Shoreline Living and Restoration Outreach
Shoreline Living and Restoration
We also offer local activities and training on salmon and beach-naturalist and stewardship programming. Learn more in Ocean Learning.
Bivalves for Clean Water
Marine Water Quality Specialist, 206-54...
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Trophically Important Crustacean Zooplankton of Washington State
Acidification effects on crustacean zooplankton
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Trophically Important Crustacean Zooplankton of Washington State
Researchers quantified the differential growth and survival rates in acidified waters of zooplankton species that are fundamental to the marine ...
Project Administration
Project Administration
A. Project Oversight and Account Establishment
While Washington Sea Grant (WSG) receives funding from a number of federal and state sources, most of the fiscal resources that support its research program come from NOAA through grants to the University of Washington (UW). For t...
A Career Saving Seabirds
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
Looking back on the work of marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin upon his retirement
“I’ve never had an ornithology class in my life,” Ed Melvin confides on a sunny afternoon sitting by Seattle’s Portage Bay. For anyone familiar with Me...
Local and Coastal: Summer Bounty Salmon Burgers
July 31, 2020
By Abby Rogerson, WSG Student Assistant
Do you know who catches your fish? With how complicated seafood supply chains can be, it can be difficult to answer ‘yes’ to that question. Struggling to trace your fillet back to its source can be frustrating when trying to take advantag...
Rising Seas and a Plan to Deal with Climate Change
Rising Seas and a Plan to Deal with Climate Change
WSG’s Ian Miller helps the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe lead the way in climate planning.
Many native tribes in Washington are acutely exposed to the effects of climate change. From the Swinomish Reservation on Skagit Bay to...
WDFW, Washington Sea Grant promote #LocalWASeafood
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2020
Contact: Eryn Couch, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 360-890-6604 MaryAnn Wagner, Washington Sea Grant
Celebrate June 28 Ceviche Day with Local Washington Seafood
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Sea Grant...
2019 Volume 1
2019 Volume 1
The “Team” in Crab Team
June 3, 2019
It’s difficult to believe, but Washington Sea Grant Crab Team has officially launched our fifth year of monitoring. It’s easy for us to reflect on the number of green crab, monitoring...
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...
Seven Recent Graduates Selected for the 2022–2023 WSG Hershman Fellowship
September 28, 2022
Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Grace Adams, Abigail Ames, Monea Kerr, Kathryn Loy, Jenna Rolf, Harshitha Sai Viswanathan and Olivia Zimmerman have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2022...
Invasive Green Crab Found at Dungeness Spit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2017
Contact:
MaryAnn Wagner, Washington Sea Grant, 206-616-6353, maryannb@uw.edu
Allen Pleus, Aquatic Invasive Species Unit Lead, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, 360-902-2724, allen.pleus@dfw.wa.gov
Lorenz Sollmann, Deputy Project Leader, U.S. Fish &...
Rising Trend of Local Consumers Connect to Washington Seafood
October 2, 2020
Governor Jay Inslee proclaims October Seafood Month OLYMPIA / SEATTLE – Consumers have long had access to local Washington seafood through their favorite grocer or farmers’ market, but this October the state is celebrating Seafood Month by recognizing the growing trend to ...
Community Science Volunteers are as Important as Ever During the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 17, 2020
By Brandon McWilliams, WSG Science Communications Fellow
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...
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...