Preschool-Kindergarten Science Club Online
Enjoy story time, discovery activities, and making crafts on Thursdays 10 – 10:30 a.m. with SEA Discovery Center. Register for all or any of the following courses:
June 25, 2020: ABCs of the Intertidal Zone
July 2, 2020: B is for Birds
July 9, 2020: C is for Crabs
July 16, 2020: D is for Di...
Free Online Crabbing Workshop
Want to learn more about crabbing in the Puget Sound? Need advice on how to set up your gear so you can catch more crab?
Join the Northwest Straits Foundation and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for a live virtual workshop! The program is free, but registration is required. The ...
Creating a Wildlife Habitat Garden – Online Class
If you’ve been dreaming of a garden that attracts and nurtures songbirds, beneficial insects, and other wildlife, this class will help you make that dream a reality. You will learn a step-by-step method of choosing plants and other features that fit your site and fulfill the daily needs of wildlif...
Online Class: How to Identify Seabirds of Puget Sound
In this class offered by the Seattle Audubon Society, you will discover how to separate a Rhinoceros Auklet from a Pigeon Guillemot, a Double-crested Cormorant from a Brandt’s Cormorant, a Horned Grebe from a Red-necked Grebe, and a Common Loon from a Pacific Loon. We will also discuss diving duck...
Online Cocktails & Fishtales
Join Harbor WildWatch on Facebook LIVE to learn about Washington’s only native oyster and if it is making a come-back in the south Puget Sound. Dr. Mike Behrens, professor at Pacific Lutheran University and Harbor WildWatch’s Science Advisor, will present about our findings regarding Pac...
Online STEM Workshop
Join Harbor WildWatch’s Science Specialist Stena for an interactive, Facebook LIVE lesson about the rock cycle. Gather up the supplies below beforehand, and tune in at 2 p.m. on Harbor WildWatch’s main Facebook page. Interaction highly encouraged!
Supplies:
Starbursts (or other taffy l...
Online STEM Workshop
Seastar wasting syndrome has impacted seastar populations along the west coast of North America. Join Harbor WildWatch’s Science Specialist Stena for an interactive, Facebook LIVE lesson to learn more about seastar wasting syndrome and join us for a virtual seastar survey. Gather up the suppl...
Crab Team Highlights from the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference – Part 1
April 26, 2018
Between April 4th and 6th hundreds of scientists, managers, and policymakers descended upon the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle for the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. From salmon and orcas to microplastics and harmful algal blooms, presentations at the co...
From boat to plate
The newly revised Seafood Direct Marketing Manual helps seafood harvesters dive into direct-to-consumer sales
From the Winter 2024-2025 Sea Star
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Communications Project Coordinator
The newly revised Sixth Edition Seafood Direct Marketing Manual. Photo courtesy of Oregon Sea Gran...
WSG Response to COVID-19
Updated September 20, 2021
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact all aspects of society, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has been mobilizing its resources to support communities and stakeholders across the state:
USDA Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program
The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS...
2022 European Green Crab Wrap Up: Inland sites
December 31 2022
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to quantify green crab efforts and numbers to understand status and trends. Suffice to say that any way you slice it, any way you define and quantify metrics, 2022 was a big year in Washington for European green crab management. With the lau...
Shellfish
Shellfish in Washington
Washington is the nation’s lead producer of farmed clams, oysters, and geoducks, with an estimated annual harvest worth more than $107 million. Nowhere else in the country can you find the abundance and variety of shellfish that we enjoy.
Shellfish have been a su...
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...
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
Learn emergency drills for commercial fishing vessels
Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring two one-day Sea Safety & ...
Selling your catch: Sea Grant programs release new edition of direct marketing guide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 22, 2018
CONTACT:
Paula Dobbyn, Alaska Sea Grant, 907-274-9698, paula.dobbyn@alaska.edu
MaryAnn Wagner, Washington Sea Grant, 206-616-6353, maryannb@uw.edu
Selling your catch: Sea Grant programs release new edition of
direct marketing guide
The Sea Grant programs in...