WSG News Blog – Washington Sea Grant

Fishing for the Triple Bottom Line: Profit, Planet — And People
October 17, 2019 A school of Pacific herring. Fisheries managers typically strive to strike a delicate balance between two, often competing, types of needs: the needs for fish...
Director’s Note: Remembering Jayme Wisecup
October 16, 2019 Russell Callender, WSG Director On September 10, Jayme Wisecup of the Clallam County Emergency Management Department died suddenly and unexpectedly. Somehow f...
Public Comment Sought for Washington Sea Grant Site Review
September 20, 2019 Washington Sea Grant will be reviewed on November 5 -7, 2019 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant Program. The review will be conducted at the Unive...
NOAA National Sea Grant Awards Washington Sea Grant Over 1 Million in Aquaculture Grants
September 19, 2019 NOAA National Sea Grant office announced today a suite of federal funding awards in aquaculture, with three of them going to Washington Sea Grant....
New Washington Sea Grant Fellowship Promotes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Marine Careers—Inaugural Fellow Selected
September 16, 2019 Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce the launch of our new Keystone Fellowship Program. The Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellowship seeks to b...
Director’s Note: UW Legislative Field Tour—a Road Trip to Remember
September 11, 2019 Russell Callender, WSG Director In late August, we had the pleasure of sharing our exciting programs with Washington State Congressional staffers on beautif...
A New Symposium to Work Towards Equity and Justice in Environmental Fields
August 22, 2019 The Salish Sea Equity and Justice Symposium, to be held November 14-15, 2019, aims to center historically marginalized and underrepresented voices while creati...
Three Washington Graduate Students Selected for the 2019 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship
August 21, 2019 Washington Sea Grant is excited to share that three of the eight graduate students selected for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)–Sea Grant Fello...
How Your Sunscreen Harms Water Quality
August 20, 2019 The products we use on our skin, hair, and nails can cause harm to the animals and people that depend on healthy local waters. While you’re washing away the...
WSG’s Meg Chadsey on the Impacts of Ocean Acidification to Seafood Security in Puget Sound
August 8, 2019 Last month WSG’s Meg Chadsey spoke to the Van Alen Climate Council — a group of built environment designers — about ocean acidification’s impacts to loc...