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What is this thing?

This contraption can be seen out in the water along the trail that goes through Myrtle Edwards Park (it's north of the Sculpture Park). It looks like some kind of underwater trap or cage, maybe? I've walked past it a few times now and I want to know its purpose! Is that where they keep a sea monster!?

Megan Seling asked in City Living over 3 years ago | Report
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    This is a net pen for raising juvenile hatchery coho salmon as part of an effort to improve fishing opportunities in Puget Sound.

    After a certain amount of time, both hatchery and wild juvenile salmon will migrate from the stream (or hatchery) where they were born out to the saltwater and begin their life of wandering around before returning back to the freshwater, where they spawn and die.

    The fish in this net pen were hatched in a land-based hatchery, then transferred to this net pen, where they will grow a bit more before being released.

    Holding the juvenile fish in a saltwater net pen before release makes them imprint on Puget Sound and makes them less prone to do the big traditional migration out into the Pacific. So they'll spend their lives wandering Puget Sound in search of food -- and becoming food for people and critters.

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    It's clearly the funnest trampoline ever.

    Robby Macdonell answered in City Living over 3 years ago | Report
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    it's to trap the seattle bear in case it decides to make a break for vashon island

    Josh Bomb answered in City Living over 3 years ago | Report
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    Small oyster farm?

    Lilting Missive answered in City Living over 3 years ago | Report
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    i swear there was a blog post (i think it was slog but maybe something else?) within the last couple years that addressed this same thing...but alas my attempts to search the annals (okay get the snickering out of the way now, kids) of SLOG have come up fruitless...but i do remember it's some sort of protective cage type situation for some sort of (shell)fish.

    Haha Herman answered in City Living over 3 years ago | Report
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    It is a holding pen for a large aquatic reptile which came out of hibernation after North Korea's nuclear test. The government will be transferring it to Area 54 as soon as they get a big enough aquarium built, assuming nothing goes wrong.

    There is no cause for alarm, the same Delta Force team captured a rogue 50 foot woman just last week.

    Michael J Swassing answered in City Living over 2 years ago | Report
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