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...
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,&#...
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...
Oyster Night at University Book Store
University Book Store presents the authors of Heaven on the Half Shell—an immersive, fully illustrated history of Northwest oysters. Explore oysters’ role in ecosystems and human societies–and learn stellar seafood recipes from regional chefs!
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Marine Weather Workshop in Poulsbo
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2019
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225 or sfisken@u.washington.edu
Marine Weather Workshop in Poulsbo
Learn to read the weather before you head out on the water.
Washington Sea Grant and the Port of Poulsbo are cosponsoring a Marine Weathe...
New Staff: Brandii O’Reagan
May 16, 2023
We are thrilled to welcome Brandii O’Reagan as a new fisheries specialist at Washington Sea Grant. In this role, Brandii will focus on developing and coordinating strategies that advance the safety, economic success and environmental sustainability of Washington’s fisheries and seaf...
UW Graduate Student Selected for the 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship
August 23, 2022
We are pleased to announce that Kristin Privitera-Johnson (she/her), a doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (UW SAFS), is one of eight fellows selected for the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program...
Washington Clean Vessel Act Program Expands Options for Boaters
May 1,, 2022
Second mobile pumpout vessel expands options for Pierce County and south sound boaters, protecting state waters from sewage pollution
For the past two years, the pandemic has stimulated boat sales by 17.8% and increased boater activity on the waters in Washington State. With an increas...
Washington Sea Grant Receives Funding from The Builders Initiative to Support Restorative Aquaculture
January 26, 2022
Washington Sea Grant will use the $400,000 grant to further two key projects: the Cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative and the Washington Seaweed Collaborative
From tribal fishermen exercising their treaty fishing rights to oyster farmers in south Puget Sound, seafood ...