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• 2018 Volume 2
  2018 Volume 2 Summertime Crabbing September 7, 2018 WSG Crab Team first piloted its monitoring protocols in August 2015, when 30 volunteers monitored 7 sites. This year, the program has grown to have 200 volunteers and 25 staff from partner agencies and area...
• The Mussels Behind Community Science – Presentation
  Digital Cocktails and Fishtales  Mussels and Community Science Volunteers Help Monitor Pollution in Puget Sound Join Harbor WildWatch for an evening learning about how transplanted mussels are used to monitor pollution in the Puget Sound nearshore and how community science partners are essential in...
• 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. i...
• Outreach and Communications
  Outreach and Communications A primary goal of Washington Sea Grant (WSG) and the National Sea Grant College Program is to share knowledge developed for use in the marine and coastal environment. National policies and evaluation criteria provide strong incentives for WSG and other state programs to ...
• Marine Life
  Marine Life Washington’s waters are home to an extraordinary community of marine plants and animals, including legendary salmon runs and three pods of resident killer whales. The world’s largest octopus, starfish, moon snail, and burrowing clam all reside in Washington. But the regionâ€...
• Green Crab
  Invasive Green Crabs The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is considered one of the world’s worst invasive species. It has been present on the Washington coast since the late 1990’s, where its effects appear to have been minimal to date. However, due to a range expans...
• Home for Experiments
  A leader in research, outreach and education for nearly 50 years, Washington Sea Grant helps people understand and address the challenges facing Washington’s ocean and coasts. NEWS Events Funding opportunities Whatcom Water Week...
• Fisheries and Seafood
  Fisheries and Seafood Fishing and seafood have been part of the culture and commerce of Washington state for centuries. Washington’s traditions, expertise, resources, and location give it a pivotal place in the seafood economy of the entire Pacific Coast, from California to Alaska. Today,...
• Harmful Algal Blooms
  Harmful Algal Blooms Several species of single-celled algae growing in Washington produce potent toxins that can poison marine animals or become concentrated in shellfish and sicken, even kill, humans who eat them. Even when they don’t harm humans, toxic blooms can force costly shutdowns ...
• Ocean Acidification
  Ocean Acidification The oceans’ absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is causing fundamental changes in seawater chemistry. CO2 reacts with water to form carbonic acid, which makes seawater more acidic. This process, known as ocean acidification (or OA) ha...
• Crab Team Takes Willapa Bay by Storm: Part 3
  November 15, 2016 This series of three posts was originally written in August, but was pre-empted by the news of European green crab captures on San Juan Island and in Padilla Bay. Better late than never, here are our field notes on green crab trapping in Willapa Bay during August of this year. Re...
• 2019 Knauss Fellows Placed in Executive and Legislative Offices in Washington, D.C.
  December 10, 2018 Five University of Washington (UW) graduates have been selected for the 2019 class of the National Sea Grant College Program’s prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship to study, develop and implement policies that address ocean and coastal management issues. T...
• DEI Spotlight: Dominique Kone Reflects on his Experience as a Black, Gay Marine Ecologist
  June 26, 2020 As we have been reflecting on the recent killings of Black people, the ongoing civil unrest, and Pride Month—a tradition that stems from a riot led by Black transgender women in 1969—we wanted to spotlight a voice from the Black and LGBTQI+ communities. Black, Indigenous a...
• Impacts from the Summer 2021 Heatwave on Washington Shellfish
  July 21, 2021 Dead butter clams. Photo: Ron Carr The record-breaking heat that hit the Pacific Northwest from June 23 to 28, 2021, caused harm to many intertidal shellfish and invertebrate species on Washington beaches. On many beaches, species such as cockles, varnish clams, butter clams, and nativ...
• Moving Mountains: The Elwha River is still changing
  September 6, 2018 When the two dams on the Elwah River were removed starting in 2011, it was the world’s largest project of that kind. Years later, the now free-flowing river continues to mend and reshape its surrounding environments. A new study documenting the changes in sediment was publish...