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7/24/2020 <br />Ecosystem Functions and Habitat Use (Part 1): <br />Filter Feeders <br />• Adult oysters in our area filter <br />between 10-20 gal/day <br />• Act as breakwaters/dissipaters of <br />wave energy along shorelines <br />• Important in living shoreline <br />projects <br />• Historical populations are not well <br />understood <br />• Traditional mapping efforts do not <br />capture oysters growing on <br />mangrove roots or seawalls <br />Ecosystem Functions and Habitat Use (Part 1): <br />Fish <br />• Threatened by overfishing, habitat <br />degradation, and introduction of <br />invasive species <br />• Fish studies in IRC have identified <br />the number and types of fish <br />captured each month from 1996 to <br />2018 <br />• Lagoon -wide fisheries independent <br />monitoring and fisheries <br />dependent monitoring are <br />completed by FWC <br />• Fisheries stocks appear stable, but <br />smaller than historical numbers <br />4co0o0 <br />Quantities of Fish in IRC per Month from 1996 to 2018 <br />IT 350000 / <br />250,010 <br />200,000 <br />.271u 150,000 <br />100,000 <br />r � ,he Pd" 4'4i le 4' Psp`i' c <br />06. <br />Month <br />8 <br />