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"Most of Washington’s $100 million-a-year oyster industry has been whipsawed in recent years by ecological problems. But Nisbet’s oyster company appears to be one of the first businesses in the Northwest perhaps anywhere to shift part of its business to a new region in response to ocean acidification…</p>
<p>The Northwest is really the canary in the coal mine, though sooner or later we won’t have any place to run if we don’t somehow reverse the trend," Haws said.
Not fun being the canary, especially when you don’t have everyone’s attention.</p>
<p>[Willapa</a> Bay oyster grower sounds alarm, starts hatchery in Hawaii | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2018496037.html]Willapa ”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2018496037.html )Climate Change | US EPA ”>http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators/oceans/acidity.html )</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I’m afraid we’re all going to be canaries before these kinds of things get truly noticed and acted on, and then it might be too late.</p>
<p>I know someone working in an oyster bar on the east coast. I sent her your link. I don’t know where they get their oysters.</p>