Small Oil Spills Program
Aaron Barnett, Boating Program Specialist
Visit the Spills Aren’t Slick webpage!
Learn more: Small Oil Spills Factsheet
Small oil spills from commercial and recreational vessels often result from a lack of knowledge about proper techniques for vessel operation and mai...
Current and Recent Fellows
Current and Recent Fellows
The following biographies of current and recent fellows provide examples of the breadth and scope of opportunities and experiences offered by WSG, National Sea Grant, and Coastal Management fellowships.
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Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellow...
Panel: Climate Change and Culturally-Important Foods, Resources and Places in the Salish Ecosystem
WSG’s Social Scientist Melissa Poe will lead a panel at the 2016 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference discussing anticipated impacts from climate-related changes to the foods, ecosystems and places important to coastal indigenous communities.
Climate-related changes such as sea level rise, warming ...
Green Crabs Have Arrived in Puget Sound: Are They Here to Stay?
Green Crabs Have Arrived in Puget Sound: Are They Here to Stay?
Washington Sea Grant’s monitoring program works to prevent invasive green crabs from establishing populations in Puget Sound
By Jasmine Prat, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Puget Sound shorelines are teem...
Invasive Green Crab Found on San Juan Island
September 2, 2016
Earlier this week in Westcott Bay, San Juan Island, a team of volunteer monitors caught an invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas), marking the first confirmation of this global invader in Washington’s inland waters.
Washington Sea Grant Crab Team volunteers (L-R) Jack Bel...
Stories of Our Watershed – An environmental film event
LLTK’s “In Our Hands” anniversary video was selected to be shown with a number of other great short films that celebrate our beautiful watersheds. Hope to see you there!
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Join River Restoration Northwest (RRNW) for a night that celebrates our watersheds through...
Squid-A-Rama
Free to the public features art and science activities for all. Art exibition hosted by Des Moines students, live squid and more in the aquaruim, scuba divers in the puget sound, videos , coffee & hot chocolate. Saltys’s Chowder will be available for purchase
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Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival is the most education-packed and beautifully located wooden boat event in the world. Featuring more than 300 wooden vessels, hundreds of indoor and outdoor presentations and demonstrations, a who’s who of wooden boat experts and thousands of wooden bo...
Sound Waters University 2024
Sound Waters University is the largest educational and outreach event and the largest annual fundraiser of Sound Water Stewards of Island County, Washington.
Featuring classes on the health of our seas, the impact of climate change, whales, salmon habitat, sea stars, and more, this year’s Soun...
We Are Puget Sound with Town Hall
Town Hall Seattle and Braided River present an evening celebrating a new multimedia book and campaign “We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea” to protect and restore Puget Sound.
Puget Sound is a magnificent and intricate estuary, supporting an abundance of residen...
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LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Bush Act and Callow Act. Dredging of oysters from natural beds prohibited; no harvest of natural beds between June 15-October 31. Prior occupancy given right to purchase. An Act to Protect Eastern Oysters on state lands for 5 years (to allow introduction success/establishment...
Sustainable Seafood Recipes: 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 s...
Friday Harbor Labs – Open House
This free public event offers a splendid opportunity to meet scientists and students at the Labs and to check out the research and teaching facilities. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Labs will be open for self-guided tours. Visitors will be given a schedule of Open House events. Also available will be ...
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Karma WordPress Theme
Can I really use a slider on any page layout?Yes. Karma now offers the ability to insert a slider on every page template. When creating a page you’ll simply use Karma’s custom ‘Slider Settings’ section of the Page Editing screen to customiz...
Washington’s Clean Boating Program Wins $2.5 Million in Federal Funding for Waste Pumpout
August 9, 2017
Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants will mean less pollution in Washington State Waters.
Boater sewage is a source of pollution into Washington State waters that can contaminate shellfish beds or spread waterborne diseases at popular swimming beaches. To keep this pollution at b...