How to save the pinto abalone
New research informs future restoration efforts for endangered pinto abalone populations in the Pacific Northwest
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Emma Duckworth, WSG Science Communications Fellow
The pinto abalone is a crucial organism in Puget Sound. “They are the Roomba of the rocky intert...
The first Seaweed Knowledge Symposium covered the challenges and opportunities of a burgeoning field
December 5, 2023
Watch the video recordings of the December 2022 Seaweed Knowledge Symposium online
The seaweed of Puget Sound. Photo credit: Simone Alin
Seaweed aquaculture in Washington is a bit like the “Cheshire cat”: though there are a handful of commercial farms and restoration projects, a...
New staff: WSG welcomes Manya Chadha
March 4, 2024
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is pleased to welcome Manya Chadha as a new student assistant on the communications team.
In this role, Manya collaborates with the WSG communications team to manage and revamp WSG’s website, report communications and social media metrics and assist in int...
Twenty years of NOAA Science Camp
NOAA Science Camp has brought a breadth of marine programming to middle and high school students since 2003
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
Minutes away from Seattle’s Space Needle and skyscrapers, a pocket beach along the waterfront hosts an abundance of ...
The pulse of the ocean
UW and Smithsonian researchers develop DNA identification methods for monitoring Salish Sea planktonic communities
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Katalin Plummer, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Sometimes it’s the smallest living things that can tell us the most about the state of the...
Teri King starts a new chapter
December 6, 2023
After working at Washington Sea Grant (WSG) for more than 30 years, Teri King, aquaculture and marine water quality specialist, has moved on to her next chapter.
King joined WSG in 1990. Over the next three decades, she built an innovative program of outreach and technical assista...
Washington Sea Grant Receives Funding from The Builders Initiative to Support Restorative Aquaculture
January 26, 2022
Washington Sea Grant will use the $400,000 grant to further two key projects: the Cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative and the Washington Seaweed Collaborative
From tribal fishermen exercising their treaty fishing rights to oyster farmers in south Puget Sound, seafood ...
New staff: WSG welcomes Sanpisa Sritrairat
November 15, 2023
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to welcome Sanpisa Sritrairat as the new community engagement specialist.
Growing up on the coast of Thailand, Sanpisa developed a deep love for coastal ecosystems. She has dedicated her career to protecting these ecosystems and the communitie...
Washington Sea Grant in the News 2018
WSG in the News 2018
December 2018
Creation of new app allows citizens help clean up the waters of Puget Sound
The Daily Chronicle, December 31
Mobile app new tool for coastal observations
Peninsula Daily News, December 28
Ecological effects of wolf eradication to be discuessed in Jan. 8 lectur...
Self-Guided Field Trip Farm to Table: An Aquaculture Experience
Self-Guided Field Trip: Farm to Table – An Aquaculture Experience
WSG’s aquaculture technical assistance helps bring safe shellfish to award-winning Seattle restaurants.
Restaurant Tour – Hop in a car for a tour of Seattle’s best oyster bars, where you’ll taste fi...
New modeling tool shows impacts of sea level rise, coastal flooding to Whatcom County
February 27, 2024
Created by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and supported by Washington Sea Grant, the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) will soon be available for use across Washington state
From rising seas to eroding shorelines and more frequent, intense storms, the hazards faced...
CANCELLED: Discovery Park Birding Field Trip
In early spring our resident birds will begin to sing. Guided by Seattle Audubon, take a leisurely walk through forest, field and wetland habitats listening for resident birds and early migrants, and identifying them by their songs and calls. The focus of our morning will be on sharpening and expand...
Hanging by a Thread
Hanging by a Thread
Biologist Emily Carrington probes the secrets of the humble mussel’s powerful attachment, and how mussels will fare as sea chemistry changes.
By Elizabeth Cooney, WSG Communications Fellow
Carrington and Laura Newcomb, heading for the water.
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Hanging by a Thread
Biologist Emily Carrington probes the secrets of the humble mussel’s powerful attachment, and how mussels will fare as sea chemistry changes
By Elizabeth Cooney, WSG Communications Fellow, Washington Sea Grant
The unassuming but commercially valuable mussel dominates temperate seas worldwide, cli...