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 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...
New video: Seaweed farming in Washington waters
February 7, 2023
Meg Chadsey, WSG carbon specialist, talks with two emerging seaweed farmers on Vashon Island who have different approaches
By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Kelp aquaculture has many potential benefits to society. For example, it can provide habitat for m...
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 Washington’s coast to advance efforts related to coastal hazards and climate r...
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...
Privacy and the EU GDPR
Privacy and the EU GDPR
By choosing to continue to use this UW website, you agree to the collection and use of personal and non-personal information as described in the University of Washington Online Privacy Statement. Applicable laws—like the European Union’s General Data Protection...
How Fishing at Night Can Help Save West Coast Albatross SS
How Fishing at Night Can Help Save West Coast Albatross
Longline fishing, in which long lines with baited hooks are attached at intervals behind a boat, is a common technique used to catch many high-value species including halibut, tuna and sablefish. However, those fish are sometimes caugh...
More than just a cute face: What otters can tell us about the health of the environment
December 27, 2022
The River Otter Project used community science to shed light on contamination in the Lower Duwamish River
By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow
North American river otter. Photo by Diana Robinson.
“Otters are an easy way to engage people to care abou...
Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement
Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement
Meetings are held twice per year on the 2nd Friday in November and March in Astoria, OR.
Notice: Towlanes were updated on November 1, 2019. If you are using maps prior to that date you will need to download the most recent version.
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Working Together to Monitor Dungeness Crab
From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star
The Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group connects fisheries management scientists and resource managers, facilitating collaboration and information sharing
By Samantha Larson, WSG Science Writer
Emily Buckner, former WSG Hershman Fellow and current Program Manager for ...
Crab Team at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
May 31, 2022
The second all-virtual Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (April 26-28) offered everyone with an interest or involvement in the inland waters shared by Washington and British Columbia the chance to connect over a huge range of topics, impacts of last summer’s heat dome, southern resi...
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...