Congratulations, Washington Boaters!
Congratulations, Washington Boaters!
Twenty-fourteen was a record year for the Washington State Parks Clean Vessel Program and Washington Sea Group’s Pumpout Washington campaign. They helped boaters and marinas divert nearly 6.1 million gallons of onboard sewage from the...
Pacific County Retail Hospitality Event
Kevin Decker, of Washington Sea Grant, will be on hand to present information on the impact of tourism on the Washington Coast and in Pacific County; discuss tourism in terms of output, jobs and wages; to explain external demand; and talk about the new $0.01 tax in Pacific County, as well as answeri...
NOAA Fisheries: 2020 Groundfish Seminar Series
Wes Larson, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Genomics, Transcriptomics, and eDNA – OH MY! How can advances in
these fields help answer your crab and groundfish research questions?
The genomic revolution has
prompted major advances in
genetics research that can be
leveraged to answer myri...
Anti-Racism Resources
Anti-Racism Resources
June 8, 2020; Updated March 19, 2021
As said in our statement of solidarity with the Black community and our statement of solidarity with the AAPI community, as individuals and as an organization we are working to identify how we have participated in the systemic rac...
Environmental DNA (Part 1): Green Crab Monitoring 2.0?
February 24, 2022
Early detection is one of the best ways to thwart an invasive species, but trying to find some of the first individuals to arrive in a new habitat is no easy task. WSG Crab Team built a monitoring network to meet this challenge: by using multiple search methods and finely tuning th...
Heaven on the Half Shell – Arcata, CA
Author and Naturalist David George Gordon will give a talk about his updated book, Heaven on the Half Shell, published by the University of Washington Press in partnership with Washington Sea Grant. The book is a thoroughly researched history of the Pacific Northwest oyster. Starting with the earlie...
King Tides Provide a Window into the Future of Washington Shorelines
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Andrew Chin, WSG Science Communications Fellow
On a quiet day in Oak Harbor last January, the surface of Puget Sound was as smooth as glass. The water gently reflected the winter sun as 45 pairs of eyes watched the tide slowly overtake the shoreline,...
Crab Team Welcomes Zach Bengtsson as Student Assistant
May 23, 2024
This winter, WSG Crab Team was joined by a second graduate student assistant, Zach Bengtsson. Zach is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at UW’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences researching stress responses of marine invertebrates. We asked Zach to share some of his story with us to i...
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King Tides Viewing Party in Oak Harbor
King tides are the annual extreme-high tides that occur whenever the moon is closest to Earth. They are a dramatic feature of Washington winters – and a glimpse of what our future in Western Washington may look like as sea levels rise. A public event in Oak Harbor on Friday, Jan. 25, presented by ...
Environmental Justice Speaker Series
The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington is excited to launch their Fall Quarter Environmental Justice Speakers Series.
The series this quarter features a variety of speakers all of whom will address unique aspects of environmental justice from their work, res...
Padilla Bay: Introduction to Invasive Green Crabs
(Bayview, WA) European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) have invaded nearly every temperate marine habitat worldwide. Though they have been found on the outer coast of Washington and Vancouver Island, B.C. since the late 1990s, they are continuing to expand their range, and are now poised to enter Was...
Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Dawn Ruquet of Taylor Shellfish Farms
September 6, 2023
A story of community, connection and, of course, oysters
By Katalin Plummer, WSG Science Communications Fellow
When I first sat down with Dawn Ruquet in the Taylor Shellfish restaurant located in Pioneer Square, Seattle, she assured me that her story was ordinary, nothing to write ...
FISH 2.0 U.S. Aquaculture Workshop – in Seattle
Fish 2.0, the global community for seafood innovators, is holding a two-day workshop for U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii aquaculture businesses April 30–May 1, 2019, at the University of Washington in Seattle. The program culminates with a pitch and networking session at the World Trade Center...
The Edge of the Sea: Scales of Change on Olympic Coast Beaches
Washington Sea Grant’s coastal hazards specialist, Dr. Ian Miller, will be presenting as part of the Olympic National Park’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series. His talk, “The Edge of the Sea: Scales of Change on Olympic Coast Beaches” will cover his recent studies on Rialto and Ka...