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Announcing the River & Ocean Film Festival Photo Contest
July 29, 2024
Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns in 2024 to celebrate the freshwater and marine environments on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. On October 18 in Forks, Washington, short films from the peninsula and beyond will showcase the region’s...
Paralytic shellfish poisoning on the Washington Coast
September 3, 2024
An update on the recent shellfish poisoning event and the safety protocols in place
By Ashleigh Epps, WSG aquaculture specialist
The phytoplankton genus Alexadrium, which creates for paralytic shellfish poison
In late May 2024, the Pacific coasts of Oregon and Washington experience...
Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Joe Malley, fisherman and owner of St Jude Tuna
October 28, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communication Fellow
Joe Malley and St Jude sell a variety of tuna products they catch and can themselves. Photo courtesy of Joe Malley.
Prior to his life as a commercial albacore tuna fisher, Joe Malley was a graduate student and mathematics scholar teach...
Winter 2023-24 Sea Star
March 5, 2024
The new issue of our biannual magazine is now available!
Catch up on Washington Sea Grant’s (WSG) recent research, outreach and education programs across the state through Sea Star, our biannual magazine.
The winter 2023-24 issue includes five feature stories diggin...
Sea Levels are Rising in Washington. What will the Shorelines of the Future be like?
July 22, 2022
A new report from the Washington Coastal Resilience Project evaluates the trade-offs between various strategies to manage the impacts of sea level rise
As sea levels continue to rise, coastal hazards such as flooding and erosion will become increasingly common. According to recent asse...
Announcing the 8th Annual River & Ocean Film Festival in Forks
September 11, 2024
The event will be held October 18 at the Rainforest Arts Center
Quinault River en route to Enchanted Valley via the East Fork Quinault River Trail, Photo credit: Alison Lorenz
Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns October 18, 2024 to celebrate the freshwater ...
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 ...
Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network Launches New and Improved Website
March 3, 2020
Seattle, WA — Washington Sea Grant and the Washington Department of Ecology, along with other partners, have collaborated to launch a new and improved website for the Coastal Hazards Resilience Network (CHRN). This website and associated interactive map offer users a way to learn ab...
Anti-Racism Resources
Anti-Racism Resources
June 8, 2020; Updated March 19, 2021
As said in our statement of solidarity with the Black community and our statement of solidarity with the AAPI community, as individuals and as an organization we are working to identify how we have participated in the systemic rac...
Skills and Drills Course for new or beginning commercial fishermen–South Bend, WA
Learn the skills and drills that will help you land a commercial fishing job
Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring a two-day Skills and Drills Course for new or beginning commercial fishermen in South Bend, Washington.
This course is geared towards individuals interested in learning the necessary skill...
How do our sea-meadows grow?
WSG-funded research informs the future of eelgrass restoration in Washington
From the Summer 2024 Sea Star
By Erick Dowell, WSG student assistant
(From left) Kerry Naish, Jennifer Ruesink and Bryan Briones Ortiz in the field. Photos courtesy of Kerry Naish, Jennifer Ruesink and Bryan Briones ...
New staff: WSG welcomes Alison Lorenz
November 28, 2023
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Alison Lorenz as a new science writer.
In this role, Alison creates and proofs flyers, blog posts, news releases, reports, and more to keep the public connected to WSG’s work across its program areas. She also supports WSG’s med...
New staff: WSG welcomes Allison Spooner
June 3, 2024
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Allison Spooner as the new HR and equity manager. Allison joins WSG as a key member of the operations team.
During her seven-year tenure at the University of Washington, Allison’s journey was a whirlwind adventure of challenges and triu...
Flood planning goes local
WSG supports the rollout of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) in Washington state
From the Summer 2024 Sea Star
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Science Writer
Flooding caused by a king tide in Gig Harbor in 2022. Photo submitted by David Barker to the King Tides program via MyCoast.
The first time Ia...