Virtual Beach Seine Adventure
Ever wonder who’s living under the waves in Padilla Bay? Not ready for SCUBA? Join this online program with Padilla Bay staff. You’ll watch from your screen as they take our rowboat out into the eelgrass and pull a net through the water. You’ll help discover who was caught and lear...
River & Ocean Film Festival
The 7th Annual River and Ocean Film Festival will be presented as an online event this year. Starting in mid-September, three streaming episodes will be posted to Washington Sea Grant’s YouTube account for viewing from the comfort of your home, office, or anywhere you happen to be with your...
Geosciences Career Panel
Join an online event hosted by Texas A&M College of Geosciences to interact with a highly distinguished, professional geoscientist career panel to discuss their respective educational paths, the value of their degrees and the pursuit of their highly successful careers – GEOSCIENCES CAREER ...
WoW
Washington on Water
Washington on Water (WOW) is an online clearinghouse for K-12 educators seeking marine education resources throughout Washington – from interior watersheds to the outer coast. The goal of WOW is to help improve marine science literacy. Working with educators, scientists, indust...
Estuary Ecological Monitoring Presentation
Join Dr. Jenise Bauman of Western Washington University and Jeff Adams of Washington Sea Grant as they present their research findings of Harper Estuary. This important research has been conducted over the last two years and will help us understand what it means for future restoration opportunities ...
Sea Safety and Survival (Drill Instructor) Training in Westport Oct 14 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 23, 2022
Contact: Jenna Keeton (206) 543-7009, keetonj@uw.edu
Sea Safety and Survival (Drill Instructor) Training
Friday, October 14, 2022
Westport, WA
Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring a one-day Sea Safety and Survival Course (Drill Instructor) for commercial ...
Building Citizen Science With Volunteers As Partners: Part 1
2015 was a pilot year for Crab Team monitoring. Here, in a series of two posts, Natalie White, an undergraduate in the UW Program on the Environment Capstone Program, will share the work she did to understand the volunteer experience during our pilot year. In a third post, we’ll fill you in on...
Washington Sea Grant Hosts Workshop on Seaweed Farming
December 23, 2019
Seaweed has been receiving a lot of attention recently as the next sustainable superfood. Not only is it packed with micronutrients, but seaweed also absorbs carbon dioxide as it grows. This means cultivating seaweed alongside other marine species could help buffer vulnerable org...
Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop in Port Townsend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2020
CONTACTS: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu
Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop in Port Townsend
Learn to effectively treat hypothermia, near drowning and other incidents while on the water.
April 9, 2020
Washington Sea Grant, W...
State Shellfish Research Program
State Shellfish Research Program
Washington produces more oysters, geoduck, and other bivalves than any other state.
For over 40 years, WSG researchers and extension staff have supported economically and environmentally sustainable shellfish aquaculture industry in the state.
Ecology and Economi...
First Aid at Sea Workshop in Westport
Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring a one-day Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop for commercial fishermen and charter boat operators.
Topics covered include CPR, patient assessment, hypothermia, cold-water near-drowning, shock, trauma, burns, fractures, immobilization, first aid kits and ...
Fisheries Outreach
Fisheries
Brokering Lane Agreements Between Crabbers and Towboat Operators
Kevin Decker, Coastal Economist
In the late 1970s, conflicts between oceangoing tugs and commercial crabbers became a major problem in Washington, Oregon and California. Crab pots fouled...