Northwest Curious: Meet the Authors of Heaven on the Half Shell
Meet the authors of Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest at this online event hosted by the King County Library System.
Fully updated and chock-full of “oysterabilia,” this book covers the rich history of our region’s beloved bivalve industry.
Th...
Shellfish
Shellfish in Washington
Washington is the nation’s lead producer of farmed clams, oysters, and geoducks, with an estimated annual harvest worth more than $107 million. Nowhere else in the country can you find the abundance and variety of shellfish that we enjoy.
Shellfish have been a su...
NOAA National Sea Grant Awards Washington Sea Grant Over 1 Million in Aquaculture Grants
September 19, 2019
NOAA National Sea Grant office announced today a suite of federal funding awards in aquaculture, with three of them going to Washington Sea Grant. The four awards, totaling $1,980,133, will support aquaculture research projects and collaborative programs aimed at advan...
Washington Sea Grant in the News
Washington Sea Grant in the News
April 2024
Trapping for harmful green crab continues in Grays Harbor, elsewhere
The Daily World, April 16
Eye on Business: This week’s meetings
Peninsula Daily News, April 13
A farm off Lummi Island grows its crops underwater
King5, April 11
In the Ma...
Seaweed Farming in WA: Intensive Training
This intensive training is for people seriously interested in seaweed in Washington State. This 3 to 4-day training will be held in the Seattle area, beginning on February 3rd, 2020. Participation is by application only.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE by 5PM on JANUARY 10, 2020. Click here to access the onlin...
“What We Love To Do”: NOAA Science Camp Creatively Immerses Kids in Marine Science
From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star
In the third consecutive summer of pandemic-related closures, NOAA Science Camp brought new programming to the beach during an extreme low tide
By Ashli Blow, WSG Science Communications Specialist
When Puget Sound receded during an extreme low tide in June, Maile Sull...
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...
Sea Safety and Survival Training in Westport
Learn emergency drills for commercial fishing vessels
Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring a one-day Sea Safety & Survival (Drill Instructor) Course for commercial fishermen and charter boat operators.
This Coast Guard approved workshop meets the training requirements of the Commercial Fishing Saf...
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 ...
Molt Search
Molt Search
The emerging invasion by European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) threatens marine resources in Washington. Early detection of small populations gives us the best chance to reduce the spread and impact of this globally damaging invasive species.
Wa...
Witness Washington’s Highest Tide of the Year in Anacortes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2017
CONTACTS
Bridget Trosin, WSG Coastal Policy Specialist, bemmett@uw.edu
MaryAnn Wagner, WSG Communications, maryannb@uw.edu
Witness Washington’s Highest Tide of the Year in Anacortes
Meet a Washington Sea ...
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...
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...
Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s 5th Science Symposium
Our partner in regional science, NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center, will host the 5th annual Science Symposium, a two-day event to showcase fisheries and ecosystem science and to foster collaboration among scientists.
WSG Social Scientist, Melissa Poe, will present results from a recen...