Bellingham Dockside Market
Bellingham SeaFeast has joined forces with local fishermen, the Port of Bellingham, and the Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County to launch Bellingham Dockside Market.
Bellingham Dockside Market serves as the hub for local fishermen in and out of Squalicum Harbor to sell their catch and h...
Wooden Boat Festival-canceled
The 45th Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend is the largest wooden boat festival in North America, the place where kids and adults alike experience the magic of getting on the water, the beauty of wooden boats, and the richness of our maritime culture. Learn from the experts, swap stories with fel...
Local and Coastal: Fisherman’s Grilled Salmon + BONUS RECIPE
September 4, 2021
By Abby Rogerson, WSG Student Assistant
Robert Sudar landed his first salmon fishing gig thanks to his grandfather, who had been fishing commercially since the end of World War II. Fresh out of high school, he worked on purse seiners in the San Juans, catching pink and sockeye sal...
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Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Pete Knutson
October 19, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Pete Knutson owns Loki Fish Company, a family business. He fishes mostly salmon, with a bit of halibut on the side. He’s the director of the Puget Sound Harvester’s Association, an industry group that represents non-treaty comme...
How Your Sunscreen Harms Water Quality
August 20, 2019
The products we use on our skin, hair, and nails can cause harm to the animals and people that depend on healthy local waters.
While you’re washing away the lingering sunscreen from the last beach day of summer, you’re probably reminiscing about carefree time with family and frie...
Looking Back on 50 Years: Longtime WSG Staff Reflect on Their Work
From the winter 2021–2022 Sea Star print newsletter
In honor of the program’s golden anniversary, we asked four current and former staff to reflect on what they have accomplished here
By Grace Freeman, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Based in Seattle and housed within the University of Washin...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Amy Grondin
October 12, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Amy Grondin is a salmon fisherman and a sustainable seafood consultant. She owns Duna Fisheries, LLC with her business partner and husband Greg Friedrichs. When they’re not fishing on F/V Arminta, their 48-foot wooden fishing b...
National Marine Educators Association Conference in Bellingham
Strait to Sound: Gathering at the Salish Sea
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY • BELLINGHAM, WA
IN PERSON + ONLINE
Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators (NAME) is excited to be the host for the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) 2023 annual conference—a special event that brings togethe...
WSG in the News 2020
WSG in the News 2020
December 2020
What causes king tides and where to see otters in the wild in Washington
The Seattle Times, December 10
Witness King Tides and help build a picture of the future
The Wahkiakum County Eagle, December 10
Head outdoors this holiday season to witness king tides an...
Washington Coast Shellfish Study
Contact: coastshellfishstudy@uw.edu
Working with Southwest Washington shellfish growers, WSG is leading a three-year, multi-partner, applied research project to assist planning and collaboration amongst tideland managers, owners and regulators in the coastal communities of Wi...
National Invasive Species Awareness Week
National Invasive Species Awareness Week is a nationwide event occurring in the spring to raise awareness of the threat of invasive species are and what people can do to prevent their spread. Representatives from local, state, and regional organizations gather in Washington, D.C. in late February to...
Building Citizen Science With Volunteers As Partners: Part 2
2015 was a pilot year for Crab Team monitoring. This is the second of two post in which, Natalie White, an undergraduate in the UW Program on the Environment Capstone Program, shares her work to understand the volunteer experience during our pilot year. In a third post, we’ll fill you in on ho...
2019 WSG Outreach Workshop
WSG is hosting an Outreach Workshop to brief potential PIs on the Sea Grant program, introduce WSG staff and facilitate collaborative and innovative plans for outreach and engagement.
Investigators are strongly encouraged to attend.
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