This painting features the historic Spring Cove in Ucuelet, BC.  The cove continues to be an important area for the first nations people.  They protected and grew eelgrass. 

"The Eelgrass Nursery

Most of our seafood needs eelgrass habitat at some point in their life cycle.  Eelgrass is an ecosystem engineer essential to crustaceans and fish such as salmon and herring.  Pollution and seabed damage can destroy this key perennial."