Who Brings Your Seafood to You? An Interview with Pete Knutson
October 19, 2020
By James Lee, Science Communications Fellow
Pete Knutson owns Loki Fish Company, a family business. He fishes mostly salmon, with a bit of halibut on the side. He’s the director of the Puget Sound Harvester’s Association, an industry group that represents non-treaty comme...
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...
Seattle Summer Cleanup Series: Lake Union Fireworks Cleanup
Join Puget Soundkeeper for the second cleanup of the Seattle Summer Cleanup, a series of events focused on removing thousands of pounds of debris from Seattle’s urban waters. On Friday, July 5th volunteers will be out in kayaks on Lake Union and in teams walking the surrounding neighborhoods of Wa...
Fisheries and Seafood
Fisheries and Seafood
Fishing and seafood have been part of the culture and commerce of Washington state for centuries. Washington’s traditions, expertise, resources, and location give it a pivotal place in the seafood economy of the entire Pacific Coast, from California to Alaska. Today,...
State Parks Clean Vessel Act Grant Program Funds $700K in New Pumpout and Floating Restroom Project
April 10, 2022
CONTACTS: MaryAnn Wagner, Washington Sea Grant, 206-371-7656, maryannb@uw.edu Catherine Buchalski Smith, CVA Grant Program, Catherine.BuchalskiSmith@parks.wa.gov Christina Rohila, Pierce County, christina.rohila@piercecountywa.govJeff Barney, Pierce County, jeff.barney@piercecounty...
Field Notes and More News
Field Notes and More News
Dean Lisa Gramulich congratulates WSG’s Teri King.
WSG social scientist Melissa Poe has wrapped up an 18-month project, funded by the Puget Sound Institute and U.S. EPA, on the relationship between sense of place and the restoration of Puget Sound. Working with ...
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...
2022 Volume 1
2022 Volume 1
A Green Crab Emergency
August 17, 2022
As the long radio silence might imply, things have been busy since our last newsletter in the fall of 2021. Last winter, several emergency declarations related to green crab, including Lummi Nation, Shoalw...
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 ...
Seattle Boat Show
Come find the Washington Sea Grant booth at the Seattle Boat Show!
The Seattle Boat Show, Indoors and Afloat, is the largest boat show on the West Coast and features a huge selection of boats. There are at least one thousand or more afloat at South Lake Union plus seminars and the latest boating pr...
2021 Volume 1
2021 Volume 1
Let the trapping begin!
June, 2021
This spring had a lot of us reflecting on what our lives were like a year ago. In June 2020, crabbers were in the mud, just as they are now, but how they got there in 2021 looked a lot different. While green c...
Under High Water
Under High Water
Washington Sea Grant helps citizens and coastal planners understand what sea-level rise means for their communities
Visit Seattle’s Golden Gardens park on a sunny summer day, and you’re likely to find a crowd of happy-go-lucky locals playing on the beach and enjoying the specta...
Crab Team Monitor Toolbox
Crab Team Monitor Toolbox
Welcome, Crab Team Monitors! Below you will find resources to help you with sampling including monitoring tools and learning resources. For tools of the trade like data sheets, and tide calendars, follow the link to the geography of your assigned site–coastal o...
Videos of First WSG Shellfish Study Workshop Now Available Online
December 17, 2019
A ghost shrimp in Willapa Bay
Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor are home to some of the most productive oyster farms in the country, but in recent years these estuaries have been plagued by an active burrowing shrimp population that threatens much of coastal Washington’s oyster ground...