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Crab Team’s Rapid Response: Day 1
September 12, 2016
Emily preps bait for trapping response on the FHL docks.
Emily here, writing from beautiful Friday Harbor Labs after our first full field day on San Juan Island as part of our rapid response effort. Following the Westcott Bay Crab Team volunteer capture of an adult male green cra...
Padilla Bay Rapid Assessment: Wrap Up
Header image by Allen Pleus (WDFW)
September 29, 2016
The joint effort by WSG Crab Team, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), and Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (PBNERR) to assess the abundance and distribution of invasive European green crabs in Padilla Bay wrapped...
Green Crab Trapping Resumes in the Salish Sea
May 13, 2019
The return of spring means trapping season for green crab is now under way. In April, WSG Crab Team resumed early detection trapping across the monitoring network along Washington’s inland shorelines. We’re pleased to share that Crab Team has received funding to continue thi...
Padilla Bay Rapid Response: Day 1
September 26, 2016
Emily here to report that Crab Team is on the road again, spending three days in Padilla Bay where the second confirmed capture of European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea took place only a week ago. The capture occurred less than a week after we returned from San...
Padilla Bay Rapid Response: Day 2
September 27, 2016
Map showing trapping (white) and capture (red) sites to date for invasive European green crab in Padilla Bay. Click to enlarge.
Another stunningly beautiful day to explore Padilla Bay (read about day 1). Day two of our rapid response trapping effort is complete; our teams checked ...
MaryAnn Wagner, WSG assistant director of communications, retires
January 28, 2025
Having led Washington Sea Grant communications since 2014, Wagner shares about her 40-year career
MaryAnn Wagner sharing about WSG at SeaFeast.
If you heard news from or learned more about Washington Sea Grant (WSG) over the last ten years, chances are good that MaryAnn Wagner, as...
European green crab found at Kala Point Lagoon
September 19, 2018
Earlier this month, WSG Crab Team found invasive European green crab at Kala Point Lagoon in Port Townsend. Read more about the discovery and its implications in the article below, from The Port Townsend Leader. A big thanks to the hardworking Crab Team volunteers who ha...
The Benefits of Frozen Seafood: Freshness, Sustainability, and Convenience
When purchasing seafood for dinner, frozen is fresh!
Many people are unsure about the quality of frozen fish or shellfish at the market. The good news is, freezing technology has vastly improved over the last few decades. When it comes to seafood, frozen is a great option.
The Science of Flas...
Dr. Nicole Naar Receives 2025 College of the Environment Outstanding Community Impact Award
May 12, 2025
We are happy to announce that Dr. Nicole Naar, WSG social science and education specialist, was selected to receive the UW College of the Environment’s 2025 Outstanding Community Impact Award. This award recognizes stakeholder engagement that stimulates, inspires and drives intera...
Salmon may lose the ability to smell danger as carbon emissions rise
December 18, 2018
The ability to smell is critical for salmon. They depend on scent to avoid predators, sniff out prey and find their way home at the end of their lives when they return to the streams where they hatched to spawn and die.
New research from the University of Washington and NOAA Fishe...
Update on Sea Grant Funding for 2019 from WSG Interim Director
June 15, 2018
UPDATE: We are happy to report that the House and Senate have yet again demonstrated strong support for the Sea Grant program. This week, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee proposed a bill that would fund the National Sea Grant program for fiscal year 2019 at $83 millio...
Community Science Volunteers Discover Invasive European Green Crab in Hood Canal
May 19, 2022
Original post: https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/community-science-volunteers-discover-invasive-european-green-crab-hood-canal
WDFW and Washington Sea Grant to deploy rapid response trapping efforts
A male European green crab captured near Seabeck in Hood Canal on May 17, 2022.
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Invasive green crabs poised to move to South Sound
King5 News covered the spread of invasive European green crab in a recent article.
“Since the first spotting in 2016, green crab have now been located at seven different sites. McDonald and others are worried that the crabs will get more challenging to remove if they’re able to make it t...
Sea-level rise report will help urban planners
August 9, 2018
A sea-level rise report led by Washington Sea Grant and the University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group provides the clearest picture yet of what to expect in sea-level rise along Washington State coastlines.
Coverage in the Tacoma Weekly News recognizes that the informatio...
New pumpout facility serves recreational boaters in the San Juan Islands
August 1, 2019
Facility funded by State Parks’ Clean Vessel Act program
Left from right: Owners Terri and Steve Mason and employees Nick Burne and Jonathan Hogue stand by the new pompous facility at the Shaw Island General Store.
OLYMPIA – A new sewage pumpout for recreational boaters is now ...