What is the State of Your Oyster?
Are your oysters healthy? WSG volunteers provide landowners evaluations of bacterial contamination for privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and throughout Puget Sound at these locations:
Hunter Farms
1921 E. State Route 106, Union, WA
QFC parking lot, under flag pole – pharmacy side – 201 ...
2019 NOAA Science Camp Highlights
2019 NOAA Science Camp Highlights
Since its inception in 2003, NOAA Science Camp has evolved into a highly regarded, collaborative science program. More than 10 NOAA offices, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) and the Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) partner to introduc...
Northwest Fisheries Science Center Symposium
Join us for the Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s 6th Science Symposium, taking place at NOAA’s Western Regional Center in Seattle, Washington.
Building 9 Auditorium
NOAA Western Regional Center
7600 Sand Point Way
Seattle, Washington
View maps and directions here.
This event is fr...
2020 Volume 1
2020 Volume 1
Committed Crabbers
November, 2020
This year was already poised to be exceptionally busy for WSG Crab Team and the management of the European green crab invasion in Washington – even before we were faced with a global pandemic. Through la...
Salish Sea Conference
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest most comprehensive event of its kind in the region. The purpose of the conference is to assemble scientists, First Nations and tribal government representatives, resource managers, community/business leaders, policy makers, educators and students to...
Friday Harbor Labs: A Marine Biology Student’s Dream Educational Experience
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Helen Kesting, guest student writer
The author tasting a piece of seaweed. It was surprisingly spicy! Photo: Sanna Titus
Just 50 miles away from Seattle as the crow flies, the University of Washington runs a marine field station on San Juan Island ca...
Boating Outreach
Boating
Pumpout Washington: Clean Marina Program
Aaron Barnett, Boating Program Specialist, and Bridget Trosin, Coastal Policy Specialist
WATCH our latest instructional videos!
In partnership with the Washington State Parks Clean Vessel Act p...
Small Oil Spills Program
Aaron Barnett, Boating Program Specialist
Visit the Spills Aren’t Slick webpage!
Learn more: Small Oil Spills Factsheet
Small oil spills from commercial and recreational vessels often result from a lack of knowledge about proper techniques for vessel operation and mai...
Deborah Purce
Deborah Purce
Fellowship and Research Specialist
Expertise
Marine natural history
Community Outreach and Engagement
Informal science education
Systems innovation
Diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM
Deborah joined Washington Sea Grant in 2018. As the Fellowship...
Invasive Green Crab Found at Dungeness Spit
(Photo: European Green Crab found at Dungeness Spit, Sequim, April 2017. Photo by Allen Pleus, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife)
April 26, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sequim, WA — A new population of invasive European green crab has been found at Dungeness Spit, near Sequim, ...
Invasive Green Crab Found at Dungeness Spit
April, 2017
A new population of invasive European green crab has been found at Dungeness Spit, near Sequim, Washington, rekindling concern over the potential for damage to local marine life and shorelines.
Staff and volunteers from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which manages Dungeness...
Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee
The WSG Advisory Committee provides general program oversight, direction, and advice. The Committee was first established in August 2006 with stakeholders and federal and state partners. The Committee was restructured in 2022 to better reflect the diverse stakehold...
Current and Recent Fellows
Current and Recent Fellows
The following biographies of current and recent fellows provide examples of the breadth and scope of opportunities and experiences offered by WSG, National Sea Grant, and Coastal Management fellowships.
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Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellow...
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...
Looking Back on 50 Years: Longtime WSG Staff Reflect on Their Work
From the winter 2021–2022 Sea Star print newsletter
In honor of the program’s golden anniversary, we asked four current and former staff to reflect on what they have accomplished here
By Grace Freeman, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Based in Seattle and housed within the University of Washin...