Crab Team Reports
Crab Team Reports
Scientific Publication: Larval Dispersal Pathways
April 2024 – A series of particle-tracking model simulations were carried out by researchers (including Crab Team’s Emily Grason and P. Sean McDonald!) to understand possible pathways of EGC lar...
River & Ocean Film Festival
Film Submissions Wanted!
The 8th River and Ocean Film Festival is slated to return in 2024!Â
Save the date for TWO showings of the festival this year: July 26th in Port Angeles AND October 18th in Forks. As always, the River and Ocean Film Festival will bring you a c...
April 2022 Sea Safety Trainings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 9, 2022
CONTACT: Jenna Keeton, Washington Sea Grant: (206) 543-7009, keetonj@uw.edu
Sea Safety and Survival Trainings in Ilwaco and Westport
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Learn emergency drills for commercial fishing vessels
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Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring two one-day Sea Safety & ...
European Green Crab
Invasive European Green Crab
The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is a small shore crab whose native distribution is in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea, ranging along coasts from northern Africa to Norway and Iceland. The crab is an effective predator, adept at opening biva...
Community Science Volunteers are as Important as Ever During the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 17, 2020
By Brandon McWilliams, WSG Science Communications FellowÂ
WSG Crab Team volunteers sweep Penn Cove for a trap.
On a normal spring day along the Puget Sound, chances are good that one of the people enjoying the coast is also doing scientific research. Many projects at Washington Sea Gr...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Jania and Gene Panida
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October 26, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Jania’s brother Steve Wilson is a fisherman who fishes out of La Push. Years ago, Steve began selling his fish at farmer’s markets in the Seattle and Tacoma areas under the name Wilson Fish. Eventually Jania and her husband Gene t...
Good News for Water Quality
New pumpout boat services expand this summer in South Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands
July 20, 2021
It will now be easier for recreational boaters to safely pump out vessel sewage and keep Washington’s waters clean with an expansion of mobile pumpout services in South Puget Sound and the ...
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...
Samantha Larson
Samantha Larson
Science Writer
Expertise
Writing and reporting
Editing
Media relations
Samantha joined Washington Sea Grant in May 2017. As the WSG science writer, Samantha helps bring the organization’s work to the public by writing and editing content that ranges fr...
Northwest Curious: Meet the Authors of Heaven on the Half Shell
Meet the authors of Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest at this online event hosted by the King County Library System.
Fully updated and chock-full of “oysterabilia,” this book covers the rich history of our region’s beloved bivalve industry.
Th...
Chinese Mitten Crab
Chinese Mitten Crab Facts
What is the Chinese Mitten Crab?
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is a burrowing crab whose native distribution is the coastal rivers and estuaries of the Yellow Sea in Korea and China. It has recently become established on the west coast of the U.S. i...
Molt Search
Molt Search
The emerging invasion by European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) threatens marine resources in Washington. Early detection of small populations gives us the best chance to reduce the spread and impact of this globally damaging invasive species.
Wa...
Seaweed Farming Introductory Workshop
Seaweed Farming Introductory Workshop
This one-time event was held on November 20, 2019. There are currently no plans to offer a second workshop.
Washington kelp farmer Joth Davis (photo: Puget Sound Restoration Fund)
This free online workshop provided participants with an overview of se...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Mike Cornman of Westport Seafood
August 30, 2022
By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications FellowÂ
A Westport Seafood fishing vessel. Photo credit: Michael Bruce
Mike Cornman, owner of Westport Seafood and Merino’s Seafood Market, was destined to work a career connected to the ocean. Cornman grew up in Westport, Washington ...