Chinese Mitten Crab
Chinese Mitten Crab Facts
What is the Chinese Mitten Crab?
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is a burrowing crab whose native distribution is the coastal rivers and estuaries of the Yellow Sea in Korea and China. It has recently become established on the west coast of the U.S. in the San...
Olympic OA Regional Vulnerability Assessment
The Olympic Coast as a Sentinel – Tribal Communities at the Forefront of Ocean Change
Indigenous people have depended on Olympic Coast marine species for their livelihoods, food security and cultural practices for thousands of years. Today, these species—and the triba...
Director’s Note: Washington Sea Grant’s Response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020
Russell Callender, WSG Director
COVID-19 is clearly impacting all of us. Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is no exception. We have worked hard to heed the rapidly evolving guidance coming from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Governor’s office and the Uni...
Budget News from Washington D.C.
March 18, 2019
Update on Sea Grant Funding for Fiscal Year 2020 from the WSG Director
Dear Friends,
With vocal support from our many stakeholders, the National Sea Grant College Program was reinstated in the federal budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2019 was ...
Crew School
“Crew School” is designed to provide fundamental commercial fishing crew member training; in the classroom, aboard commercial fishing vessels and in the historic Ancich Netshed on Gig Harbor’s waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...
Crew School
“Crew School” is designed to provide fundamental commercial fishing crew member training; in the classroom, aboard commercial fishing vessels and in the historic Ancich Netshed on Gig Harbor’s waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...
Crew School
“Crew School” is designed to provide fundamental commercial fishing crew member training; in the classroom, aboard commercial fishing vessels and in the historic Ancich Netshed on Gig Harbor’s waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...
Crew School
“Crew School” is designed to provide fundamental commercial fishing crew member training; in the classroom, aboard commercial fishing vessels and in the historic Ancich Netshed on Gig Harbor’s waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...
MarineWeatherWorkshop_Dec42021
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2021
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu
MARINE WEATHER WORKSHOP
Learn to read the weather before you head out on the water.
Port Townsend, WA – Washington Sea Grant, WSU Jefferson County Extension and the Port of Port T...
Diesel Engine Troubleshooting and Maintenance Workshop Port Hadlock June 5 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2021
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu
Diesel Engine Troubleshooting and Maintenance Workshop in Port Hadlock
For commercial fishermen and recreational boaters
Saturday, June 5
Washington Sea Grant, WSU Jefferson County Extension and the Northwest ...
Conservation Needs to be About People, Too
NEWS RELEASE
JUNE 21, 2017
CONTACT: Melissa Poe, Social Scientist, Washington Sea Grant at 206-685-8209 or email mpoe@uw.edu
Conservation Needs to be About People, Too
The book Conservation in the Anthropocene Ocean is an interdisciplinary guide for reframing conservati...
Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop in Gig Harbor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2021
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, Washington Sea Grant: 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu
Coast Guard-Approved First Aid at Sea Workshop in Gig Harbor
Learn to effectively treat hypothermia, near drowning and other incidents while on the water.
May 7, 2021
Washington Sea...