Easy pesto salmon recipe
August 25, 2023
By Katalin Plummer, WSG Graduate Science Communications Fellow
We’re back with another recipe this week for our Discover West Coast Seafood series! With the heat that we’re experiencing, we know it’s hard to turn on the oven… but it’s worth it for this super easy pesto sal...
The River That Made Seattle
In this livestreamed conversation with Duwamish Tribal member James Rasmussen and Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition Executive Director Paulina Lopez, author BJ Cummings talks about her own story and what drew her to the river’s history. She draws from her book The River That Made Seattle: A Human a...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Amy Grondin
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October 12, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Amy Grondin is a salmon fisherman and a sustainable seafood consultant. She owns Duna Fisheries, LLC with her business partner and husband Greg Friedrichs. When they’re not fishing on F/V Arminta, their 48-foot wooden fishing b...
Looking Back on 50 Years: Longtime WSG Staff Reflect on Their Work
From the winter 2021–2022 Sea Star print newsletter
In honor of the program’s golden anniversary, we asked four current and former staff to reflect on what they have accomplished here
By Grace Freeman, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Based in Seattle and housed within the University of Washin...
Governor Jay Inslee Proclaims October Seafood Month
October 1, 2020
Consumers have long had access to local Washington seafood through their favorite grocer or farmers market, but this October the state is celebrating Seafood Month by recognizing the growing trend to connect residents to those who supply this local bounty.
With reduced demand from r...
Washington Sea Grant Provides a Food Security Rapid-Response to Tribal Communities During Pandemic
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The pandemic revealed acute food insecurity, health risks, and economic vulnerabilities in fishing communities in Washington State, particularly amongst Washington tribal nations who grappled with these challenges in addition to direct COVID-related impacts that included outbreaks, quarantines, ...
The 39th OysterFest
Hosted by the Skookum Rotary Club of Shelton, WA. This event will be virtual in 2021, but there is still plenty of fun in store!
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Heaven on the Half Shell – San Francisco, CA
David George Gordon, Samantha Larson, Maryann Barron Wagner
Heaven on the Half Shell
The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest
In-Person Event • Book Passage (SF Ferry Building)
Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwes...
Heaven on the Half Shell Book Signing and Q&A
Third Place Books welcomes David George Gordon, Samantha Larson, and MaryAnn Barron Wagner to our Seward Park store for a presentation of their new book, Heaven on the Half Shell! The book is a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest’s beloved bivalve, the...
Well Education and Testing
Keep Your Well Well in 2015
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. WET provides homeowners with a local, inexpensive way to test their well water, as well as rivers, reservoirs, and swimming pools. Note: you may also submit sample...
What is the State of Your Oyster?
State of the Oyster Study volunteers invite you to join them to look at bacterial contamination on privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and throughout Puget Sound. Note: You may also submit samples on August 2.
Cost: $25 per test for coliform; $30 per test for Vibrio parahaemolyticus
For each da...
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Overview
The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity for soon-to-graduate or recently finished graduate students engaged in studies pertaining to ocean and coastal policy issues. This one-year, paid mar...
2018 Volume 1
2018 Volume 1
Back Out in the Mud
February 28th, 2018
Last month we launched Washington Sea Grant Crab Team’s third official monitoring season. After a successful and fun month of training workshops in March, all 225+ volunteer and partner monitors are alr...