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Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Joe Malley, fisherman and owner of St Jude Tuna

October 28, 2024

By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communication Fellow

Prior to his life as a commercial albacore tuna fisher, Joe Malley was a graduate student and mathematics scholar teaching at the University of Oregon. The academic job market at the time left something to be desired. After the Vietnam War, student enrollment rates nationwide were dwindling. As Malley explains it, he realized that his prospects upon getting his PhD amounted to “getting a non-tenure track job at a no-name ...

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Citrusy ale shrimp recipe

October 18, 2024

By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow

Ocean pink shrimp season is nearly over, so try this recipe from Alaska Seafood before October’s end for the freshest catch! While the original recipe calls for spot prawns, ocean pink shrimp make an easy swap for this fresh, zingy dish.

Ingredients:

2 lbs large ocean pink ...

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Baked oysters with togarashi butter recipe

July 5, 2024

By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow

What’s an oyster’s favorite band? PEARL JAM! Here’s one way you can prepare oysters at home.

Ingredients:

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

¼ cup togarashi

1 teaspoon lemon zest, plus 3 tablespoons lemon juice

1 teaspoon sea salt

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Dungeness crab mac & cheese recipe

August 2, 2024

By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow

Forget lobster mac and cheese, let’s PNW-ify it with this Dungeness crab mac and cheese recipe from Alaska Seafood.

Ingredients:

1 lb short pasta
1 lb local Dungeness Crab
2 cups asparagus, cut into bite-sized pieces
½ cup butter
½ cup flour
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Lemongrass-poached Alaska halibut recipe

September 6, 2024

By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow

Hot summer nights call for the quickest and lightest of meals. This weekend, try out this lemongrass-poached halibut recipe from Alaska Seafood.

Ingredients:

1 stem lemongrass, smashed
2 garlic cloves, smashed
2 tbsp grated ginger
1 chopped shallot
3 cups chicken or veggie ...

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Pink salmon sushi bake recipe

September 27, 2024

By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow

It is almost National Seafood Month…and as we approach the end of salmon season in October, here is a recipe from Alaska Seafood to spice up your weekly rotation!

Ingredients

1 cup short grain rice
2 tbsp rice vinegar
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Four recent Washington graduates are finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

October 17, 2024

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that four recent Washington graduates have been selected as finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.

The Knauss Fellowship is a prestigious one-year fellowship program awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program. Since 1979, the fellowship has provided graduate students the unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience developing and implementing policy on marine, coastal and Great Lakes issues. Fellows ...

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Announcing the 8th Annual River & Ocean Film Festival in Forks

September 11, 2024

The event will be held October 18 at the Rainforest Arts Center

Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns October 18, 2024 to celebrate the freshwater and marine environments of the west side of the Olympic Peninsula — and the people who love them. Audiences will enjoy film explorations of Olympic Peninsula rivers and shores and learn about the issues facing its habitats and human communities.

After running annually ...

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Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Maggie Michaels of the High School Seafood Butchery program

September 6, 2024

By Brian McGreal, WSG Science Communications Fellow

In the spring of 2024, students at high schools up and down the Oregon coast engaged with a different sort of education. Armed with sharpened knives and fish scalers, high school students learned to debone albacore, filet salmon and shuck oysters under the auspices of the Oregon Coast Visitors Association’s newly launched Seafood Butchery Pilot Program. Designed to increase young people’s awareness and interest in jobs in the ...

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Paralytic shellfish poisoning on the Washington Coast

September 3, 2024

An update on the recent shellfish poisoning event and the safety protocols in place

By Ashleigh Epps, WSG aquaculture specialist

In late May 2024, the Pacific coasts of Oregon and Washington experienced a paralytic shellfish poisoning harmful algal bloom event. Thirty-one people became sick in Oregon over Memorial Day weekend, which triggered increased paralytic shellfish poisoning testing and the closures of harvest areas by the Department of Health.

No illnesses occurred in Washington. The last time Willapa Bay ...

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Ten recent graduates selected for the 2024-2025 WSG Hershman Fellowship

August 22, 2024

Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman Fellows!

We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Elise Adams, Jessica Clemens, Nika Hoffman, Heeju Jung, Jess Lechtenberg, Allison Morgan, Courtney Murphy, Rondi Nordal, Katalin Plummer and Jack Winterhalter have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2024–2025. This fellowship places highly motivated, qualified individuals with marine and coastal host offices throughout Washington, providing fellows with a unique perspective on building marine policy and allowing them to share ...

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Federal funding will build capacity in Washington coastal Tribes and communities to address hazards due to climate change

August 22, 2024

Coastal Tribes and communities in Washington are on the front lines of climate change. Many are already grappling with associated coastal hazards, including sea level rise and flooding. However, all too often, these communities lack the capacity to adequately address the increasing climate risks that they face.

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) and the Climate Impacts Group (CIG) — both based at the University of Washington College of the Environment — collectively received $8.1 million in ...

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WSG receives federal funding to support aquaculture initiatives

August 19, 2024

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to receive federal funding through NOAA Sea Grant to supplement its existing initiatives supporting aquaculture in Washington state. Two WSG initiatives are supported by this funding: the Willapa-Grays Harbor Estuary Collaborative and the new Tide’s Out aquaculture workforce training program.

Launched in April 2022 and facilitated by WSG, the Willapa-Grays Harbor Estuary Collaborative (Collaborative) holds the long-term mission of increasing the resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems in ...

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Meet Jezella Peraza, 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow

August 15, 2024

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that Jezella Peraza, a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, has been selected as the 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow. Jezella began working with host Seattle Aquarium August 1.

The WSG Keystone Fellowship seeks to build pathways into marine science, policy and related industry ...

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New report shares Northwest coastal Tribes’ needs and barriers in adapting to climate change

August 14, 2024

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) co-led with University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians a new report sharing Northwest coastal tribes’ needs and barriers as they work to adapt to climate change. The report compiles findings from six Tribal listening sessions where Tribal members were invited to share their experiences around climate change adaptation in their communities.

The report, “Climate adaptation barriers and needs experienced by Northwest coastal Tribes: ...

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