FAQ
Kids’ Day FAQ
What day and time is the event?
The Friday preceding the festival. Two sessions are offered, 9–11:30 AM and 12–2:30 PM.
What is the cost to attend Kids’ Day at OysterFest?
This is a free event, so no fees required!
Where is the Port of Shelton Fairground?
The Fairground is ...
Teachers
Teachers
Transportation
Transportation is not provided or funded. Each school must make their own transportation arrangements to the event.
Chaperones
At least 2 chaperones per 10 students are required. Chaperones are responsible for keeping students focused on the topic being presented ...
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Sablefish: The New “It” Fish
Sablefish: The New “It” Fish
Whether you call it sablefish, black cod or butterfish, this species is making a name for itself as a desirable menu item.
Native to the West Coast, sablefish is highly valued in the U.S. for its buttery flavor, and has potential for new markets abroad in Ko...
Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment
Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment
The purpose of this workshop was to identify the current state of knowledge regarding on-bottom intertidal aquaculture and its interactions with the environment. The goal was to identify the information and research needed for sustainable...
Other Opportunities
Other Opportunities
Learn about the many opportunities available to professionals and undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scholars interested in gaining first-hand experience in marine science and policy.
Undergraduate Opportunities
Association f...
Director’s Note: Hui Malama Loko l’a Indigenous Aquaculture Gathering
February 20, 2020
Russell Callender, WSG Director
Over 125 guests — including representatives from 13 Pacific Northwest tribal nations; students and leaders from Northwest Indian College; and many more Indigenous stewards from across the globe — gathered at the Kākoʻo ...
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...
Three Washington Graduate Students Selected for the 2019 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship
August 21, 2019
Washington Sea Grant is excited to share that three of the eight graduate students selected for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)–Sea Grant Fellowship this year are from the University of Washington. Through the fellowship, doctoral students are provided with two- and t...
Hanging by a Thread
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
Carrington and Laura Newcomb, heading for the water.
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Field Notes and More News
Field Notes and More News
Dean Lisa Gramulich congratulates WSG’s Teri King.
WSG social scientist Melissa Poe has wrapped up an 18-month project, funded by the Puget Sound Institute and U.S. EPA, on the relationship between sense of place and the restoration of Puget Sound. Working with ...
Crab Team at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
May 31, 2022
The second all-virtual Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (April 26-28) offered everyone with an interest or involvement in the inland waters shared by Washington and British Columbia the chance to connect over a huge range of topics, impacts of last summer’s heat dome, southern resi...
Unique Washington
Our Unique Northwest
Washingtonians have a deep, passionate relationship with their state’s rich coastal ecology and matchless marine resources. Geology, climate, ocean currents, biological evolution, human history, and social adaptation converge to create a physical, cultural, and economic s...
Building Capacity to Protect the Salish Sea From European Green Crab
July 5th, 2018
As we wrote last week, the first half of this monitoring season has seen several new detections of European green crab, but as green crab appear to be ramping up, so is the group of humans ready to control them. WSG Crab Team is now a project with five team members (including two fu...