Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Maggie Michaels of the High School Seafood Butchery program
By Brian McGreal, WSG Science Communications Fellow
In the spring of 2024, students at high schools up and down the Oregon coast engaged with a different sort of education. Armed with sharpened knives and fish scalers, high school students learned to debone albacore, filet salmon and shuck oysters under the auspices of the Oregon Coast Visitors Association’s newly launched Seafood Butchery Pilot Program.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning on the Washington coast
An update on the recent shellfish poisoning event and the safety protocols in place
By Ashleigh Epps, WSG Aquaculture Specialist
In late May 2024, the Pacific coasts of Oregon and Washington experienced a paralytic shellfish poisoning harmful algal bloom event.
Federal funding will build capacity in Washington coastal Tribes and communities to address hazards due to climate change
Coastal Tribes and communities in Washington are on the front lines of climate change. Many are already grappling with associated coastal hazards, including sea level rise and flooding. However, all too often, these communities lack the capacity to adequately address the increasing climate risks that they face.
Read moreTen recent graduates selected for the 2024-2025 WSG Hershman Fellowship
Congratulations to our new WSG Hershman Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that recent graduates Elise Adams, Jessica Clemens, Nika Hoffman, Heeju Jung, Jess Lechtenberg, Allison Morgan, Courtney Murphy, Rondi Nordal, Katalin Plummer and Jack Winterhalter have been awarded the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship for 2024–2025.
WSG receives federal funding to support aquaculture initiatives
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to receive federal funding through NOAA Sea Grant to supplement its existing initiatives supporting aquaculture in Washington state. Two WSG initiatives are supported by this funding: the Willapa-Grays Harbor Estuary Collaborative and the new Tide’s Out aquaculture workforce training program.
Read moreMeet Jezella Peraza, 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that Jezella Peraza, a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, has been selected as the 2024 WSG Keystone Fellow.
Read moreNew report shares Northwest coastal Tribes’ needs and barriers in adapting to climate change
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) co-led with University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians a new report sharing Northwest coastal tribes’ needs and barriers as they work to adapt to climate change.
Read moreHow do our sea-meadows grow?
WSG-funded research informs the future of eelgrass restoration in Washington
From the Summer 2024 Sea Star
By Erick Dowell, WSG student assistant
Beneath the coastal waters of Washington state, if you look in the right spots you’ll find green, grassy meadows.
In the hunt for invasive green crab, Molt Search seeks their shedded shells
WSG Crab Team’s new program makes it easy to get involved in invasive species response
From the Summer 2024 Sea Star
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Communications Project Coordinator
When Lisa Watkins started at WSG as a community science specialist, WSG Crab Team was almost ten years old.
Flood planning goes local
WSG supports the rollout of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) in Washington state
From the Summer 2024 Sea Star
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Communications Project Coordinator
The first time Ian Miller, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) coastal hazards specialist, heard about CoSMoS, he was in graduate school at the University of California, Santa Cruz.