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A Code to Crab By
March 13, 2023
Crab Team has come a long way since a handful of intrepid early-adopter volunteers put their boots in the mud for our pilot season in August 2015. Since that time, the network has:
Increased from 7 to 67 sites,
Expanded beyond the Salish Sea to include coastal estuaries,
Grown from...
Cool Critters: Opalescent Squid
June 25, 2021
Welcome to our Cool Critters series, where Marine Ecologist Jeff Adams shares the unique features of his favorite animals native to the Pacific Northwest. To wrap up Cephalopod Week, today’s Cool Critter is the Opalescent Squid!
The opalescent or market squid (Doryteuthis opalescen...
Shell Shocked: Exploring Ocean Acidification with EarthEcho Expeditions
Young people are today’s stakeholders and advocates for change. Using EarthEcho Expedition: Shell Shocked videos and project-based learning tools, educators can activate students’ critical thinking around this “wicked” global problem. This webinar will provide tools to embed best practices o...
Shellfish
Shellfish in Washington
Washington is the nation’s lead producer of farmed clams, oysters, and geoducks, with an estimated annual harvest worth more than $107 million. Nowhere else in the country can you find the abundance and variety of shellfish that we enjoy.
Shellfish have been a su...
1894
“The [Grays Harbor] district has been settled since 1855, and it is today one of the richest parts of the state of Washington”
Jones, 1894
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Is Waste From Historic Sawmills Toxic to Native Eelgrass?
While sawmills no longer operate on the same scale, these relics of Washington’s history are still impacting local ecosystems today, including the health of
Zostera marina, an eelgrass species native to Washington waters. Eelgrass is well known as an indicator of ecosystem health in the Salish Sea...
Free Online Crabbing Workshop
Want to learn more about crabbing in the Puget Sound? Need advice on how to set up your gear so you can catch more crab?
Join the Northwest Straits Foundation and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for a live virtual workshop! The program is free, but registration is required. The ...
Sea Level Rise King Tides
Sea Level Rise
We use naturally occurring king tides as a way to visualize what sea level rise will look like in our communities. The king tides of today will be our everyday high tides in the near future.
What is sea level rise?
Sea levels are rising due t...
WSG launches new Pumpout Washington website
April 6, 2023
Visit the redesigned website at pumpoutwashington.org
By Emma Duckworth, WSG Undergraduate Science Communications Fellow
As the weather continues to warm, Puget Sound boaters are gearing up for another beautiful season. Whether it be their first time on the water or their tenth season ...
Capturing an emerging invasion: Arrival of European green crab
After three decades on the coast, the globally-damaging invasive European green crab was first spotted on Washington’s inland shorelines in 2016. In other parts of the world where the crab has successfully invaded, it has harmed populations of native shellfish and other species and resulted in dam...
2020 UN Ocean Conference
The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is strengthening its efforts to mobilize, create and drive solutions to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. As one of the first milestones of UN Secretary-General Antonio...
New video: Seaweed farming in Washington waters
February 7, 2023
Meg Chadsey, WSG carbon specialist, talks with two emerging seaweed farmers on Vashon Island who have different approaches
By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Kelp aquaculture has many potential benefits to society. For example, it can provide habitat for m...