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Washington State Parks Free Day
Enjoy the beauty that Washington State parks have to offer today, no fee or discover pass necessary.
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All Pumped Up: Boaters Set New Record for Protecting Local Waters
March 29, 2016
Pumpout boats, public education, and collaboration with marinas divert 8 million gallons of onboard sewage to onshore treatment in 2015.
In 2014, Pumpout Washington, a joint project of Washington Sea Grant and Washington State Parks, helped divert a record 6 million gallons of raw sew...
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...
Pointing the Data Toward Prosperity
How the WSG Economic Dashboard helps coastal communities grow and flourish
From the winter 2020–2021 Sea Star print newsletter
By Brandon McWilliams, WSG Science Communications Fellow
While the population size of Grays Harbor County has remained remarkably stable over the past seven years...
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...
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...
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...
European Green Crab Status Update
June 29, 2018
The first half of the 2018 WSG Crab Team monitoring season is coming to a close, and with that comes a status update on European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea. Since April, live green crab or molts have been detected at five sites, two of which are new detection sites:
Map of...
Friday Harbor Labs: A Marine Biology Student’s Dream Educational Experience
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Helen Kesting, guest student writer
The author tasting a piece of seaweed. It was surprisingly spicy! Photo: Sanna Titus
Just 50 miles away from Seattle as the crow flies, the University of Washington runs a marine field station on San Juan Island ca...
First sighting of European green crab in inland Washington confirmed
September 2, 2016
Crab Team volunteers discovered the first confirmed sighting of a European green crab along inland Washington shorelines while conducting their regular monthly monitoring earlier this week.
Volunteers at Westcott Bay, on San Juan Island, discovered the large adult male in one of th...
Small Spills, Big Problems, Sound Solutions
July 25, 2016
To paraphrase an old saying, “There’s no use crying over spilled oil.” Yet many are concerned with oil pollution in Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands.
What people don’t realize is that the biggest source of spills so far in the region has not been tankers and freighters, ...
Green Crabs Have Arrived in Puget Sound: Are They Here to Stay?
Green Crabs Have Arrived in Puget Sound: Are They Here to Stay?
Washington Sea Grant’s monitoring program works to prevent invasive green crabs from establishing populations in Puget Sound
By Jasmine Prat, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Puget Sound shorelines are teem...
Washington State’s Boat Fleet
Washington State’s Boat Fleet – 2022
In 2022, the boat fleet decreased by 7,874 vessels. Altogether 237,493 vessels are currently registered in the State, placing demands on public and private boating infrastructure including marinas, mooring buoys, state marine parks, sea locks...
Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee
The WSG Advisory Committee provides general program oversight, direction, and advice. The Committee was first established in August 2006 with stakeholders and federal and state partners. The Committee was restructured in 2022 to better reflect the diverse stakehold...
Mobile App Helps Boaters Follow Puget Sound No Discharge Zone Rule
April 15, 2021
“Pumpout Nav” is a free, simple tool that helps boaters locate pumpout services and comply with the law.
Boating season is right around the corner, and knowing where to pumpout is important for following the Puget Sound No Discharge Zone (NDZ) Rule. In August 2020, Washin...