Small Oil Spills Program
Aaron Barnett, Boating Program Specialist
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Learn more: Small Oil Spills Factsheet
Small oil spills from commercial and recreational vessels often result from a lack of knowledge about proper techniques for vessel operation and mai...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Pete Knutson
October 19, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Pete Knutson owns Loki Fish Company, a family business. He fishes mostly salmon, with a bit of halibut on the side. He’s the director of the Puget Sound Harvester’s Association, an industry group that represents non-treaty comme...
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...
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...
From Our Dock to Your Table: Bellingham Dockside Market Connects Fishermen and Local Consumers
January 13, 2021
By Grace Freeman, WSG Science Communications Fellow
As Bellingham SeaFeast director Liz Purdy was gearing up for the 2020 festival scheduled for September, it quickly became clear that this year’s event would be different. Founded in 2016, SeaFeast is an annual seafood-focuse...
How Your Sunscreen Harms Water Quality
August 20, 2019
The products we use on our skin, hair, and nails can cause harm to the animals and people that depend on healthy local waters.
While you’re washing away the lingering sunscreen from the last beach day of summer, you’re probably reminiscing about carefree time with family and frie...
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...
Bellingham Dockside Market
Bellingham SeaFeast has joined forces with local fishermen, the Port of Bellingham, and the Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County to launch Bellingham Dockside Market.
Bellingham Dockside Market serves as the hub for local fishermen in and out of Squalicum Harbor to sell their catch and h...
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...
Bellingham Dockside Market
Bellingham SeaFeast is joining forces with local fishermen, the Port of Bellingham, and the Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County to launch the Bellingham Dockside Market.Bellingham Dockside Market will serve as the hub for local fishermen in and out of Squalicum Harbor to sell their catch...
Local and Coastal: Clams with Celery and Toasted Garlic
April 10, 2020
By Abby Rogerson, WSG Student Assistant
NYT Cooking columnist Alison Roman holds up clams as one of the best bivalves, and after my experience with her Clams with Celery and Toasted Garlic, I may be convinced. They get a quick steam in a garlicky white wine reduction then are tossed w...
Carbon comes home
Carbon Comes Home
How a serendipitous connection led ocean acidification researchers to an island farm
Back in the early 2000s, Washington State was ground zero for ocean acidification,” Meg Chadsey, ocean acidification specialist at Washington Sea Grant (WSG), says. “Fossil fuel emissi...
Local and Coastal: Fisherman’s Grilled Salmon + BONUS RECIPE
September 4, 2021
By Abby Rogerson, WSG Student Assistant
Robert Sudar landed his first salmon fishing gig thanks to his grandfather, who had been fishing commercially since the end of World War II. Fresh out of high school, he worked on purse seiners in the San Juans, catching pink and sockeye sal...
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