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This report uses a modification of the kelp inventory method KIM-1 developed by Foreman (1975) to estimate the total standing crop biomass & kelp bed area of Nereocystis luetkeana and Macrocystis integrifolia in 1989 along portions of the south-west shore of Nootka Island, the west & south shores of Hesquiat Peninsula, and a section of Hesquiat Harbour on western Vancouver Island. Parts of this kelp inventory are compared with overlapping areas from a 1975 survey that used the KIM-1 method. Information on bed area, biomass, & species composition over a 15-year period are presented in tabular & graphic formats and discussed.