TABLE 1. 
Areas within Puget Sound where the commercial harvest of 
shellfish has been closed or restricted due to bacterial 
contamination. 
Date 
Location 
Cause 
Decertified^ 
1950s 
Dyes Inlet-all 
Bremerton STP* 
1950s 
Sinclair Inlet-all 
Bremerton STP 
1950s** 
Oakland Bay/Hammersly Inlet- 
in the vicinity of Shelton 
Shelton STP, 
Mill 
1950s 
Budd Inlet 
STP, Deschutes 
Ri ver 
1960s 
Liberty Bay-east side, near 
Poulsbo 
Poulsbo STP, 
Marina 
1968 
Port Susan-about 1/3 
of the tideflats 
near the Sti1laguamish 
River 
Dairy runoff 
into the 
Sti11aguamish 
River, STPs 
1981 
Burley Lagoon-al1 
Nonpoint 
sources 
1982 
Minter Bay-all 
Nonpoint 
sources 
1985 
Quilcene Bay around 
streams at the head 
of the bay 
Nonpoint 
sources 
1985 
Henderson Inlet-lower 
quarter of Inlet 
Nonpoint 
sources 
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