WSG receives $1.59 million to boost Puget Sound habitat
The two WSG-led projects selected for funding will focus on sea level rise vulnerability and managing invasive European green crab
Two projects led by Washington Sea Grant (WSG) will receive a total of $1.59 million through the Puget Sound National Estuary Program’s Habitat Strategic Initiative, a partnership between Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Natural Resources.
New staff: Sydney Fishman
We are thrilled to welcome Sydney Fishman as a coastal management specialist at Washington Sea Grant.
In this role, Sydney helps shoreline and coastal decision-makers find solutions to their complex management issues.
New video: Seaweed farming in Washington waters
Meg Chadsey, WSG carbon specialist, talks with two emerging seaweed farmers on Vashon Island who have different approaches
By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Kelp aquaculture has many potential benefits to society.
New staff: WSG welcomes Lisa Watkins
We are thrilled to welcome Lisa Watkins as the new community science specialist for the Crab Team at Washington Sea Grant.
Lisa coordinates WSG Crab Team’s volunteer monitoring network, which collects detection data on the invasive European green crab across Washington’s Coastal and Puget Sound regions.
Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with John Alto and Amy Sharp, a couple who work on their own commercial salmon troller
The power couple reflected on how, for them, fishing is a craft that is passed down through generations and rooted in community
By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow
They say nothing brings people together better than good company over a warm home-cooked meal, and that story was no different for John Alto and Amy Sharp.
More than just a cute face: What otters can tell us about the health of the environment
The River Otter Project used community science to shed light on contamination in the Lower Duwamish River
By Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communications Fellow
“Otters are an easy way to engage people to care about the environment.
Meet Olivia Horwedel, Indigenous Aquaculture Network Communications Fellow
My name is Olivia Horwedel and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be the Communications Fellow for the Cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative Network. I grew up in Michigan and spent the majority of my childhood outdoors exploring the rivers, lakes and streams of my home state.
Read moreHealing and connection through the songs of Khu.éex’
This Native American Heritage Month, we’re honored to share music from the Seattle-based Indigenous band
The Tlingit, Haida and Blackfoot languages are all endangered, according to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
Meet Andrea Richter-Sanchez, WSG Science Communication Fellow
My name is Andrea Richter-Sanchez and I am thrilled for the opportunity to be Washington Sea Grant’s science communication fellow for the fall and winter of 2022-2023. I am originally from Venezuela and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Read moreFrom ecosystem to economy: Biologist turns deckhand in Bristol Bay
It was time to stop fishing for the day in Naknek, Bristol Bay. Just like every day of their summer season, the 32’ drift boat pulled into line to deliver their day’s catch of sockeye salmon to a tender – a bigger vessel that then brings the harvested fish to the processors on land.
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