Topic: Seyk-Soh (Marine Shellfish): Adaptation Strategies

Associated Climate Resilience Actions:
Yurok Tribe

Consider developing access to alternative sites for seyk-soh harvesting based on sea level rise scenarios.

Yurok Tribe

Use tribal knowledge to teach about when and how to harvest seyk-soh.

Yurok Tribe

Utilize Local Environment Observation (LEO) Yurok Hub to track, monitor, and archive changes in the environment.

Yurok Tribe

Collaborate and partner with agencies to manage and protect habitat.

Yurok Tribe

Collaborate with agencies and industry (e.g., agriculture) upriver to reduce nutrient flow into ocean.

Yurok Tribe

Research and translate lessons from success stories of those working to reduce the occurrence of HABs by decreasing the amount...

Yurok Tribe

Promote inter-departmental collaboration to utilize the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) to map out effects of sea level rise...

Yurok Tribe

Conduct public outreach about sustainable harvesting practices.

Yurok Tribe

Educate and manage recreation users to decrease tide pool souvenir hunting and trampling impacts (Hutto et al. 2015).

Yurok Tribe

Increase more widespread and timely availability of public notices/information about detected toxins in pee’-eeh.

Yurok Tribe

Need ordinances and enforcement against unsustainable harvesting practices, such as stripping entire pee’-eeh beds.

Yurok Tribe

Restrict amount of waste and non-point source discharges flowing down river and into the ocean.