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Puget Sound Restoration Fund operates three community shellfish farms in Puget Sound to restore healthy shellfish growing areas, spur cleanup efforts and maintain community access to shellfish resources. The core concept of a community shellfish farm is this: when residents get involved in shellfish farming they personally benefit from clean water – they get to eat clams and oysters right off the beach and they get to experience first-hand the productivity of a healthy marine ecosystem. By the same token, people who grow clams and oysters have something personal to lose if water quality declines. When bacterial contamination threatens their ability to harvest, residents are motivated to change practices on their own property and support local pollution control efforts to regain something that’s personally important to them. This connection to the resource fosters the kind of stewardship that will help recover and maintain the health of Puget Sound over the long term.

• Drayton Harbor
• Henderson Inlet
• Port Madison Community Shellfish Farms