Haida eddies that form off the west coast of Haida Gwaii and around Cape St. James, carry pockets of nutrient- and plankton-rich surface water to the north Pacific and the Gulf of Alaska. The Cape St. James eddy carries fish larvae all the way to Bowie Seamount.
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