Rising Seas and a Plan to Deal with Climate Change
Rising Seas and a Plan to Deal with Climate Change
WSG’s Ian Miller helps the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe lead the way in climate planning.
Many native tribes in Washington are acutely exposed to the effects of climate change. From the Swinomish Reservation on Skagit Bay to...
Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
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onservation is a never-ending battle against collective amnesia. As living resources are consumed or extinguished, baselines shift. Past abundance is forgotten, and new generations adjust to a diminished new normal.
A case in point is the forage fishes that are foundations of the marine ...
Winter 2017 Sea Star
Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
WSG researcher Lorenz Hauser leads a binational, multidisciplinary investigation into the decline of the North Pacific’s little big fish.
Conservation is a never-ending battle against collective amn...
Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
Elder Memories, Ancient DNA and the Fate of the Herring
WSG researcher Lorenz Hauser leads a binational, multidisciplinary investigation into the decline of the North Pacific’s little big fish.
Conservation is a never-ending battle against collective amnesia. As living...
2021 Volume 2
2021 Volume 2
Five Years Later
November, 2021
It’s been a little over five years since the first capture of invasive European green crab along Washington’s inland shorelines. As we look back at how much we’ve learned since this capture, we ...
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...
Rising Trend of Local Consumers Connect to Washington Seafood
October 2, 2020
Governor Jay Inslee proclaims October Seafood Month OLYMPIA / SEATTLE – Consumers have long had access to local Washington seafood through their favorite grocer or farmers’ market, but this October the state is celebrating Seafood Month by recognizing the growing trend to ...
Crab Team Highlights from the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference – Part 2
April 27, 2018
Yesterday’s blog post covered the highlights from the first green crab special session at the 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Today, we’ll break down the second special session that focused on management of invasive European green crab and provide some reflections ...
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...
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...
First pumpout station in two decades opens on Orcas Island
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 6, 2018
CONTACT:
Aaron Barnett, WSG Boating Program Specialist aaronb2@uw.edu
Just in time for summer boating season, the first pumpout station in the San Juan Islands in nearly 20 years is up and running at West Beach Resort on Orcas Island. The new pumpout site is ...
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...
Further Green Crab Captures in Whatcom County
October 22, 2019
Broadening the search for invasive European green crab in Drayton Harbor, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and WSG Crab Team captured additional European green crab in recent weeks. In addition, Lummi Natural Resources has reported capturing green crab in Lummi Bay as a re...
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...