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WSG NEWS
Fishing for the Triple Bottom Line: Profit, Planet — And People
WSG Social Scientist Melissa Poe co-authored a new study that models the implicit tradeoffs within fisheries management decisions for British Columbia herring.
Washington Sea Grant Awarded Four Aquaculture Grants
NOAA National Sea Grant office announced a suite of federal funding awards in aquaculture, with four of them going to Washington Sea Grant.
EVENTS
November 19
We Are Puget Sound with Town Hall Seattle
Town Hall Seattle and Braided River present an evening celebrating a new multimedia book and campaign “We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea” to protect and restore Puget Sound.
November 20
Seaweed Farming Introductory Workshop
This online event will provide an overview of seaweed farming in Washington, including suitable species for cultivation, operating a seaweed farm and a survey of potential markets.
November 21-23
Pacific Marine Expo
Join us at the largest commercial marine trade show on the West Coast.
Our Northwest
Exceptionally beautiful and teeming with life, Washington State enjoys a unique marine environment and relationship with the sea. Washington Sea Grant works with communities, scientists, businesses and government to strengthen this relationship and ensure the responsible use of the marine resources in our Northwest. Read more about how Washington Sea Grant is providing resources to ensure the protection of our marine life, fisheries and shellfish.
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Funding and Fellowships
Applications Closed for Fall 2019 – 2020 Washington Sea Grant Science Communications Fellowship
Applications are now closed for the WSG Science Communications Fellowship. Graduate student applications for the next two quarters are due to Washington Sea Grant by September 20, 2019 – 5:00 p.m. PST. The program provides eligible graduate students with a two-quarter experience to build their science communications portfolio.
Applications Closed for 2019 – 2020 Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship
Applications are closed for the WSG Hershman Fellowship. This one-year paid fellowship program places highly motivated, qualified individuals with marine and coastal hosts offices throughout Washington.
Program Development
WSG sets aside a portion of its federal budget for small grants that allow timely responses to new or changing needs and provide the capacity to plan and begin implementing emerging programs.