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WSG launches new Pumpout Washington website
April 6, 2023
Visit the redesigned website at pumpoutwashington.org
By Emma Duckworth, WSG Undergraduate Science Communications Fellow
As the weather continues to warm, Puget Sound boaters are gearing up for another beautiful season. Whether it be their first time on the water or their tenth season ...
Using an Acoustic Camera to Observe How Fish Respond to Seawall Habitat Enhancements, Phase 2
FILMING SALMON AT THE SEATTLE SEAWALL
Using an Acoustic Camera to Observe How Fish Respond to Seawall Habitat Enhancements, Phase 2
In collaboration with the City of Seattle, investigators utilized a habitat-friendly design for documenting activity around the downtown seawall, showing the w...
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Legacy in Washington 10 Years Later
March 11, 2021
By Carrie Garrison-Laney, WSG Tsunami Hazards Specialist and PMEL Liaison
Tsunami damage in Onagawa, Ishinomaki, Japan in 2011. Photo by Shunichi Koshimura
On March 11, 2011 the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan — the 4th largest ever recorded worldwide — and the resulting...
2018 European Green Crab Season Update
November 1, 2018
The turning of the leaves signals a winding-down of green crab trapping activities. Just as it feels right to us to hunker down and stay warm, cooler water temperatures also cause green crab to become less catchable in the fall and winter. Crab Team monitors have pulled and stored t...
Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline: Ray Troll Exhibit Opening
The Burke Museum will host a live virtual celebration of Ray Troll’s Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline exhibit on December 4, and we want you to be there.
This online event will include a peek into the gallery, a presentation with artist Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smi...
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Seabird Bycatch – Longlines
Longlines
Longline fishing is a technique that uses hooks to catch species like sablefish, halibut and tuna. It involves deploying thousands of baited hooks spaced along a line behind the boat. There are two types of longline fisheries: pelagic longlines, in...
Summer 2023 Sea Star
June 27, 2023
Read the new issue of our biannual magazine
Catch up on Washington Sea Grant’s (WSG) recent research, outreach and education programs across the state through Sea Star, our biannual magazine.
The summer 2023 issue includes five in-depth feature stories covering a breadth of...
Seabird Publications
Seabird Publications
Since 1994, Ed Melvin has focused on developing methods to reduce the bycatch of seabirds. The following list of publications reflects the scope of his work. In addition, Melvin has written numerous publications — including reports and working papers — on albatr...
Building Citizen Science with Volunteers as Partners: Part 3
The field of citizen science has grown explosively over the last decade, benefitting from excellent PR, Presidential shout-outs, advances in big data, and, not least, a Web 2.0 world replete with hashtags, networks, and crowdsourcing. It turns out people love doing science in their spare time! The h...
New Sighting of European Green Crab in Padilla Bay
September 23, 2016
Hot on the heels of the recent capture of the first confirmed European green crab along Washington’s inland shorelines by Crab Team volunteers, a second individual live invasive crab was caught in Padilla Bay, near Mt. Vernon, earlier this week.
Female invasive European gree...
A Career Saving Seabirds
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
Looking back on the work of marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin upon his retirement
“I’ve never had an ornithology class in my life,” Ed Melvin confides on a sunny afternoon sitting by Seattle’s Portage Bay. For anyone familiar with Me...
WASI interns work with host businesses to prevent pollution
August 8, 2024
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to introduce four interns working with host businesses this summer through the Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program. Administered by WSG in tandem with the Washington Department of Ecology, the WASI program links undergradu...
FISH 2.0 U.S. Aquaculture Workshop – in Seattle
Fish 2.0, the global community for seafood innovators, is holding a two-day workshop for U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii aquaculture businesses April 30–May 1, 2019, at the University of Washington in Seattle. The program culminates with a pitch and networking session at the World Trade Center...
Director’s Note: The Challenges of Coastal Resiliency
August 6, 2019
Russell Callender, WSG Director
It’s summer, and it’s supposed to be hot. However, is it really supposed to be this hot? Much of the central and southern United States is sweltering. We’re seeing temperature records broken in Europe, the Arctic, Greenlan...