Looking back on 50 years: Research collaboration with Washington graduate students
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 photo from the 1980’s of WSG researcher Dr.
Read moreSwinomish receives funding to build the first modern-day clam garden in the U.S.
Federal grants will enable the Tribal Community to revitalize the ancient Indigenous mariculture practice
La Conner, Wash. – In the 1990s, members of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community began to notice that they weren’t finding as many native littleneck clams on their traditional harvest sites.
Celebrating 50 years of brokering lane agreements between crabbers and towboat operators
Coastal Washington — This year marks the 50th anniversary of a little-known, but highly successful mariner’s agreement known as the “Crabber/Towboat Lane Agreement,” providing a positive example of what can be accomplished between disparate groups when both parties are committed to finding common ground.
Read moreHead outdoors this holiday season to help build a picture of the future by witnessing local king tides!
Instantly share photos of this season’s biggest tides with researchers and your community using the MyCoast app
Puget Sound, WA — King tides, the annual extreme-high tides that occur whenever the moon is closest to Earth, offer a glimpse of what our future in Western Washington may look like as sea levels rise.
New harmful algal bloom research and monitoring initiative will focus on recently-identified culprits behind shellfish mortality events
With funding from the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, researchers from Washington Sea Grant, the Northwest Indian College and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will study shellfish-killing toxins
Over the last few decades, shellfish farms and natural shellfish populations in Washington State have suffered large losses due to blooms of harmful algae that are not traditionally monitored and whose toxic effects are poorly understood.
Creative solutions to social science challenges during a time of COVID-19
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) recently highlighted some of the ways that the coronavirus pandemic is impacting research efforts in Washington state. The impacts are also felt by our social science teams, in particular as many of the activities in a social scientist’s toolkit include face-to-face and in person interactions.
Read moreThe S4 Project: Steering the future of Northwest environmental social science
Guest post written by Brandon McWilliams, WSG Science Communication Fellow
The human dimension of ecosystem work is often limited to the image of researchers in waders taking samples, or examining data tables back in the lab.
Read moreAn Economic Dashboard for Washington’s Coastal Communities
Creating a Baseline Understanding of Washington Coastal Economies
The Washington Marine Spatial Plan was completed in June of 2018. The Plan provides guidance to evaluate potential new uses in the waters off Washington’s coast such as renewable energy, mining, dredged material disposal, marine product harvesting, and offshore aquaculture.
Read moreSustaining the Subsistence Value and Cultural Seafood Practices associated with Commercial Fisheries of the United States West Coast
Every Spring, an active group of applied social scientists gathers for the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) meeting. The SfAA has a mighty cohort of salty researchers ––so mighty that there is now a Fisheries and Coastal Topical Interest Group, voluntarily led by NOAA-based anthropologist, Patricia Clay.
Read moreHuman well-being indicators help decision-makers develop sustainable and equitable solutions for coastal communities and environments, Part I
Understanding human–sea interactions is crucial to developing equitable and sustainable management strategies. In recent years, resource managers and ecosystem scientists have sought to incorporate measures of socioeconomic conditions into their evaluation of coastal and marine systems.
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