November 26, 2024
My name is Madison (Maddie) Gard and I feel eager to serve as Washington Sea Grant’s science communications fellow this fall and winter. I originally grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona, with much of my childhood spent hiking and playing outdoors. My fascination with marine ...
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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October 18, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
| Ocean pink shrimp season is nearly over, so try out this recipe from Alaska Seafood before October’s end to enjoy the freshest catch! Washington’s coastal pink shrimp fishing season lasts April-October each year. While the original source recipe calls for spot prawns, ocean pink shrimp is an ... |
July 5, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
What’s an oyster’s favorite band? PEARL JAM!
In the Pacific Northwest, oysters are in season year-round. Here’s one delicious way to prepare oysters at home:
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
¼ cup togarashi spice blend
1 teaspoon lemon zest, plus 3 tablespoons lemon juice
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August 2, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Forget lobster mac and cheese, let’s put a Pacific Northwest spin on it with this Dungeness crab mac and cheese recipe from Alaska Seafood.
September 6, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Summer nights call for quick and light meals. This weekend, try out this simple lemongrass-poached halibut recipe from Alaska Seafood.
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!
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 ...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2024
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 ...
Read MoreSeptember 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 ...
Read MoreSeptember 3, 2024
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 ...
Read MoreAugust 22, 2024
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 ...
Read MoreAugust 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 ...
Read MoreAugust 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 ...
Read MoreAugust 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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