WSG News Blog – Washington Sea Grant

Director’s Note: Washington Sea Grant’s response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020 Russell Callender, WSG Director COVID-19 is clearly impacting all of us. Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is no exception. We have worked hard to heed the rapidly evo...
Seafood Day Showcases Washington’s Local Catch
March 16, 2020 Photo: Molly Bold In February, several Washington Sea Grant (WSG) staff attended the 2nd annual Seafood Day in Olympia, where over 300 state representatives...
A Summer Boat Ride on a Mobile Sewer
From the Autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter By Brittany Hoedemaker, WSG Science Communications Fellow Katie Wixom and Roger Ever dream of slipping out of your dark, air-con...
New Study Aims to Examine Diet of West Coast Pinnipeds
March 11, 2020 By Bobbie Buzzell, WSG Science Communications Fellow Sea lions at nearly high tide on an offshore rock. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sophie McCoy, Florida State Un...
Event Cancellations
Updated April 6, 2020 It is with an abundance of caution that the director of Washington Sea Grant has decided to cancel certain upcoming events in order not to risk anyone�...
Contribute to Water’s Special Issue on Coastal Hazards Management
March 4, 2020 Ian Miller, coastal hazards specialist at WSG, is serving as the guest editor for the journal Water’s special issue on Coastal Hazards Management. In his gue...
Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network Launches New and Improved Website
March 3, 2020 Seattle, WA — Washington Sea Grant and the Washington Department of Ecology, along with other partners, have collaborated to launch a new and improved website...
Seaweed Farming Intensive Training Helps Kickstart a New Local Industry
February 20, 2020 Hood Canal Mariculture farm manager Charlie Delius explains seaweed growing techniques during the Intensive Training. There has been a lot of recent interest...
A Career Saving Seabirds
From the Autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter Looking back on the work of marine fisheries scientist Ed Melvin upon his retirement “I’ve never had an ornithology class in...
Director’s Note: Hui Malama Loko l’a Indigenous Aquaculture Gathering
February 20, 2020 Russell Callender, WSG Director Over 125 guests — including representatives from 13 Pacific Northwest tribal nations; students and leaders from Northwest I...