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  UW Grad Announced as Finalist for the 2022 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program

  July 21, 2021 We are pleased to announce that recent University of Washington (UW) graduate Alanna Greene was selected as a finalist for the 2022 class of the prestigious John...

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  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...

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  Good News for Water Quality

  New pumpout boat services expand this summer in South Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands July 20, 2021 It will now be easier for recreational boaters to safely pump out ve...

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  Looking Back on 50 Years: 1972 Dr. Donaldson with a Super Trout

  July 16, 2021  In honor of the 50th anniversary of Washington Sea Grant, we’re digging through our photo archive to share moments from our program’s history. Here is a p...

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  Cool Critters: Opalescent Squid

  June 25, 2021 Welcome to our Cool Critters series, where Marine Ecologist Jeff Adams shares the unique features of his favorite animals native to the Pacific Northwest. To wra...

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  Could a Tsunami Hit Puget Sound?

  New tsunami hazard maps show how a Cascadia megaquake could impact Puget Sound June 22, 2021By Kathleen McKeegan, WSG Science Communications Fellow  It’s not a matter of...

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  Cool Critters: Giant Pacific Octopus

  June 18, 2021 Welcome to our Cool Critters series, where Marine Ecologist Jeff Adams shares the unique features of his favorite animals native to the Pacific Northwest. In hon...

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  Researchers Discover Yessotoxins, Produced by Certain Phytoplankton, to be a Culprit Behind Summer Mass Shellfish Mortality Events in Washington

  June 17, 2021 Dying clams on Hood Canal, Rocky Bay, 2019.King et al, Harmful Algae, 2021 Back in the summers of 2018 and 2019, the shellfish industry in Washington state was r...

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  Cool Critters: Giant Pink Sea Star

  June 8, 2021 Welcome to our Cool Critters series, where Marine Ecologist Jeff Adams shares the unique features of his favorite marine animals native to the Pacific Northwest....

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  Looking Back on 50 Years: 1980s Training in Seafood Handling

   June 8, 2021 In honor of the 50th anniversary of Washington Sea Grant and National Seafood Month, we’re digging through our photo archive to share moments from ou...