Small Spills, Big Problems, Sound Solutions
July 25, 2016
To paraphrase an old saying, “There’s no use crying over spilled oil.” Yet many are concerned with oil pollution in Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands.
What people don’t realize is that the biggest source of spills so far in the region has not been tankers and freighters, ...
Economic Tools for Resilience in Southwest Washington
Kevin Decker, Coastal Economist
Pacific and Grays Harbor counties, along the Washington Coast, have historically depended heavily upon natural resources for economic health, as they are vulnerable to coastal changes and resources to support coastal resilience and economic hea...
Heaven on the Half Shell – Oakland, CA
BACH Meeting September 2023 – Oyster Extravaganza
Please join us, Friday, September 22, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. PDT, for an in-person Oyster Extravaganza at which we will learn about the history of oysters on the West Coast, current work to restore Olympia oyster beds in the San Francisco Bay Area,...
2019 Volume 2
2019 Volume 2
Recipe for Successful Management
November, 2019
We’re often asked if you can eat green crabs, and whether that is a key to managing them. Green crabs are edible, but thankfully, we don’t currently have anywhere near the number of cr...
National Competitions
National Competitions
American Lobster Research Funding Opportunity
The National Sea Grant College Program has announced a federal funding opportunity to support American Lobster research:
American Lobster Research Funding Opportunity – open to individuals, groups and ins...
Heaven on the Half Shell Book and Oyster Event
Join us Wednesday, November 1st, from 6-8 p.m. for an evening of oysters and authors presented by Taylor Shellfish Farms. This informal event at their Pioneer Square location will feature the book “Heaven on the Half Shell, The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest” alongside spe...
Local and Coastal: Whole Dungeness Crab
May 1, 2020
By Abby Rogerson, WSG Student Assistant
While cleaning crabs may be intimidating to first-timers, don’t let that get in the way of enjoying Dungeness crab at home. Becky Selengut, local chef, educator, and writer, makes cleaning crab simple with her tutorial, available here. If you...
Boating Outreach
Boating
Pumpout Washington: Clean Marina Program
Aaron Barnett, Boating Program Specialist, and Bridget Trosin, Coastal Policy Specialist
WATCH our latest instructional videos!
In partnership with the Washington State Parks Clean Vessel Act p...
2015 Elwha Research Consortium
The Elwha Research Consortium (ERC) has announced its the 3rd Elwha River Science Symposium. This meeting will be held on November 18 – 20, 2015 on the Campus of NatureBridge Olympic National Park, near Lake Crescent. This will be the first symposium following full dam removal of both ...
Crab Team and COVID-19
March 31, 2020
March and April are typically the busiest months on the Crab Team annual calendar, as staff and volunteers reunite for training workshops to relaunch the monitoring season. This spring, however, the Crab Team office has been almost entirely empty over the past month. The leadership o...
GOING DIGITAL: Puget Sound Green Infrastructure Summit
*IMPORTANT UPDATE*
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this year’s Summit will take place in a largely virtual format. In order to make the most of the situation, to keep our green infrastructure work moving forward, and to maximize the safety and health of all of you, our partners and friends, we have ...
King Tides Help People Visualize Sea Level Rise Around Coastal Washington
March 26, 2019
Washington Sea Grant held viewing parties in Oak Harbor and Raymond in January to help local residents understand the effects of sea level rise
Sea level rise has major implications for coastal Washington. The recent projections released by Washington Sea Grant, WA Department of Ec...
Seminar: Predator-Prey Interactions – The Avian Visual Sensory Perspective
Characterizing the visual system of predators and prey is key to understanding some sensory/cognitive mechanisms involved in predator-prey interactions of visually-oriented animals (e.g., visual search, detection and attack).
Most of the knowledge on the visual system of predators and prey comes fr...
Protocol in Focus: Is it a molt or a dead crab?
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn from the data. Protocol in Fo...