Roz Krumm

Fidalgo Bay Day

Fidalgo Bay Day 2025

Saturday, September 13, 2025

11:00am-3:00pm

Fidalgo Bay Resort

4701 Fidalgo Bay Road, Anacortes

Come join the Skagit Marine Resources Committee and friends for a FREE, fun, family outing at our 21st annual Fidalgo Bay Day event on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 11:00am - 3:00pm at the Samish Indian Nation's beautiful Fidalgo Bay Resort, located at 4701 Fidalgo Bay road in Anacortes.

The event will kick off at 11:00am with a warm welcome by Carolyn Moulton, Anacortes City Councilmember and Skagit MRC member, and Coast Salish Elder Rosie Cayou James, followed by a day filled with a variety of activities to help celebrate our local estuaries and their beauty, history, and wonderful marine life. 

Take part in our popular seining demonstration at 1:00pm with knowledgeable Samish Indian Nation staff and volunteers, touch love marine critters in Shannon Point Marine Center's undersea zoo, get creative at the kid friendly craft tables, play fun games, win prizes, and learn about local projects and volunteer opportunities at the many educational exhibits staffed by local agencies and organizations. Be sure to say hello to Corra, the Heavy Metal Selkie - Mutiny Mermaid Pod on the beach, and  learn some cool things about Corra's underwater habitat beneath the Salish Sea.  And don't forget to stop by the Friends of the Salish Sea booth to grab a Discovery Passport activity booklet for a chance to win prizes and enter the coloring contest for a chance to be on the cover of the 2026 Fidalgo Bay Day Discovery Passport booklet!  

In addition to all the fun activities, you can satisfy your appetite with a fabulous no-host traditional Coast Salish Salmon BBQ lunch! You'll also get to taste complimentary samples of savory shellfish and delicious chowder thanks Taylor Shellfish, Adrift, Gere-A-Deli, and Island Cafe'! 

We'd also like to thank Skagit Soils for making this a Zero Waste event and many thanks to Anthony's at Cap Sante Marina, Anacortes Oil & Vinegar, The Wishing Rock, and the Watermark Book Co for donating top-notch door prizes for our amazing volunteers! 

Interested in volunteering for this event?  Please contact fidalgobaydayskagitmrc@gmail.com

 

2025 Fidalgo Bay Day Poster- Spanish

2025 Fidalgo Bay Day Poster

Participating Businesses and Organizations

Adrift
Anacortes Forest Lands
Anacortes Oil  Vinegar
Anthony's at Cap Sante marina
City of Anacortes - Stormwater
City of Anacortes Waste Water Treatment
City of Anacortes Water System
Corra the Heavy Metal Selkie, Mutiny Mermaid Pod 
Dept of Ecology
Department of Natural Resources- Aquatic Reserves
Forage Fish Interpretation
Friends of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands
Friends of the Salish Sea 
Gere-A-Deli
Northwest Straits Commission
Northwest Straits Foundation
RE-Sources
Orca Network
Pacific Mammal Research
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Rosie's Salish Foods
Salish Sea Stewards
Salish Sea Stormwater Monitoring
Samish Indian Nation
Skagit Conservation District
Skagit County Health Department
Skagit County Natural Resources Division
Skagit County Noxious Weeds
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group
Skagit Food Co-op
Skagit Gleaners
Skagit Land Trust
Skagit Marine Resources Committee
Skagit Soils
Swinomish Shore Friendly Program
Taylor Shellfish
The Salish Sea School
The Whale Museum
The Wishing Rock
Transition Fidalgo & Friends
Washington State Parks - Deception Pass
Watermark Book Co
Wolf Hollow Wildlife
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Fidalgo Bay Day is Skagit MRC's signature educational event that has taken place each year since 2004. It is supported by many partners and volunteers and typically features a beach seining demonstration, a touch tank aquarium, kid friendly craft activities, face painting, interactive discovery passport stations with prizes, complimentary samples of seafood, and a traditional Coast Salish no-host Salmon BBQ lunch.  The purpose of this free event is to increase public awareness of the marine environment and foster environmental stewardship.  

Fidalgo Bay Day