October 20, 2021
We are thrilled to welcome Jenna Keeton as the new fisheries specialist at Washington Sea Grant (WSG)!
Jenna works to address the needs of Washington’s fisheries-dependent communities through targeted outreach and collaborative research. At Washington Sea Grant, Jenna’s overarching motivation is to strengthen networks among sustainable commercial fisheries, the seafood industry and consumers. Specifically, she strives to ...
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October 18, 2021
By Lucia Davids, WSG Student Assistant
The featured recipe for this week’s National Seafood Month is grilled fish tacos! This dish is quick to make and easily customizable for you and your family. Firm white fish is optimal for this recipe, such as Pacific cod, halibut or rockfish (all of which are potentially good sustainable choices and ...
Read MoreOctober 15, 2021
Congratulations to Maile Sullivan, Washington Sea Grant education specialist, for receiving the 2021 Johnette D. Bosarge Memorial Award at the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) Conference. This award honors service and dedication to NMEA, and loyalty, efficiency and enthusiasm for marine and aquatic education.
As stated in her award nomination letter, Maile has shown leadership by developing lasting education programs that ...
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October 11, 2021
By Lucia Davids, WSG Student Assistant
This week’s feature for National Seafood Month is a grilled spot prawn peanut satay. If you’re looking to keep things as sustainable as possible in your kitchen, spot prawns are highly recommended. As a preparation consideration, let it be noted that I used foil packets for the spot prawns and slight ...
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October 4, 2021
By Lucia Davids, WSG Student Assistant
This week for National Seafood Month, indulge in a grilled lemon parsley cod. Pacific cod in particular is a good sustainable seafood choice at the moment, especially cod certified by the Marine Stewardship Council. As a preparation consideration, let it be noted that I will be using foil packets for ...
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September 29, 2021
By Lucia Davids, WSG Student Assistant
As the chilly Autumn weather rolls in, we set our sights towards comforting meals and recipes that can bring just a little bit of warmth to our days. Traditionally, we tend to move away from outdoor meals and settle into dishes like soups, stews, and delicious baked goods. The weather, however, ...
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2021
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Washington Sea Grant, we’re digging through our photo archive to share moments from our program’s history. This circa 1970 photo shows staff at Washington Sea Grant preparing an educational display on a marine research project.
September 7, 2021
The National Science Foundation has funded a multi-institutional team including Washington Sea Grant to work on increasing resiliency among Pacific Northwest coastal communities.
Led by Oregon State University and the University of Washington, the new Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, or Cascadia CoPes Hub, will serve coastal communities in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. The hub’s multidisciplinary approach will span geoscience, social science, public policy and community partnerships.
The Pacific Northwest coastline is at significant risk ...
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2021
We are pleased to announce that recent University of Washington (UW) graduates Allison Lu, Corinne Noufi, Katie Byrnes, Katie Shelledy and Natalie Lowell have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2021-2022. 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 their academic expertise with the host offices.
This year’s host offices are the Northwest Seaport Alliance, Puget ...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2021
NOAA Sea Grant awarded California, Oregon and Washington Sea Grants $599,988 for a project to help address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the West Coast seafood industry. The project seeks to enhance seafood availability along the U.S. West Coast by developing marketing resources and infrastructure and conducting associated trainings for West Coast seafood providers and handlers; improve seafood access by increasing public knowledge; increase utilization of (and support for) seafood through a public awareness campaign; ...
Read MoreAugust 13, 2021
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Washington Sea Grant and back-to-school month, we’re digging through our photo archive to share moments from our program’s history. Here is a photo from 1994 of teachers taking an educational wetlands tour of the UW Arboretum in Seattle, Washington. Educational activities are a key aspect of WSG’s mission ...
Read MoreJuly 21, 2021
We are pleased to announce that recent University of Washington (UW) graduate Alanna Greene was selected as a finalist for the 2022 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 in ...
Read MoreJuly 21, 2021
The record-breaking heat that hit the Pacific Northwest from June 23 to 28, 2021, caused harm to many intertidal shellfish and invertebrate species on Washington beaches.
On many beaches, species such as cockles, varnish clams, butter clams, and native littleneck clams—normally buried out of sight—popped to the surface of the substrate in large numbers. Manila clams were also impacted in some areas. Surfaced clams were observed to be gaping, a sign of stress, or had already died from the ...
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