Marine Corrosion Protection Workshop in Port Townsend
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2018
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu
Marine Corrosion Protection Workshop in Port Townsend
Washington Sea Grant, WSU Jefferson County Extension, and the Northwest Maritime Center and are cosponsoring a Marine Corrosi...
WSG, Washington CoastSavers and partners awarded funding to tackle marine debris
April 21, 2023
The partners will receive $299,965 through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to lead collaborative marine debris efforts in coastal Washington
Volunteers at last year’s Washington Coast Cleanup. Photo courtesy of Washington CoastSavers.
Marine debris is a persistent issue in W...
Invasive Green Crab Monitoring Volunteer Training
Washington Sea Grant is partnering with Island County Beach Watchers to monitor for invasive European Crabs at sites throughout Island County. If you are interested in monitoring local pocket estuaries, this workshop is for you. The workshop will cover Green Crab life history, threats to Puget Sou...
Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2018
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, Washington Sea Grant
206-543-1225
sfisken@u.washington.edu
Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop
Effectively treat hypothermia, near drowning and other incidents while on the water.
Monday, December 10 in Seattle, Washingto...
How to save the pinto abalone
New research informs future restoration efforts for endangered pinto abalone populations in the Pacific Northwest
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Emma Duckworth, WSG Science Communications Fellow
The pinto abalone is a crucial organism in Puget Sound. “They are the Roomba of the rocky intert...
Ten recent graduates selected for the 2024-2025 WSG Hershman Fellowship
August 22, 2024
Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Elise Adams, Jessica Clemens, Nika Hoffman, Heeju Jung, Jess Lechtenberg, Allison Morgan, Courtney Murphy, Rondi Nordal, Katalin Plummer and Jack Winterhalter have been awarded the Washi...
Invasive Green Crab Monitoring Volunteer Training
Washington Sea Grant is partnering with Island County Beach Watchers to monitor for invasive European Crabs at sites throughout Island County. If you are interested in monitoring local pocket estuaries, this workshop is for you. The workshop will cover Green Crab life history, threats to Puget Sou...
Conservation Needs to be About People, Too
NEWS RELEASE
JUNE 21, 2017
CONTACT: Melissa Poe, Social Scientist, Washington Sea Grant at 206-685-8209 or email mpoe@uw.edu
Conservation Needs to be About People, Too
The book Conservation in the Anthropocene Ocean is an interdisciplinary guide for reframing conservati...
Salish Sea-wide Molt Blitz coming June 20
June 10, 2024
Are you one of the millions of Washington residents living on or near the Salish Sea? Join the Salish Sea-wide Molt Blitz on June 20 to contribute to the largest-ever single-day dataset of crab molts collected in our state.
Invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas). Photo by P. Se...
Rising Trend of Local Consumers Connect to Washington Seafood
October 2, 2020
Governor Jay Inslee proclaims October Seafood Month OLYMPIA / SEATTLE – Consumers have long had access to local Washington seafood through their favorite grocer or farmers’ market, but this October the state is celebrating Seafood Month by recognizing the growing trend to ...
Pilot-scale net-pen grow-out of sablefish (“black cod”) by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
PILOT SABLEFISH NET-PEN GROW-OUT
Pilot-scale net-pen grow-out of sablefish (“black cod”) by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Researchers partner with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and others to find cost-effective ways to successfully raise sablefish, or “black cod,&#...
The first Seaweed Knowledge Symposium covered the challenges and opportunities of a burgeoning field
December 5, 2023
Watch the video recordings of the December 2022 Seaweed Knowledge Symposium online
The seaweed of Puget Sound. Photo credit: Simone Alin
Seaweed aquaculture in Washington is a bit like the “Cheshire cat”: though there are a handful of commercial farms and restoration projects, a...