Crab Team Highlights from the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference – Part 2
April 27, 2018
Yesterday’s blog post covered the highlights from the first green crab special session at the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Today, we’ll break down the second special session that focused on management of invasive European green crab and provide some reflections ...
Michele Blanchflower
Michele Blanchflower
Fiscal Specialist Supervisor
Michele Blanchflower joined Washington Sea Grant in March 2023. In her new role, as Fiscal Specialist Supervisor, she supports administrative and fiscal functions, assisting with coordination, planning, reconciliation, forecasting, procurement, and e...
Washington Grad Students Tackle Real-World Marine Challenges
Washington Sea Grant’s latest set of fellows place gifted students in the agencies where they can do the most good. From working as a divemaster in Thailand to investigating 150 years of shrinking ice seasons on Lake Superior while still in high school, Washington Sea Grant’s fellows h...
1903
“The Nahcotta Point Oyster company has been organized in this city with Spokane, Seattle and Rossland capital. The company owns 160 acres of oyster beds on Willapa harbor near Oysterville, Pacific county, this state. Heretofore the seed oyster has been shipped from New Haven, Conn., and trans...
Wild Seafood Exchanges
Washington Sea Grant is a sponsor of the annual Wild Seafood Exchange, which is aimed at independent commercial fishermen who want to learn about marketing and direct marketing to restaurants, retailers, brokers, and seafood buyers. Learn more and register at the Wild Seafood Exchange website.
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Sea Safety and Survival (Drill Instructor) Workshops
Training
Washington Sea Grant offers a range of classes and workshops that help marine professionals improve their skills, while promoting a safer, pollution-free environment. Other classes provide community members with tools for supporting their marine environment.
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Wild Seafood Exchange
Washington Sea Grant is proud to cosponsor the 2019 Wild Seafood Exchange, which invites independent commercial fishermen to direct market their catch for a day-long exchange of ideas and innovations. Wild Seafood Exchange has been bringing fishermen, restaurants, and retailers together since 2004...
Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet and Background
The National Sea Grant College Program was launched in 1966 as a federal investment in our oceans and coasts, building upon university strengths in the ocean sciences, engineering, and policy. In 1971 the University of Washington (UW) became...
Better Bleeding and Savvier Selling
Washington Sea Grant Teaches the Practical Skills Needed to Preserve Sustainable Fisheries, Tribal Employment, and Coastal Communities
By Eric Scigliano
The Pacific Northwest’s salmon fishermen faced a crisis. Starting in the early 2000s, cheap Chilean farmed salmon flooded the country, driving d...
From ecosystem to economy: Biologist turns deckhand in Bristol Bay
October 28, 2022
It was time to stop fishing for the day in Naknek, Bristol Bay. Just like every day of their summer season, the 32’ drift boat pulled into line to deliver their day’s catch of sockeye salmon to a tender – a bigger vessel that then brings the harvested fish to the processors on...
Cascadia Coastal Hazards Research Coordination Network (RCN) Seminars
In response to the direct call by Pacific Northwest coastal communities for “a coordinated research agenda among universities, governmental agencies, NGOs, and others” to help them achieve resilience, the Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub (Cascadia CoPes hub) will inform and e...
Aquaculture Timeline
Washington Coast Shellfish Aquaculture Timeline
Welcome to the Washington Coast Shellfish Aquaculture Timeline. This project is part of the Washington Coast Shellfish Aquaculture Study project, which is an effort to improve the long-term sustainability of shellfish aquaculture in Willa...
Washington Sea Grant Provides a Food Security Rapid-Response to Tribal Communities During Pandemic
The pandemic revealed acute food insecurity, health risks, and economic vulnerabilities in fishing communities in Washington State, particularly amongst Washington tribal nations who grappled with these challenges in addition to direct COVID-related impacts that included outbreaks, quarantines, ...
23rd Conference for Shellfish Growers
First convened by Washington Sea Grant in 1991, the Conference for Shellfish Growers brings together representatives from the shellfish industry, government and academia.
To register for the 23rd Conference for Shellfish Growers fill out and mail this form with registration fees.
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