NOAA Open House
Explore your world and learn more about how NOAA – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – works to understand and predict changes in Earth’s environment to help protect people and property and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources.
Join us at the Western Re...
Crab Team Welcomes Elyse Kelsey as Student Assistant
September 20, 2023
Hello WSG Crab Team Community!
My name is Elyse Kelsey and I am thrilled to be joining Crab Team as a Student Assistant. I just missed the field season this year but I am excited to meet and work alongside the incredible volunteers and partners that make this work possible next su...
Virtual Beach Seine Adventure
Ever wonder who’s living under the waves in Padilla Bay? Not ready for SCUBA? Join this online program with Padilla Bay staff. You’ll watch from your screen as they take our rowboat out into the eelgrass and pull a net through the water. You’ll help discover who was caught and lear...
Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Steve Seymour of Drayton Harbor Oyster Company
September 27, 2022
Looking ahead to National Seafood Month in October, we are sharing this profile of a local seafood entrepreneur
By Olivia Horwedel, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Steve Seymour (right) with his son, Mark Seymour (left), serving up some fresh oysters. Photo credit: Drayton Har...
NOAA Open House
Explore your world and learn more about how NOAA – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – works to understand and predict changes in Earth’s environment to help protect people and property and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources. Join us at the We...
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 ...
Marine Debris Prevention
Marine Debris Can Ruin a Good Day on the Water
What to Do When You Find Marine Debris
As a boater or beach-goer, you may encounter anything from logs or plastic trash to stranded marine mammals or derelict fishing gear. All are potential hazards to nav...
Harmful Algal Blooms
Harmful Algal Blooms
Several species of single-celled algae growing in Washington produce potent toxins that can poison marine animals or become concentrated in shellfish and sicken, even kill, humans who eat them. Even when they don’t harm humans, toxic blooms can force costly shutdowns ...
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 ...
After nearly 40 years of sharing life-saving skills, Sarah Fisken retires
As a WSG marine operations specialist, Fisken grew the organization’s marine workshop program and forged trust and community across the state in the process
From the Winter 2023/2024 Sea Star
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
The first time Sarah Fisken put on a survival suit, she was immedia...
Making Adventure Accessible
Sea Wolf Adventures takes passengers with disabilities to the Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful places
From the spring 2020 Sea Star print newsletter
Kimber Owen, owner of Sea Wolf Adventures, has an exceptional memory for the people that she’s taken on her 12-passenger cruise ship, whi...
Gardening Green sustainable landscaping class
Gardening Green provides practical information and simple yet powerful actions to protect the environment and human health. This is a relaxed, fun class that incorporates presentations, demonstrations, hands-on experiences, a native plant walk, and tours of sustainable landscapes. By the end of cl...
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...
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 Harbor’s waterfront. Two Washington Sea Grant U.S. Coast Guard approved safety-training courses are in...