Introducing Washington Sea Grant’s newest student assistants
By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communications Fellow
This fall, we are thrilled to welcome five student assistants, Dana Grant, Emma Klessig, Isaac Olson, Jane Wybenga, and Maya Ades to the Washington Sea Grant (WSG) team.
Meet Maddie Gard, Science Communications Fellow
My name is Madison (Maddie) Gard and I feel eager to serve as Washington Sea Grant’s science communications fellow this fall and winter. I originally grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona, with much of my childhood spent hiking and playing outdoors.
Read moreWashington Sea Grant deepens its presence on the Pacific Coast with a new office location in South Bend, WA
By Maddie Gard, WSG Science Communications Fellow
SOUTH BEND – Last month, Washington Sea Grant (WSG) staff participated in an official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Bendiksen Landing, a historic building that has been redeveloped from an aging seafood production facility to include the new WSG South Bend Office.
Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Julia Richfield, food service director at Boistford School
By Alison Lorenz, WSG Communications Project Coordinator
For Julia Richfield, 2022 was a year of new things. She moved to a new place–Chehalis, Washington–and got a new job in a new field.
Who brings your seafood to you? An interview with Joe Malley, fisherman and owner of St Jude Tuna
By Jess Davis, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Prior to his life as a commercial albacore tuna fisher, Joe Malley was a graduate student and mathematics scholar teaching at the University of Oregon.
Four recent Washington graduates are finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) is excited to announce that four recent Washington graduates have been selected as finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
The Knauss Fellowship is a prestigious one-year fellowship program awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program.
Announcing the 8th Annual River & Ocean Film Festival in Forks
The event will be held October 18 at the Rainforest Arts Center
Forks, WA – The River & Ocean Film Festival returns October 18, 2024 to celebrate the freshwater and marine environments of the west side of the Olympic Peninsula — and the people who love them.
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.
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