoma nasuta 8 - 8 California sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus 6 - 6 rose star Crossaster papposus 4 4 slender cancer crab Cancer gracilis 3 - 3 helmet crab Telmessus cheiragonus 2 - 2 mottled star Evasterias troschelii 3 3 spiny scallop Chlamys hastata 2 2 basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis 1 1 green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 1 1 ridged blood star Henricia aspera 1 - 1 shiny orange sea squirt Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis 1 - 1 butter clam - 6 6 Invertebrate Total 3,760 787 4,547 Grand Total 3,772 791 4,563 Species encountered by type in 54 derelict shrimp pots removed and disabled. Puget Sound 2002 - August 31, 2014

Group Local Common Name Scientific Name Num Alive Num Dead Total Fish Irish lord unid Hemilepidotus sp. 2 - 2 rockfish unid Scorpaenidae sp. 6 2 8 Fish Total 8 2 10 Invertebrate spot shrimp Pandalus platyceros 62 - 62 smooth pink scallop 25 10 35 red rock crab Cancer productus 12 7 19 slender kelp crab Pugettia gracilis 12 - 12 lyre crab Hyas lyratus 10 - 10 green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 8 1 9 sunflower star Pycnopodia helianthoides 8 - 8 coonstriped shrimp Pandalus danae 6 - 6 metridium anemone Metridium giganteum 6 - 6 frilled dogwinkle Nucella lamellosa 3 - 3 Dungeness crab Cancer magister 1 1 2 humpback shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus 2 - 2 longhorn decorator crab Chorilia longipes 2 - 2 basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis 1 - 1 blood star 1 - 1 Invertebrate Total 159 19 178 Grand Total 167 21 188