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October 2018
Oysterfest
The largest annual seafood event in South Puget Sound! Oysters, wines, microbrews, live music and so much more come together for two days every year on the first weekend in October. 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. Visit the Washington Sea Grant booth to learn about our current projects.
Find out more »Sustainability Fair
October is National Campus Sustainability Month, a time to celebrate our accomplishments and recognize the many challenges we still face. At the annual UW Sustainability Fair on October 17, dozens of UW programs, departments, student groups and community partners will come together to discuss their diverse sustainability efforts and ways you can get involved.
Find out more »February 2019
Marine Corrosion Protection Workshop in Port Townsend
Washington Sea Grant, WSU Jefferson County Extension, and the Northwest Maritime Center are cosponsoring a Marine Corrosion Protection Workshop on February 2, 2019. This is a hands on class for recreational boaters, commercial fishermen and other marine professionals. Topics covered include: Galvanic corrosion of aluminum, steel & bronze Crevice corrosion of stainless steel Poultice corrosion of aluminum Corrosion and how to test for it Potential monitoring systems for aluminum and bronze Advantages and disadvantages of different types of anodes Analysis…
Find out more »March 2019
First Aid at Sea Workshop
Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Seattle Fishermen’s Terminal are co-sponsoring a Coast Guard Approved First Aid at Sea Workshops at the Nordby Conference Room, Nordby Building at Fishermen’s Terminal, in Seattle. Topics covered include CPR, patient assessment, hypothermia, cold water near drowning, shock, trauma, burns, fractures, choking, immobilization and assembling first aid kits. When: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Where: Nordby Conference Room Nordby Building Fishermen’s Terminal 3919 18thAve W Seattle, WA 98119 …
Find out more »May 2019
The Environmental Cost of Dinner
C-CAN Ocean Acidification Roundtable Discussion Presented by Dr. Ray Hilborn, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. This webinar will be hosted by Brad Warren, Global Ocean Health, National Fisheries Conservation Center and Teri King, Washington Sea Grant. Abstract: All food production has environmental costs -- these include greenhouse gasses, energy used, water used, nutrients released into the environment, land transformed from native habitat to farms, soil erosion etc. In this webinar Dr. Hilborn will give an overview of what we…
Find out more »October 2019
38th Annual OysterFest
Oysters, wines, microbrews, live music and so much more come together for two days every year on the first weekend in October. 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 hands-on water quality exhibits, and is itself a giant a food pavilion with nearly 100 unique items on the menu: BBQ oysters, fritters, spring rolls,…
Find out more »January 2020
Mussel Monitoring – Cage Retrieval
Puget Soundkeeper is looking for adventurous volunteers ready to spend an evening retrieving mussel cages around Puget Sound! Mussel Watch is a regional study coordinated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife that utilizes mussels to monitor water quality. In October, teams of volunteers throughout Puget Sound installed cages of mussels at a late night low tide. Now, we need volunteers to collect the mussels so their tissues can be analyzed for the accumulation of various pollutants. This project focuses…
Find out more »March 2020
Penn Cove Musselfest
Join the festivities at Penn Cove Musselfest, presented by Penn Cove Shellfish, LLC and Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association. Musselfest is our unique way of celebrating a product that brings the Penn Cove name to restaurants all around the United States. Expect cooking demonstrations, tastings, local merchants, family-friendly activities, music, and more. Learn more about the festival here. Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8, 2020 Coupeville, WA
Find out more »June 2020
State of the Oyster Study – Collection Date
State of the Oyster Study invites you to join them to look at bacterial contamination on privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and Puget Sound. Collection dates for the 2020 season are June 21, July 19, and August 30. Shellfish need clean water to thrive. Pollutants can destroy their beds, and bacteria taken up by shellfish can sicken people who eat them. WSG’s State of the Oyster Study is a citizen science monitoring program that trains waterfront property owners to…
Find out more »September 2020
Coastal Cafe Podcast
Washington Sea Grant, in partnership with KPTZ 91.9 FM in Port Townsend, WA, produces Coastal Cafe, a science-based radio program focusing on regional marine science news. Coastal Cafe brings the latest in marine science information directly to coastal communities in Washington State. Hosts Aaron Barnett and MaryAnn Wagner explore science with researchers, policy experts and people who live and work on the coast about issues impacting Washington State coastal communities and the natural environment. Tune in at 91.9 FM on…
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