Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Overview
The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity for soon-to-graduate or recently finished graduate students engaged in studies pertaining to ocean and coastal policy issues. This one-year, paid mar...
Protocol In Focus: Why do we use mackerel as bait?
September 10, 2018
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among sites, and track changes over time â even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to what we learn from the d...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Jania and Gene Panida
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October 26, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Janiaâs brother Steve Wilson is a fisherman who fishes out of La Push. Years ago, Steve began selling his fish at farmerâs markets in the Seattle and Tacoma areas under the name Wilson Fish. Eventually Jania and her husband Gene t...
WASI Case Studies
Washington Applied Sustainability Internship Program
The Washington Applied Sustainability Internship (WASI) program is a summer internship program designed to link dedicated engineering, chemistry, sustainability and environmental sciences students with business and industry...
Launching Collaborative Green Crab Management in Drayton Harbor (part 1)
July 2, 2020
Removal of European green crab in Drayton Harbor is now underway, thanks to the collaborative efforts of WSG, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), the Northwest Straits Commission (NWSC) and many other partners and stakeholders. This is the first of two posts on efforts to...
Washington Coast Shellfish Aquaculture Study
Washington Coast Shellfish Aquaculture Study
Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor are known for their ecological integrity, habitat values and water quality despite historic alterations to the bays and their watersheds. They are tremendously important to the conservation of fish, shorebirds a...
Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment
Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment
The purpose of this workshop was to identify the current state of knowledge regarding on-bottom intertidal aquaculture and its interactions with the environment. The goal was to identify the information and research needed for sustainable...
Videos of First WSG Shellfish Study Workshop Now Available Online
December 17, 2019
A ghost shrimp in Willapa Bay
Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor are home to some of the most productive oyster farms in the country, but in recent years these estuaries have been plagued by an active burrowing shrimp population that threatens much of coastal Washingtonâs oyster ground...
Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment: Survey of Research Needs
Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment: Survey of Research Needs
A survey was circulated in advance of the Northwest Workshop on Bivalve Aquaculture and the Environment that Washington Sea Grant convened in Seattle, WA in September 2007. Presentations during the workshop ident...
Looking Underwater to Uncover the Marine Environment of Shellfish Aquaculture
From the winter 2021â2022 Sea Star print newsletter
Researchers use Go-Pro cameras to document life beneath the surface on shellfish farms
By Hannah Jeffries, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Two Go-Pros poised to capture life beneath the surface. Photo: Bridget Ferriss
Shellfish growers spend co...
Gear, Not Geoducks, Impacts Ecosystem If Farming Increases
October 25, 2015
The equipment used to farm geoducks, including PVC pipes and nets, might have a greater impact on the Puget Sound food web than the addition of the clams themselves.
That’s one of the findings of the first major scientific study to examine the broad, long-term ecosystem effect...
Story of Simon the Salmon
Seagrass Wars: The Spots Awaken
Seagrass is under attack! Hit ‘play’ to learn more, then take the ‘Sequel Challenge’ (to the rightâ)
Oysters and SeagrassâGuardians of the Sea!
OystersâNature’s vacuum cleaners ...
In the Nick of time? An early detection and rapid assessment in Hood Canal
June 8, 2022
The amazing volunteers who make up Washington Sea Grantâs Crab Team have done it again, detecting a basketful of green crabs before they became a truckload. Part of what makes this event particularly significant is that itâs in Hood Canal, a basin of the Salish Sea where green crabs...