CANCELLED: Super Saturday
SEA Discover Center hosts story time, engaging hands-on activities, a craft and view of the aquarium for families interested in marine life! Check out some of the upcoming session themes:
Saturday, February 8, 2020- The Wonder of Whales
Saturday, March 14, 2020- Echinoderms
Saturday, April 11...
SEA Discovery Center “Discovery Days”
SEA Discovery Center welcomes 5-12 year olds and their guardians to enjoy story time, learning through exploration and discovery, and creating special art projects to take home. Each Tuesday will have a different topic, so join us for one or more!
Registration required, $10/child.
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Crab Team Welcomes Program Coordinator
April 9, 2020
Dear Crab Team enthusiasts, I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Crab Team coordinator. During these unusual times, I know that many of us are striving to fill our days with meaning and more time outdoors. Once it is safe to do so, I look forward to doing both in the name of C...
DEI Spotlight: Dominique Kone Reflects on his Experience as a Black, Gay Marine Ecologist
June 26, 2020
As we have been reflecting on the recent killings of Black people, the ongoing civil unrest, and Pride Month—a tradition that stems from a riot led by Black transgender women in 1969—we wanted to spotlight a voice from the Black and LGBTQI+ communities. Black, Indigenous a...
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...
WSG Email Newsletters
WSG Email Newsletters Archive
July 2024: Dr. Terrie Klinger starts as WSG faculty director; Remembering Bob Goodwin; origins of NOAA Science Camp
June 2024: Mobile pumpout boats gain in popularity in Puget Sound; Molt Blitz and Molt Search training; welcoming new staff and student assistan...
Sea School
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Sea School
An initiative to provide vocational training for maritime careers.
Principal Investigator
Brandi Bednarik, Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Co-Principal Investigators
Caitlin Stanton, Operations Director, Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Hali Boyd, Social ...
2022 Volume 1
2022 Volume 1
A Green Crab Emergency
August 17, 2022
As the long radio silence might imply, things have been busy since our last newsletter in the fall of 2021. Last winter, several emergency declarations related to green crab, including Lummi Nation, Shoalw...
Fall 2017
Fall 2017
Wrapping up a busy year
November 21st, 2017
The 2017 Crab Team sampling season has officially concluded, and We – with a capital “W”, inclusive of the whole community of Crab Team volunteers, partners, cheerleaders and staff – can b...
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...
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Acidification
The oceans’ absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is causing fundamental changes in seawater chemistry. CO2 reacts with water to form carbonic acid, which makes seawater more acidic. This process, known as ocean acidification (or OA) ha...
WSG’s Meg Chadsey on the Impacts of Ocean Acidification to Seafood Security in Puget Sound
August 8, 2019
Last month WSG’s Meg Chadsey spoke to the Van Alen Climate Council — a group of built environment designers — about ocean acidification’s impacts to local seafood
Meg Chadsey, WSG Ocean Acidification Specialist. Photo by Marina Piedade, Van Alen
With bustling waterfronts, f...
Unique Washington
Our Unique Northwest
Washingtonians have a deep, passionate relationship with their state’s rich coastal ecology and matchless marine resources. Geology, climate, ocean currents, biological evolution, human history, and social adaptation converge to create a physical, cultural, and economic s...