South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG) removed the final two sediment barriers blocking lateral net shore-drift along 5.7 miles of Pickering Passage in South Puget Sound. SPSSEG removed a private boat ramp and decommissioned a large boat basin by removing its concrete wall extensions (groins) that trapped sediment, preventing it from reaching areas down-drift. The project site was rated as high priority for restoration by the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project. It is hypothesized that removing the impediments to net shore-drift will result in increased spawning habitat for sandlance, surfsmelt and herring, all of which are important food sources for Puget Sound salmonid species. Sand lance have been documented spawning at and down-drift of the site over multiple years of sampling. The drift cell ends ¼ of a mile down-drift from the project area at the Squaxin Pass herring spawning site located at the mouth of Hammersley Inlet. The Squaxin Pass herring run is documented as one of only two stocks in Puget Sound found to be genetically distinct; it is used as an indicator for Puget Sound herring by the Puget Sound Partnership, which has set a goal of increasing its production to 880 tons by 2020.