Crab Team’s Rapid Response: Day 1
September 12, 2016
Emily preps bait for trapping response on the FHL docks.
Emily here, writing from beautiful Friday Harbor Labs after our first full field day on San Juan Island as part of our rapid response effort. Following the Westcott Bay Crab Team volunteer capture of an adult male green cra...
Trapping for European Green Crab on Whidbey Island
October 12, 2017
The crew prepares to deploy traps at Lagoon Point. L-R Crab Team Lead, Jeff Adams; Volunteers Debra Paros, Michael Anderson, Kes Tautvydas, and Charlie Seablom. (Photo: E. Grason)
Following the recent capture of a single European green crab at Lagoon Point, on Whidbey Island (read m...
Sowing (Clam) Seed for the Indigenous Aquaculture Leaders of Tomorrow
From the winter 2021â2022 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...
Crew School
“Crew School” is designed to provide fundamental commercial fishing crew member training; in the classroom, aboard commercial fishing vessels and in the historic Ancich Netshed on Gig Harborâs waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...
CORRECTION: First European Green Crab Confirmed in Port Angeles
February 5, 2018: CORRECTION
Since this report was made, we have determined that the evidence originally submitted of the crab’s identity was not verifiable as a direct observation of the crab. Because European green crab is currently very rare in Washington’s Salish Sea, the majority of...
Who Will Rescue the Rescuers?
Who Will Rescue the Rescuers?
Washington Sea Grant alerts the Coast Guardâs first responders to the critical danger they will face when a tsunami strikes.
Coast Guard airmen and seamen muster to hear Ian Miller share some inconvenient truths about tsunami dangers.
It was a crisp, bright ...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Hazel Secor from Cape Flattery Fishermenâs Co-Op
April 29, 2022
By Benjamin Haagen, Science Communications Fellow
Hazel Secor has been working as manager of the Cape Flattery Fishermanâs Co-op in Neah Bay, Washington since 2014, supporting the local fishing industry and working with fishers to process and distribute seafood to communities aroun...
A Career Saving Seabirds
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
Looking back on the work of marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin upon his retirement
âIâve never had an ornithology class in my life,â Ed Melvin confides on a sunny afternoon sitting by Seattleâs Portage Bay. For anyone familiar with Me...
Good News for Water Quality
New pumpout boat services expand this summer in South Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands
July 20, 2021
It will now be easier for recreational boaters to safely pump out vessel sewage and keep Washingtonâs waters clean with an expansion of mobile pumpout services in South Puget Sound and the ...
New Staff: WSG Welcomes Chandler Countryman
April 3, 2023
We are thrilled to welcome Chandler Countryman as the new resilience and adaptation specialist at Washington Sea Grant.
In this role, Chandler works with communities in the South Puget Sound area and along Washingtonâs coast to advance efforts related to coastal hazards and climate r...
New staff: WSG welcomes communications specialist Hannah Shelly
September 29, 2023
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is thrilled to welcome Hannah Shelly as the communications specialist.
In this role, they collaborate with the WSG communications team and play an integral role in coordinating projects, supporting ongoing outreach efforts, social media and website manag...
“What We Love To Do”: NOAA Science Camp Creatively Immerses Kids in Marine Science
From the Autumn 2022 Sea StarÂ
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...
Diesel Engine Troubleshooting Maintenance Workshop in Gig Harbor – Dec. 18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 30, 2018
CONTACT: Sarah Fisken, 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu
Diesel Engine Troubleshooting and Maintenance Workshop in Gig Harbor
Learn techniques to prevent common problems!
Washington Sea Grant and the Gig Harbor Boat Shop are co-sponsoring a Diesel Engine Troubles...