Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Nick Mendoza, founder of a seafood snack company
June 27, 2024
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Science Writer
To friends and family, Nick Mendoza has always been “the fish guy.” From what he describes as an “uncanny obsession” with fish in his youth to his work as a marine scientist, a love of the ocean is as inherent to Mendoza as his entrepreneuri...
Is Ocean Acidification Taking a Toll on Salmon?
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2017
CONTACT:
Meg Chadsey, Ocean Acidification Specialist, Washington Sea Grant: 206-616-1538 or mchadsey@uw.edu
Brett Veerhusen, Principal, Ocean Strategies and Communications; Consultant, United Fishermen of Alaska’s Salmon Habitat Information Progr...
Announcing the River & Ocean Film Festival Photo Contest
July 29, 2024
Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns in 2024 to celebrate the freshwater and marine environments on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. On October 18 in Forks, Washington, short films from the peninsula and beyond will showcase the region’s...
Paralytic shellfish poisoning on the Washington Coast
September 3, 2024
An update on the recent shellfish poisoning event and the safety protocols in place
By Ashleigh Epps, WSG aquaculture specialist
The phytoplankton genus Alexadrium, which creates for paralytic shellfish poison
In late May 2024, the Pacific coasts of Oregon and Washington experience...
Summer 2024 Sea Star
August 13, 2024
The newest issue of our biannual magazine is here!
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to share about our research, outreach and education programs through Sea Star, our biannual magazine.
The summer 2024 issue includes four feature stories highlighting the rich variety ...
Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Joe Malley, fisherman and owner of St Jude Tuna
October 28, 2024
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communication Fellow
Joe Malley and St Jude sell a variety of tuna products they catch and can themselves. Photo courtesy of Joe Malley.
Prior to his life as a commercial albacore tuna fisher, Joe Malley was a graduate student and mathematics scholar teach...
Melissa Poe to serve as WSG assistant director for outreach
November 1, 2023
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has appointed Dr. Melissa Poe to assistant director for outreach. Poe has been at WSG for 10 years, leading the social science program in work to identify, define and incorporate measures of human well-being and cultural practices into marine planning and ...
Sea Levels are Rising in Washington. What will the Shorelines of the Future be like?
July 22, 2022
A new report from the Washington Coastal Resilience Project evaluates the trade-offs between various strategies to manage the impacts of sea level rise
As sea levels continue to rise, coastal hazards such as flooding and erosion will become increasingly common. According to recent asse...
Anti-Racism Resources
Anti-Racism Resources
June 8, 2020; Updated March 19, 2021
As said in our statement of solidarity with the Black community and our statement of solidarity with the AAPI community, as individuals and as an organization we are working to identify how we have participated in the systemic rac...
Impacts from the Summer 2021 Heatwave on Washington Shellfish
July 21, 2021
Dead butter clams. Photo: Ron Carr
The record-breaking heat that hit the Pacific Northwest from June 23 to 28, 2021, caused harm to many intertidal shellfish and invertebrate species on Washington beaches.
On many beaches, species such as cockles, varnish clams, butter clams, and nativ...
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...