Shannon-Point

On the boat, I saw a broken-back shrimp (Heptacarpus kincaidi) captured from 90 meter deep ocean floor. This shrimp is common in Vancouver Island's coastal habitat and live at calcium carbonate rich water to grow.

It was swimming/floating in the water bucket

I believe it has predator/prey/autotrophs role in the ecosystem   

What amazed me in this trip was abundant sea creatures in all sizes and shapes, especially tiny ones with translucent bodies were neat to watch. Despite the small size they were fully function with see-through bodies with visible spine, intestine, pounding heart, and tiny bones.   

Water was much cleaner than I anticipated around the sound. The inlet between the small island and Anacortes seemed like a perfect spot for tiny fishes to develop without much of wave action.

My Marine biology question is: What kind of research scientists and students are conducting research at the Shannon Point Marine Center? Do they have any agendas that they monitor over the years? If so, have they seen any changes with water quality, temperature changes, and overall effects on marine animals in the area?