Reimagining Our Future Shorelines
From the winter 2020โ2021 Sea Star print newsletter
The Washington Coastal Resilience Project will continue to help communities prepare for shoreline hazards for years to come ย
By MaryAnn Wagner, WSG Assistant Director for Communications
Owen Beach, located in Point Defiance Park, is a popular a...
Sea Safety and Survival Training in Westport
Learn emergency drills for commercial fishing vessels
Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring a one-day Sea Safety & Survival (Drill Instructor) Course for commercial fishermen and charter boat operators.
This Coast Guard approved workshop meets the training requirements of the Commercial Fishing Saf...
Northwest Fisheries Science Center Watershed Open House
The Watershed Program at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center is hosting its free biennial Open House at NOAA’s Western Regional Center in Seattle. We will present our completed and on-going scientific research during two sessions: Life-cycle Modelling and Research, and Monitoring and Manage...
Learn how to get grants for your boating facility
Need funding to build or improve recreational boating facilities or need help removing an old vessel from your marina?
Learn how to access several state and federal grants that cover up to 75 percent of infrastructure and maintenance costs. The workshop will also discuss opportunities to leverage di...
The Mountain-Moving โMosquitoโ of Ocean Acidification
The Mountain-Moving โMosquitoโ of Ocean Acidification
Washington Sea Grantโs Meg Chadsey proves the power of one to mobilize action on a very big issue.
The Journal of Irreproducible Results once published a paper calculating how quickly the Pacific and Atlantic coasts ...
Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement
Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement
Meetings are held twice per year on the 2nd Friday in November and March in Astoria, OR.
Notice: Towlanes were updated on November 1, 2019. If you are using maps prior to that date you will need to download the most recent version.
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2018 Volume 2
2018 Volume 2
Summertime Crabbing
September 7, 2018
WSG Crab Team first piloted its monitoring protocols in August 2015, when 30 volunteers monitored 7 sites. This year, the program has grown to have 200 volunteers and 25 staff from partner agencies and area...
Exploration of Dungeness Watershed
Take a virtual tour through the different zones of the watershed and get to know our local flora and fauna with the Dungeness River Audubon Center. This course willย introduce students to some of the different challenges that our watershed faces, and will look at current restoration projects, as we...
Make Whale for Change: New Rules for Whale Watching in the Salish Sea
From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star
New research finds that rules to protect endangered southern resident killer whales could mean less demand for commercial whale watching โ but tour operators have options for making up the difference
Maddie Hansen, WSG Science Communications Fellow
The Salish Sea is a...