River & Ocean Film Festival
Save the Date for this year’s River and Ocean Film Festival
The 8th River and Ocean Film Festival is slated to return in 2024!
Save the date for October 18th at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks, for the 8th annual River and Ocean Film Festival. As always, t...
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...
ABYC Marine Systems Certification Course to be Offered Fall 2017
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2017
Contact:
Sandy Brown, American Boat and Yacht Council
410.990.4460 ext. 101 or sbrown@abycinc.org
ABYC Marine Systems Certification Course to be Offered Fall 2017
September 18-21, 2017
Get certified in marine systems in ABYC’s nationally-...
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...
Update on European Green Crab at Dungeness Spit
Header image: Allen Pleus (WDFW)
June 22, 2017
Four European green crab were captured at Dungeness Spit in early April – the third location in inland Washington where green crab have been found. Since the initial discovery 10 weeks ago, staff and volunteers from US Fish and Wildlife Service (U...
Make Whale for Change: New Rules for Whale Watching in the Salish Sea
From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star
New research finds that rules to protect endangered southern resident killer whales could mean less demand for commercial whale watching — but tour operators have options for making up the difference
Maddie Hansen, WSG Science Communications Fellow
The Salish Sea is a...
Sowing (Clam) Seed for the Indigenous Aquaculture Leaders of Tomorrow
From the winter 2021–2022 Sea Star print newsletter
How the Cross-Pacific Regional Collaborative Hub for Indigenous Aquaculture fosters student participation, research and communications
By MaryAnn Wagner, WSG Assistant Director for Communications
A participant of the Cross-Pacific Regional Coll...
27th Conference for Shellfish Growers (Virtual)
First convened by WSG in 1991, the Conference for Shellfish Growers brings together shellfish producers, researchers, students and managers from the Pacific Northwest to discuss pressing issues and relevant research on aquaculture. We look forward to another engaging and insightful conference this y...
CANCELED: 27th Conference for Shellfish Growers
It is with an abundance of caution that the director of Washington Sea Grant has decided to cancel the Conference for Shellfish Growers scheduled for March 9 and 10, 2020, in order not to risk anyone’s health and wellness given the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in our state.
As a program...
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...
Septic Care Workshop for Homeowners
Snohomish County is offering a FREE Septic Care Workshop for homeowners in July of 2021. This workshop will help you:
• Understand and protect your system
• Avoid expensive repairs
• Learn about septic care rebates, grants and affordable loans
• Learn when to hire and work with septic profes...
Tesla STEM High School Wins First Place at First-Ever Virtual Orca Bowl Competition
March 9, 2021
The Junior Olympics of Marine Science in the Northwest
Seattle, WA – On the first weekend of March 2021, 12 teams of high school students from across the state logged on to participate in the first-ever virtual Orca Bowl marine science competition. The teams were quizzed on the...
2020 Coastal Green Crab Update
December 16, 2020
As we hang up our hip boots to dry until next season (right next to the holiday lights, of course), it’s a good time to stop and reflect on what we were able to accomplish in a fleeting field season that was truly unlike any before it. In addition to our continued early detection...