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• New Staff: Brandii O’Reagan
  May 16, 2023 We are thrilled to welcome Brandii O’Reagan as a new fisheries specialist at Washington Sea Grant. In this role, Brandii will focus on developing and coordinating strategies that advance the safety, economic success and environmental sustainability of Washington’s fisheries and seaf...
• UW Graduate Student Selected for the 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship
  August 23, 2022 We are pleased to announce that Kristin Privitera-Johnson (she/her), a doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (UW SAFS), is one of eight fellows selected for the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program...
• WSG receives $1.59 million to boost Puget Sound habitat
  March 6, 2023 The two WSG-led projects selected for funding will focus on sea level rise vulnerability and managing invasive European green crab Photo: Grace Marcella Norman Two projects led by Washington Sea Grant (WSG) will receive a total of $1.59 million through the Puget Sound National Estuary ...
• Healing and connection through the songs of Khu.éex’
  November 23, 2022 This Native American Heritage Month, we’re honored to share music from the Seattle-based Indigenous band Khu.éex’ vocalist Sondra Segundo onstage during a performance at High Dive in Seattle. The Tlingit, Haida and Blackfoot languages are all endangered, according to t...
• WSG workshops give Makah Tribal fishermen crucial training to stay safe at sea
  May 11, 2023 Sarah Fisken, marine operations specialist, has been working with the Tribe for more than 30 years Blessing of the fleet. Photo by Cheryl Sones. At the dawn of each spring, the Makah Tribe blesses its fleet in Neah Bay to support tribal fishermen and their families. They convene at the ...
• New video: Seaweed farming in Washington waters
  February 7, 2023 Meg Chadsey, WSG carbon specialist, talks with two emerging seaweed farmers on Vashon Island who have different approaches By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow Kelp aquaculture has many potential benefits to society. For example, it can provide habitat for m...
• Three recent graduates announced as finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
  September 28, 2023 We are pleased to announce that three recent graduate students from universities in Washington and Idaho — Jillian Everly, Devon Lombard-Henley and Leslie (To-Nhu) Nguyen — were selected as finalists for the 2024 class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship...
• UW, WWU graduate student selected as 2023–2024 WSG Keystone Fellow
  May 16, 2023 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that University of Washington and Western Washington University graduate Jackelyn Garcia has been selected as the 2023–2024 WSG Keystone Fellow. Through the fellowship, she will spend the year working at the Puget Sound Partnership and...
• Blue Futures: WSG funds collaborative research projects with the Makah Tribe
  From the Summer 2023 Sea Star By incorporating people, culture and Indigenous knowledge systems, these three projects model the use of interdisciplinary approaches to inform marine resource management By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow Photo: Matt McIntosh/NOAA Deep blue ocean wat...
• Monitoring the Damage in the Heat Wave’s Wake
  From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star Washington Sea Grant rapidly provided funding to two projects to survey the impacts of the historic June 2021 heat wave on intertidal marine life By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer Joe Williams, front, and Darrell Williams with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Communityâ...
• New staff: WSG welcomes communications specialist Hannah Shelly
  September 29, 2023 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is thrilled to welcome Hannah Shelly as the communications specialist. In this role, they collaborate with the WSG communications team and play an integral role in coordinating projects, supporting ongoing outreach efforts, social media and website manag...
• Are moon jellies eating up all the zooplankton?
  From the Summer 2023 Sea Star As dense aggregations of moon jellyfish form in Puget Sound, researchers study the ecosystem-wide impacts By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow Photo: Shutterstock Have you ever seen a jellyfish floating in Puget Sound? Chances are, it was a moon ...
• Washington Sea Grant receives new grant to support coastal resilience
  February 12, 2024 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is pleased to announce that it will partner with the Washington state departments of Ecology, Transportation, and Fish and Wildlife to support coastal resilience work as part of a new $850,000 grant. The grant comes from the National Coastal Resilience Fu...
• Melissa Poe to serve as WSG assistant director for outreach
  November 1, 2023 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has appointed Dr. Melissa Poe to assistant director for outreach. Poe has been at WSG for 10 years, leading the social science program in work to identify, define and incorporate measures of human well-being and cultural practices into marine planning and ...
• Who was Marc Hershman?
  In addition to his academic and policy achievements, Hershman is remembered for being an exceptional mentor From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star Marc J. Hershman has been credited with turning coastal management into an academic field of study. He taught coastal and ocean law, seaport management and c...