27th Conference for Shellfish Growers Agenda
First convened by WSG in 1991, the Conference for Shellfish Growers brings together shellfish producers, researchers, students and managers from the Pacific Northwest to discuss pressing issues and relevant research on aquaculture. We look forward to another engaging and insightful conference this ...
Three Washington Graduate Students Selected for the 2019 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship
August 21, 2019
Washington Sea Grant is excited to share that three of the eight graduate students selected for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)–Sea Grant Fellowship this year are from the University of Washington. Through the fellowship, doctoral students are provided with two- and t...
Other Opportunities
Other Opportunities
Learn about the many opportunities available to professionals and undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scholars interested in gaining first-hand experience in marine science and policy.Â
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Undergraduate Opportunities
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Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
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onservation is a never-ending battle against collective amnesia. As living resources are consumed or extinguished, baselines shift. Past abundance is forgotten, and new generations adjust to a diminished new normal.
A case in point is the forage fishes that are foundations of the marine ...
Sablefish: The New “It” Fish
Sablefish: The New “It” Fish
Whether you call it sablefish, black cod or butterfish, this species is making a name for itself as a desirable menu item.
Native to the West Coast, sablefish is highly valued in the U.S. for its buttery flavor, and has potential for new markets abroad in Ko...
Field Notes and More News
Field Notes and More News
Dean Lisa Gramulich congratulates WSG’s Teri King.
WSG social scientist Melissa Poe has wrapped up an 18-month project, funded by the Puget Sound Institute and U.S. EPA, on the relationship between sense of place and the restoration of Puget Sound. Working with ...
Get Involved With Crab Team
Get Involved With Crab Team
Volunteer Toolbox
Crab Team estimates that there are more than 400 sites in Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the San Juan Islands possessing at least one suitable habitat feature for European green crabs.
That is many more than ...
Dungeness crab season opens
Winter season opens on October 15th for Dungeness and Red Rock Crab (all fishing methods) and remains open seven days a week through December 31st.
Marine Area 4:Â Neah Bay – East of Tatoosh-Bonilla line
Marine Area 5:Â Sekiu and Pillar Point
Marine Area 6:Â East Juan de Fuca Strait, Port Ang...
Protocol In Focus: Why do we use mackerel as bait?
September 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 doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn from the d...
Beach Clean-Up @ Picnic Point Park
Join WSU Extension to clean up bottles, cigarette butts, fishing gear and other plastic debris from our local beaches. According to National Geographic Magazine “More than 200 animal species have been documented consuming plastic, including turtles, whales, seal, birds, and fish.”
Meet in the pa...
NOAA Open House
Explore your world and learn more about how NOAA – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – works to understand and predict changes in Earth’s environment to help protect people and property and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources.
Join us at the Western Re...
Who Will Rescue the Rescuers?
Who Will Rescue the Rescuers?
Washington Sea Grant alerts the Coast Guard’s first responders to the critical danger they will face when a tsunami strikes.
Coast Guard airmen and seamen muster to hear Ian Miller share some inconvenient truths about tsunami dangers.
It was a crisp, bright ...