Washington Sea Grant in the News
Washington Sea Grant in the News
April 2024
Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coastlines and People
Oceanography, April 30
Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment
The Washington Post, April 22
When dams come down, what happens to the ocean?
High Cou...
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There’s bound to be an organization near you that is working to protect salmon and salmon habitat. Explore how you can help!
Peninsula-wide
Puget Sound Partnership
www.psp.wa.gov/
Kitsap Trees
Contact: Jim Trainer
360.649.8465
jtrainer058@gmail.com
www.treezinc.com
Bainbridge Isla...
Washington State’s Boat Fleet
Washington State’s Boat Fleet – 2022
In 2022, the boat fleet decreased by 7,874 vessels. Altogether 237,493 vessels are currently registered in the State, placing demands on public and private boating infrastructure including marinas, mooring buoys, state marine parks, sea locks...
Pilot-scale net-pen grow-out of sablefish (“black cod”) by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
PILOT SABLEFISH NET-PEN GROW-OUT
Pilot-scale net-pen grow-out of sablefish (“black cod”) by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Researchers partner with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and others to find cost-effective ways to successfully raise sablefish, or “black cod,&#...
Talk: European Green Crabs in Washington’s Salish Sea – Whatcom MRC
Captures of five European green crabs on San Juan Island and in Padilla Bay last fall mark the first evidence that this global invader has expanded its range into Washington’s Salish Sea. Are you interested to learn what we know about green crab in these areas, what the next steps are in respon...
National Safe Boating Week
National Safe Boating Week is coordinated each year by the National Safe Boating Council and its boating safety partners across the U.S. and Canada. During the campaign, May 19 through 25, public safety professionals from around the state are increasing the emphasis on boating safety, especially lif...
Talk: European green crabs in Washington’s inland waters – Whidbey Sound Water Stewards
Adult male European green crab, one of four captured in Padilla Bay in September 2016. Photo: Jeff Adams
Captures of five European green crabs on San Juan Island and in Padilla Bay last fall mark the first evidence that this global invader has expanded its range into Washington’s Salish Sea. ...
TALK: WDOT Research & Innovative Solutions To Stormwater
Talk: “WDOT Stormwater Pollution; Research & Innovative Solutions” with Brandon Slone Stormwater Monitoring and Research Analyst and
Nathan Nadenicek Stormwater Monitoring Specialist
WA Department of Transporation.
Join us for an introduction to Washington States Stormwater Monitorin...
Get Involved
Get Involved
There’s bound to be an organization near you that is working to protect salmon and salmon habitat. Explore how you can help!
Peninsula-wide
Puget Sound Partnership
Kitsap Trees
Contact: Jim Trainer
360.649.8465
jtrainer058@gmail.com
Bainb...
Talk: Haida Traditional Knowledge in Herring Management
Washington Sea Grant social scientist, Melissa Poe, will team up with Russ Jones, senior manager of the Haida Ocean Technical Team to present a public lecture at the on Haida traditional knowledge and sustainability issues of Pacific herring. The talk is hosted by the Sitka Sound Science Center. ...
Earth Day Talk: Gaia Has a Fever
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Dr. Jennifer Thomson will give a talk untangling the history of oil corporations, climate justice, and environmental governance. Beginning with physicist James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis, she’ll discuss the involvement of oil corporations in...
Talk: Tipping points and transformations in coupled human-ocean systems
The University of Washington IGERT Program on Ocean Change welcomes Dr. Anne Salomon, Associate Professor and Hakai Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University. Dr. Salomon will be giving a talk on her work titled “Tipping points and transformations i...
Fish Talk: World Nutrition Day
Mark your calendar for an insightful Fish Talk on World Nutrition Day, brought to you by World Fish, an international, nonprofit research organization that harnesses the potential of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce hunger and poverty.
WorldFish nutrition experts and partners will be discussing ...
Talk: European green crab – Fidalgo Shoreline Academy
Crab Team Program Coordinator Emily Grason will be speaking about the ongoing efforts to monitor and combat invasion of Washington’s Salish Sea by European green crab. This globally-damaging species has been on the outer coast of Washington since 1998, but was only recently detected in small n...