Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP) – 20 Management Measures Technical Report

Washington

PSNERP is recommending management measures for large-scale restoration efforts and technical details on each of the 20 identified nearshore management measures for Puget Sound. ESA is developing the 20 restoration or management measures to restore and protect the nearshore zone. The study area extends along 2,500 miles of shoreline from the Canadian border, through Puget Sound, and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Flattery. The nearshore, as defined by PSNERP, generally extends from the top of shoreline bluffs or upstream in estuaries to the head of tidal influence out to the deepest extent of the photic zone.