Puget Sound's intertidal and subtidal habitats support an incredible diversity of species, seen in the galleries of pictures taken by diver Rich Zade here:
http://underthesound.smugmug.com/Underwater
All of these species have evolved and adapted over thousands of years to become part of an ecosystem unique to Washington State. It is not an aquarium but a living and breathing natural system which is under immense pressure. How regulatory oversight evolves today will determine what type of environment these species will have to adapt to in the future - if they can. Economic return should not drive how these regulations evolve.
Under The Sound home page is here: http://underthesound.smugmug.com/
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