Well Education and Testing
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. Washington State Department of Health recommends annual testing of individual wells for fecal coliform bacteria; testing your water is the best solution to identify possible contamination. WET...
Well Education and Testing
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. Washington State Department of Health recommends annual testing of individual wells for fecal coliform bacteria; testing your water is the best solution to identify possible contamination. WET...
New course teaches Skills and Drills that can help land a commercial fishing job
February 13, 2025
The Skills and Drills Course will be held March 27-28 in South Bend, Washington
Washington Sea Grant is launching a new two-day program — the Skills and Drills Course — for people who want to gain hands-on experience performing tasks that may be required onboard a West Coast co...
Protocol In Focus: HEOR Parasites
Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) sexes as compared to national monuments. Crab Photos: FDA Monument Photos: Wikipedia
May 10, 2018
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 doi...
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Overview
The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity for soon-to-graduate or recently finished graduate students engaged in studies pertaining to ocean and coastal policy issues. This one-year, paid mar...
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...
Well Education and Testing
Keep Your Well Well in 2015
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. WET provides homeowners with a local, inexpensive way to test their well water, as well as rivers, reservoirs, and swimming pools. Note: you may also submit sample...
Well Education and Testing
WET invites you to take a look at the health of your well and learn about keeping your drinking water safe. Washington State Department of Health recommends annual testing of individual wells for fecal coliform bacteria; testing your water is the best solution to identify possible contamination. WET...
Use of Ancient, Historic, and Modern Salmon DNA to Parse Effects of Human-induced Change
ANCIENT, HISTORIC, MODERN SALMON DNA ANALYSIS
Use of Ancient, Historic, and Modern Salmon DNA to Parse Effects of Human-induced Change
Researchers from Washington State University work to document the chronology of change in salmon DNA in relation to human impacts.
Principal ...
Course full! Skills and Drills Course for new or beginning commercial fishermen–South Bend, WA
The 2025 Skills and Drills Course is full! This workshop will be offered again in 2026.
Sign up to get notices of future workshops here: https://bit.ly/wsg-email-lists (select “marine workshops”).
Learn the skills and drills that will help you land a commercial fishing job.
Washington Sea G...
Effect of Salmon Omega-3 Fatty Acids on PBDE Toxicity
Omega-3 fatty acids and PBDE toxicity in fish
Effect of Salmon Omega-3 Fatty Acids on PBDE Toxicity
Exploring the interaction between harmful PBDEs and helpful omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, researchers assessed the health risks and benefits of eating seafood. Results showed that anti...
Crew School
“Crew School” is designed to provide fundamental commercial fishing crew member training; in the classroom, aboard commercial fishing vessels and in the historic Ancich Netshed on Gig Harbor’s waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...
Using Microbiota for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Puget Sound Ecosystems
Foraminifera monitoring in Puget Sound I
Using Microbiota for the Evaluation and Monitoring of Puget Sound Ecosystems
By cataloguing declining foraminifera, researchers are developing a tool for monitoring Puget Sound’s health.
Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Nesbitt, Univ...