Seminar: Predator-Prey Interactions – The Avian Visual Sensory Perspective
Characterizing the visual system of predators and prey is key to understanding some sensory/cognitive mechanisms involved in predator-prey interactions of visually-oriented animals (e.g., visual search, detection and attack).
Most of the knowledge on the visual system of predators and prey comes fr...
2024 Green Crab Status Summary: Part 1 (Inland)
January 6, 2025
It’s a season of new beginnings, and as we transition into the New Year, we continue to wrap up what 2024 meant in terms of the European green crab invasion in Washington. And as WSG Crab Team wraps up the 10th year of green crab monitoring, we also find ourselves reflecting o...
WSG Seaweed Office Hours
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Eastern Washington Marinas Takes Big Steps to Prevent Small Oil Spills in Lakes
August 17, 2017
Evening at a Lake Chelan marina.
Washington Sea Grant expands its clean marina and small oil spill prevention programs on Lake Chelan
Head down to Lake Chelan on a hot summer day, and its vast surface will be speckled with jet skis and motor boats. The locals all know there’s no...
Marine Parasites on the Rise
The abundance of a type of worm commonly found in sushi has dramatically increased
From the winter 2020–2021 Sea Star print newsletter
From warming to acidification and sea level rise, the world’s oceans have undergone a frightening amount of change over the past few decades. In a recen...
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Grassroots community engagement and Kevin Decker’s economic report changed the tide for North Cove
Once facing rapid erosion, North Cove beach was recently deemed one of the nation’s ‘best restored beaches’
January 23, 2025
By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communications Fellow
A decade ago, the northern shore of Willapa Bay was washing away — along with the homes and businesses of the North C...
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Whole Dungeness Crab Recipe
May 1, 2020
By Abby Rogerson, WSG Student Assistant
While cleaning crabs may be intimidating to first-timers, don’t let that get in the way of enjoying Dungeness crab at home. Becky Selengut, local chef, educator, and writer, makes cleaning crab simple with her tutorial, available here. If you...
Environmental DNA (Part 3): Reconciling eDNA with Traditional Detection Methods
March 30, 2022
This is the third in a series of posts on a Crab Team project to develop environmental DNA (eDNA) for use in early detection and management of European green crab. The first posts provided an introduction to eDNA and the benefits and challenges it offers to invasion managers.
In devel...
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Boating Outreach
Boating
Pumpout Washington: Clean Marina Program
Aaron Barnett, Boating Program Specialist, and Bridget Trosin, Coastal Policy Specialist
WATCH our latest instructional videos!
In partnership with the Washington State Parks Clean Vessel Act pr...
Spatial and Temporal Factors Influencing Recruitment Variability in Estuarine Bivalves
Recruitment variability in oysters and clams
Spatial and Temporal Factors Influencing Recruitment Variability in Estuarine Bivalves
A larval sampling program enabled shellfish growers in Willapa Bay to examine Manila clam and oyster settlement and the impacts of climate-related warming on l...
Resilience of Soft-Sediment Communities after Geoduck Harvest in Samish Bay, Washington
Geoduck-eelgrass interactions in Samish Bay
Resilience of Soft-Sediment Communities after Geoduck Harvest in Samish Bay, Washington
Researchers documented environmental effects of geoduck aquaculture on eelgrass meadows and associated soft-sediment habitat as part of the Geoduck Aquacultur...