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• After nearly 40 years of sharing life-saving skills, Sarah Fisken retires
  As a WSG marine operations specialist, Fisken grew the organization’s marine workshop program and forged trust and community across the state in the process From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer The first time Sarah Fisken put on a survival suit, she was immedia...
• The National Sea Grant College Program announces federal funding opportunity to advance U.S. aquaculture
  December 12, 2023 Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will develop and refine methods, protocols, techniques, and/or strategies to enhance the production of one or more life stages of aquacul...
• Washington Sea Grant receives federal funding to advance resilience in coastal and fishing communities
  January 10, 2024 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is pleased to receive federal funds through NOAA Sea Grant in support of its work to advance resilience in coastal and fishing communities throughout Washington state.  The WSG project seeks to enhance Washington coastal resilience in several ways. These ...
• 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...
• Wild Seafood Connection to bring fishers and buyers to Bellingham in February
  January 18, 2024 On February 29, members of the commercial fishing industry will have a chance to speak directly to their buyers – restaurants, retailers, brokers, and other seafood businesses  – at the Wild Seafood Connection conference, presented by the Port of Bellingham and produced by Coli...
• 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...
• 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...
• Reflections from the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Partnership Gathering
  February 15, 2024 By Chandler Countryman, Washington Sea Grant Resilience and Adaptation Specialist Last week, Washington Sea Grant took part in the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Partnership Gathering presented by the Office of Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, Thriving Communities and Mai...
• 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...
• Urban Runoff Killing Coho Salmon, but Simple Solution Within Reach
  Filtration through column of soil and sand eliminates toxic effects of urban stormwater on fish. October 20, 2015 Toxic runoff from highways, parking lots and other developed surfaces is killing many of the adult coho salmon in urban streams along the West Coast, according to a new study that for th...
• State Competitions
  State Competitions Washington Sea Grant 2023 Request for Proposals Funding cycle: February 1, 2024 – January 31, 2026 Washington Sea Grant is now accepting preliminary proposals for the 2023 RFP. Washington Sea Grant (WSG) requests proposals for one- to tw...
• HEOR or HENU?
  May 11, 2018 HEOR or HENU? Crab Team volunteers know it’s one of the most challenging questions we face during sampling. Telling hairy shore crabs (HEOR) apart from purple shore crabs (HENU) can be very tricky, especially when all you have is two tiny molted carapaces. It’s not only sho...
• 2023 Green Crab Status Summary: Part 1 (Inland)
  April 10, 2024 While 2023 already seems like an eon ago, last year’s trapping season is still very much on our minds even as we launch the 2024 monitoring effort. The winter is a time for green crab managers to regroup, review data to interpret green crab population patterns and think about strate...
• Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement
  Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement Meetings are held twice per year on the 2nd Friday in November and March in Astoria, OR. Notice: Towlanes were updated on November 1, 2019. If you are using maps prior to that date you will need to download the most recent version. Subscribe to the Crabber/To...
• Mobile pumpout boats gain popularity, expand throughout Puget Sound
  May 23, 2023 Mobile pumpout boats provide options for recreational boaters while improving water quality Paul Weyn performs a pumpout for a recreational boater as part of the South Sound Mobile Pumpout Program. 2022. Image courtesy of Pierce County. Amazon Prime, Uber Eats, Instacart: All of these s...