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Orca Bowl: A Gateway to a World of Water
The dryland underdogs in this year’s high school ocean-sciences tournament beat the odds with upbeat attitude.
“We live in a world of water,” Dean Lisa Graumlich proclaimed, welcoming high school students, teachers, families and fans, together with UW scientists and other volunteers, to...
Is Ocean Acidification Taking a Toll on Salmon?
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2017
CONTACT:
Meg Chadsey, Ocean Acidification Specialist, Washington Sea Grant: 206-616-1538 or mchadsey@uw.edu
Brett Veerhusen, Principal, Ocean Strategies and Communications; Consultant, United Fishermen of Alaska’s Salmon Habitat Information Progr...
Media Releases
Media Releases
2024
Washington’s Clean Marina Program celebrates Leschi and Lakewood Marinas’ Clean Marina Certification, July 15
Mobile pumpout boats gain popularity, continue to expand throughout Puget Sound, May 1
Calling all filmmakers: Entries sought for th...
WASI Case Studies
Washington Applied Sustainability Internship Program
The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program is a summer internship program designed to link dedicated engineering, chemistry, sustainability and environmental sciences students with business and industry...
Pumping Up a New Record: 10 Million Gallons of Sewage Diverted from Washington Waters in 2016
May, 2017
Washington Clean Vessel Act Program Prevents Sewage from Affecting State Waters
Pumpout boats, public education and collaboration with marinas divert 10 million gallons of onboard sewage to onshore treatment.
In 2016, the Washington Clean Vessel Act, a joint program of Washington ...
Protocol in Focus: Male or Female?
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn from the data. Proto...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Hazel Secor from Cape Flattery Fishermen’s Co-Op
April 29, 2022
By Benjamin Haagen, Science Communications Fellow
Hazel Secor has been working as manager of the Cape Flattery Fisherman’s Co-op in Neah Bay, Washington since 2014, supporting the local fishing industry and working with fishers to process and distribute seafood to communities aroun...
Mobile pumpout boats gain popularity, continue to expand throughout Puget Sound
May 1, 2024
Mobile pumpout boats improve water quality in the Puget Sound and provide options for recreational boaters with bilges.
Puget Sound — Options for recreational boaters to pump out boat sewage safely and efficiently are expanding throughout Puget Sound as the number of traveling “p...
Fisheries Outreach
Fisheries
Brokering Lane Agreements Between Crabbers and Towboat Operators
Jenna Keeton, Fisheries Specialist
In the late 1970s, conflicts between oceangoing tugs and commercial crabbers became a major problem in Washington, Oregon and California. Crab pots fou...
Sustainability Film Series: “The Salmon Coast” and “Plastic Free Salish Sea”
The Combined Fund Drive team is partnering with the Tower Green Team to host a film series on topics of sustainability and features a local environmental nonprofit leading a lively discussion. Popcorn sale – $1 bag – will benefit the featured charity at the event! Free admission and open to all ...
Summer 2016
Summer 2016
Crab Team Grows in 2016!
May 11th, 2016
The Crab Team was very busy over the winter gearing up for major growth. We logged a lot of miles cruising all over Puget Sound, the Strait, and the San Juan Islands to peruse shoreline, and get the word o...
2020 Coastal Green Crab Update
December 16, 2020
As we hang up our hip boots to dry until next season (right next to the holiday lights, of course), it’s a good time to stop and reflect on what we were able to accomplish in a fleeting field season that was truly unlike any before it. In addition to our continued early detection...
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...
Environmental DNA (Part 4): The Vashon Island Mystery
September 26, 2022
This is the fourth and final in a series of posts on a Crab Team project to develop environmental DNA (eDNA) for use in early detection and management of European green crab. Links to the previous posts are found in the text below.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has recently gained atte...
Crab Team Takes Willapa Bay by Storm: Part 2
November 8, 2016
This series of three posts was originally written in August, but was pre-empted by the news of European green crab captures on San Juan Island and in Padilla Bay. Better late than never, here are our field notes on green crab trapping in Willapa Bay during August of this year. Rea...