News

The recent updgrade of the 66 acre shellfish bed in front of Hoodsport was highlighted in local and regional news. Shellfish harvest in the area had been prohibited for over three decades due to poor water quality, but thanks to the collaboration of HCCC and many partners in the Hood Canal Regional Pollution Identification and Correction Program it is now upgraded to "Approved."

Read more about this work in the Puget Sound Institute article from Chris Dunagan, linked here.

The Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative (HSCI) supports and expands Hood Canal’s thriving shellfish populations by identifying coordinated and mutually beneficial strategies and actions that honor Tribal treaty rights, build resilience, pursue ecosystem protection and restoration, and support careful stewardship of commercial shellfish activities and recreational harvest now and into the future.

The HCSI Action Plan operationalizes this goal and guides shellfish planning and funding efforts across Hood Canal. The Action Plan contains a comprehensive review of the barriers to and opportunities for sustaining robust Hood Canal shellfish resources and supporting a healthy ecosystem and community. Objectives, focal policy areas, and priority actions identified in the Action Plan serve to support the ecological, commercial, recreational, and human wellbeing dimensions of Hood Canal shellfish.

The Hood Canal Coordinating Council (HCCC) invites you to the virtual 2020 Hood Canal Shellfish Summit!

Working together for the future of Hood Canal shellfish

Representatives from Hood Canal ecosystem recovery partners, local governments and tribes, and the Hood Canal community will come together to discuss protecting and enhancing our critical shellfish resources. Speakers will be featured and the draft Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative Action Plan will be presented with opportunities to provide feedback.

An agenda and other materials will be made available soon. Please share this invitation with others who may be interested (download a shareable flyer linked here).

Register here for the Hood Canal Shellfish Summit

Please register by October 15, 2020

The Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative’s goal is to support and expand Hood Canal’s thriving shellfish resources and identity with coordinated and multi-beneficial strategies and actions that honor tribal treaty rights, build resilience, pursue ecosystem protection and restoration, and support careful stewardship of tribal, commercial, and recreational shellfish activities now and into the future.

Click here to learn more about the Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative (HCSI) and the Action Plan development process.

Sign up here to receive updates on HCSI progress, funding opportunities, and events, or email nwhite@hccc.wa.gov to request to join the mailing list.

If you have any questions, please contact Nate White, HCCC Watershed Project Coordinator, at nwhite@hccc.wa.gov.

The Hood Canal Coordinating Council is excited to announce the following employment opportunity:

Accountant: Responsible for establishing financial policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems to ensure accurate, timely financial statements.  This position ensures legal and regulatory compliance for all accounting and financial reporting functions.  The Accountant oversees cost and general accounting, accounts receivable/collection, accounts payable, payroll and risk management. 

This is a regular, part-time (approximately 25 hours per week) position with benefits, including teleworking and flexible schedule.

Please see the full Accountant Job Announcement for details on required qualifications and information on how to apply. 

Questions?  Contact Robin Lawlis at admin@hccc.wa.gov or 360-394-0046.