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• Pumping Up a New Record: 10 Million Gallons of Sewage Diverted from Washington Waters in 2016
  May, 2017 Washington Clean Vessel Act Program Prevents Sewage from Affecting State Waters Pumpout boats, public education and collaboration with marinas divert 10 million gallons of onboard sewage to onshore treatment. In 2016, the Washington Clean Vessel Act, a joint program of Washington ...
• Debris from Shellfish Aquaculture Finds New Life as Crab Gauges
  From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star Washington Sea Grant supported an innovative pilot project repurposing marine debris, transforming it into a useful tool for recreational crabbers By Benjamin Haagen, WSG Science Communications Fellow Aaron Barnett of WSG, center, with a team from Western Washington Uni...
• New Study Aims to Examine Diet of West Coast Pinnipeds
  March 11, 2020 By Bobbie Buzzell, WSG Science Communications Fellow  Sea lions at nearly high tide on an offshore rock. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sophie McCoy, Florida State Univ. Ocean food webs are complex and often difficult to study — but breaking down every connection is important to unders...
• Hanging by a Thread
  Biologist Emily Carrington probes the secrets of the humble mussel’s powerful attachment, and how mussels will fare as sea chemistry changes By Elizabeth Cooney, WSG Communications Fellow, Washington Sea Grant The unassuming but commercially valuable mussel dominates temperate seas worldwide, cli...
• DEI Spotlight: Dominique Kone Reflects on his Experience as a Black, Gay Marine Ecologist
  June 26, 2020 As we have been reflecting on the recent killings of Black people, the ongoing civil unrest, and Pride Month—a tradition that stems from a riot led by Black transgender women in 1969—we wanted to spotlight a voice from the Black and LGBTQI+ communities. Black, Indigenous a...
• Looking Underwater to Uncover the Marine Environment of Shellfish Aquaculture
  From the winter 2021–2022 Sea Star print newsletter Researchers use Go-Pro cameras to document life beneath the surface on shellfish farms By Hannah Jeffries, WSG Science Communications Fellow Two Go-Pros poised to capture life beneath the surface. Photo: Bridget Ferriss Shellfish growers spend co...
• Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Dawn Ruquet of Taylor Shellfish Farms
  September 6, 2023 A story of community, connection and, of course, oysters By Katalin Plummer, WSG Science Communications Fellow When I first sat down with Dawn Ruquet in the Taylor Shellfish restaurant located in Pioneer Square, Seattle, she assured me that her story was ordinary, nothing to write ...
• Washington Sea Grant Hosts Workshop on Seaweed Farming
  December 23, 2019 Seaweed has been receiving a lot of attention recently as the next sustainable superfood. Not only is it packed with micronutrients, but seaweed also absorbs carbon dioxide as it grows. This means cultivating seaweed alongside other marine species could help buffer vulnerable org...
• Washington Sea Grant Receives $1.1 Million in Federal Funding for Aquaculture Research
  November 3, 2017 Read in UW News Aquaculture has been a mainstay of Washington’s economy since the state’s founding, and there is still potential for more growth. Three federal grants announced this week will provide total funding of $1.1 million to Washington Sea Grant, based at the University ...
• Crab Team and COVID-19
  March 31, 2020 March and April are typically the busiest months on the Crab Team annual calendar, as staff and volunteers reunite for training workshops to relaunch the monitoring season. This spring, however, the Crab Team office has been almost entirely empty over the past month. The leadership o...
• Make Whale for Change: New Rules for Whale Watching in the Salish Sea
  From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star New research finds that rules to protect endangered southern resident killer whales could mean less demand for commercial whale watching — but tour operators have options for making up the difference Maddie Hansen, WSG Science Communications Fellow The Salish Sea is a...
• Director’s Note: The Pull of King Tides
  January 16, 2020 Russell Callender, WSG Director Every winter, the Earth, sun and moon align to create fascinating coastal events: king tides. While ordinary tides are caused by the gravitational forces between Earth and the moon, when that gravitational pull is exacerbated b...
• Incorporating people into restoration policy
  August 21, 2018 “Protecting Puget Sound is not just about recovering certain species of fish. As the region continues to grow, it is also about protecting the livelihoods and diverse cultures of the people who live there, and balancing their needs with the needs of the natural world.” Re...
• European green crab found at Kala Point Lagoon
  September 19, 2018 Earlier this month, WSG Crab Team found invasive European green crab at Kala Point Lagoon in Port Townsend. Read more about the discovery and its implications in the article below, from The Port Townsend Leader. A big thanks to the hardworking Crab Team volunteers who ha...
• Nasty HABits Featured in Spring Issue of Sea Star
  March 10, 2015 New, increasingly toxic algal blooms are infesting Washington’s waters. Read about current research and innovative strategies for taking the harm out of harmful algal blooms and catch up on the latest WSG news in the spring issue of Sea Star. ...