Blue carbon: Port of Seattle’s kelp, eelgrass and shellfish enhancement pilot project

• Main Author: Sloan, Jon
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2018
• Subjects: Carbon sequestration; Ocean acidification; Blue carbon; Eelgrass; Kelp; Olympia oyster; Port of Seattle; Fresh Water Studies; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Elliott; Elliott Bay; Smith Cove
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/426; https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2861&context=ssec

The Port of Seattle is working to become carbon neutral by 2050. In addition to reducing emissions, the Port’s strategy includes enhancing carbon sequestration through habitat restoration. To that end, the Port completed a study in 2017 to quantify sequestration benefits associated with different la...