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September 2016
Crab Team Public Presentation
Trap catch from Crab Team at Westcott Bay showing first evidence of European green crab in inland Washington waters. Photo Craig Staude, courtesy of Washington Sea Grant A European green crab was recently captured in Westcott Bay, on San Juan Island, by WSG Crab Team volunteers in the course of their regular monthly monitoring. This marks the first confirmed sighting of this globally-invasive species along Washington's inland shorelines (read more here). Crab Team will be holding a public presentation to provide an opportunity…
Find out more »South Sound Science Symposium
The symposium brings together scientists working in the South Puget Sound ecosystem, including the watersheds that surround the marine waters. The Symposium is open to a wide variety of topics that address the following questions: What is the emerging science to help inform recovery, restoration or protection efforts? What are the trends, what is the status and what does this tell us about the ecosystem condition? Potential topics for symposium sessions and posters: 2015 Drought The ocean’s warm water blob…
Find out more »Eyes on the Beach, Boots in the Mud: South Sound Symposium
Attend a poster presentation by the Washington Sea Grant Crab Team at the South Sound Science Symposium. Symposium registration is $20 for students and $40 for regular registrants. More information on the SSSS Website. Abstract: Because of a recent range expansion, the European green crab (Carcinus maenas) presents an invasion risk to Washington’s inland shorelines. The global invader established in coastal embayments like Willapa Bay in 1998, but numbers subsequently dwindled owing to poor local reproductive success. In 2012, Canadian wildlife officials discovered…
Find out more »Searching for European Green Crab: Camano Sound Water Stewards
Photo: Emily Grason Jeff Adams will be presenting information on the European green crab monitoring at a public meeting of the Camano Sound Water Stewards. Be part of the Crab Team! The Crab Team was created in response to a Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) mandate to monitor for European green crabs along inland Washington shorelines. By using citizen science, we are achieving a much greater scale of monitoring than would otherwise be possible, and expanding what we know about the community of organisms that live in salt marshes…
Find out more »Bellingham SeaFeast: Fisher Poets in Bellingham
Bellingham SeaFeast showcases and celebrates our rich maritime heritage, thriving working waterfront, commercial fishing and seafood industries, and the culinary bounty of our corner of the Pacific Northwest. The inaugural Bellingham SeaFeast begins with a special first-time event, sponsored by Washington Sea Grant: FisherPoets-in-Bellingham Friday, Sept. 30, 1pm – 9pm Stroll through downtown Bellingham and listen to old salts and other local fishers read poems, stories and sing sea shanties and songs in the 1st Annual FisherPoets-in-Bellingham. In this take-off on the…
Find out more »Kids’ Day at OysterFest
Kids' Day is a special OysterFest preview which features an array of hands-on activities, including touch tanks, designed to help kids explore and explain the natural resource wonders of Mason County. Kids' Day activities and exhibits are designed to help kids learn about our local waters, what lives in them, how to keep them clean and how to be safe in and around the water. This event is co-hosted by Washington Sea Grant and Shelton Skookum Rotary Club in partnership with many…
Find out more »October 2016
Crab Catch Reports Due
Crabbers can submit summer catch record cards to WDFW by mail at CRC Unit, 600 Capitol Way N., Olympia, WA 98501-1091. They can also report their catch online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/crab/ from Sept. 6 through Oct. 1.
Find out more »OysterFest
Oysters, wines, microbrews, live music and so much more come together for two days every year. Hosted by the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club Foundation and attended by thousands, OysterFest is home to the West Coast Oyster Shucking Championships and is Washington State’s official seafood festival. The festival also features a popular cook-off, hands-on water quality exhibits, and is itself a giant a food pavilion with nearly 100 unique items on the menu. The event supports about 100 local non-profit service clubs…
Find out more »WWU Huxley Speaker Series: Julie Hirsch on Salish Sea Stewardship
Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum (GSSC) is an innovative K-12 stewardship and community environmental education initiative created on Lummi Island in 2012. In her Speaker Series talk, Julie Hirsch will present Oystertopia: Stewards of the Salish Sea, a short film directed by Sam Giffin that documents a GSSC oyster planting carried out by Lummi Island students in June 2016. She will also offer a slide presentation that focuses on shellfish harvesting, ocean acidification and stewardship of the Salish Sea.
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