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Debris from Shellfish Aquaculture Finds New Life as Crab Gauges

From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star

Washington Sea Grant supported an innovative pilot project repurposing marine debris, transforming it into a useful tool for recreational crabbers

By Benjamin Haagen, WSG Science Communications Fellow

Aquaculture in the Salish Sea brings both benefits and challenges to coastal communities and ecosystems. The yellow aquaculture rope commonly used in shellfish farming is contributing to a key environmental issue facing the world today: plastics pollution. This issue is being addressed in a novel way by Nicole Baker, ...

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Working Together to Monitor Dungeness Crab

From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star

The Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group connects fisheries management scientists and resource managers, facilitating collaboration and information sharing

By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer

“Male Dungeness, 173, 1-2!” After calling out the specs, Emily Buckner — the program coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group (PCRG) — swiftly tosses the wriggling crab overboard and then reaches back into the pot to pull out another. Today, Buckner’s job entails going out with a small team on ...

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Make Whale for Change: New Rules for Whale Watching in the Salish Sea

From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star

New research finds that rules to protect endangered southern resident killer whales could mean less demand for commercial whale watching — but tour operators have options for making up the difference

Maddie Hansen, WSG Science Communications Fellow

The Salish Sea is a beacon for whale enthusiasts: it is possible to view ...

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Monitoring the Damage in the Heat Wave’s Wake

From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star

Washington Sea Grant rapidly provided funding to two projects to survey the impacts of the historic June 2021 heat wave on intertidal marine life

By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer

In June 2021, the peak of an unprecedented heat wave coincided with extremely low tides in the Salish Sea, wreaking havoc on intertidal ecosystems. As a “heat dome” settled above the Pacific Northwest for several days and the temperatures climbed well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, many ...

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“What We Love To Do”: NOAA Science Camp Creatively Immerses Kids in Marine Science

From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star

In the third consecutive summer of pandemic-related closures, NOAA Science Camp brought new programming to the beach during an extreme low tide

By Ashli Blow, WSG Science Communications Specialist

When Puget Sound receded during an extreme low tide in June, Maile Sullivan, Washington Sea Grant education specialist, and a team from ...

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Gullah Geechee Carolina Crab Rice

September 9, 2022

By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow

This series aims to highlight sustainable seafood of the Pacific Northwest. At home this week, try using Dungeness crab in Amethyst Ganaway’s Gullah Geechee Carolina Crab Rice, a recipe which was adapted from Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way by Sallie Ann Robinson. This recipe calls for lump crab meat, which ...

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Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Mike Cornman of Westport Seafood

August 30, 2022

By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow

Mike Cornman, owner of Westport Seafood and Merino’s Seafood Market, was destined to work a career connected to the ocean. Cornman grew up in Westport, Washington — which at one point was known as the salmon capital of the world — and spent his summers working in his family’s fishing business that opened in 1985. While he left for several years to start his career ...

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Ceviche Verde

August 26, 2022

By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow

This week, our highlighted Sustainable Seafood Series recipe is Mely Martinez’s Green Mexican Ceviche from the food blog, Mexico in my Kitchen. Mely’s recipe utilizes fresh summer produce and barramundi fish, also known as Asian sea bass. If you want to try this recipe with ...

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UW Graduate Student Selected for the 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship

August 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Kristin Privitera-Johnson (she/her), a doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (UW SAFS), is one of eight fellows selected for the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program.

Kristin is originally from California, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marine ...

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Watch: Why we monitor for green crabs

August 23, 2022

The Washington Sea Grant Crab Team’s volunteer-based early detection program helps us stay on top of potential new invasions of the green crab.

In this new video, Crab Team Program Lead Emily Grason takes us to our longest-running monitoring site in the South Puget Sound, where we are glad to report that no green crabs have been found.

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Masala Butterfish, Cod, or Halibut

August 9, 2022

By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow

This week features a masala butterfish recipe from Seattle-based chef, Kausar Ahmed. Ahmed is the author of the award-winning cookbook, The Karachi Kitchen. This recipe showcases brilliant flavors from Pakistan that pair perfectly with any white meat fish, such as the ...

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Marinated Tuna Rice Bowls

August 4th, 2022

By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow

This summer, Washington Sea Grant is hosting a sustainable seafood recipe series. This series will emphasize sustainable seafood recipes that celebrate a diverse range of cultures from around the globe. Additionally, this series will highlight underutilized and lesser known seafood.

For this week’s sustainable seafood recipe, we are making ...

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Four Recent Graduates Announced as Finalists for John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Updated February 3, 2023

We are pleased to announce that three recent graduate students — Mitchell G. Hebner, Caroline Potter, Kelsey Rudes and Jacquelyn Shaff — were selected as finalists for the 2023 class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program.

Since 1979, the National Sea Grant College Program has provided one-year fellowships working within federal government offices in Washington, D.C. to over 1,400 early-career professionals. Legislative fellows typically spend their time learning about marine-related policy ...

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Introducing the Community Engaged Internship Program

July 27, 2022

Meet the first Community Engaged Intern of Washington Sea Grant, Zachary Levitan

Zachary Levitan is Washington Sea Grant’s (WSG) first Community Engaged Intern (CEI). During his ten-week summer internship, Zachary is working on coastal research projects affiliated with WSG with an emphasis on the European green crab. ...

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