As we move into Fall and thoughts of witches, ghouls, and monsters fill your head, a lesser known monster begins to grow stronger. You may have heard it called “Super El Niño,” or perhaps,”Godzilla El Niño.” Maybe you’ve already seen articles like the one published by The Washington Post on August 24th regarding the average …
Each April, Earth Month invites us to step back and look at the planet as a whole—its climate systems, biodiversity, and the delicate balance that sustains life. But here in our corner of the Pacific Northwest, that global story is written in the waters of the Salish Sea. The Salish Sea is more than a …
On a sunny and clear day in January, PTMSC’s AmeriCorps Members hosted the 13th annual MLK Jr. Day of Service event.
Port Townsend Marine Science Center honors a vital leader in conservation from the Jefferson Land Trust PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. – A selection committee convened by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) has chosen Erik Kingfisher as the recipient of the 2025 Eleanor Stopps Environmental Leadership Award. The award was announced at the annual PTMSC Stewardship …
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Many natural resources are managed without essential, biologically relevant data. Fisheries are particularly susceptible to this reality and, thus, are vulnerable to environmental changes and disturbances, with both human livelihoods and the health of ecological systems at stake. Here, we explore how the Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group (PCRG) employs a collaborative, stakeholder-driven approach to generate the information needed to inform a data-poor, co-managed fishery, using the example of Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister in the northeastern Pacific’s Salish Sea.
A collaborative network of agency and tribal scientists and resource managers, university faculty and students, and community volunteers are diligently working together to unlock the secrets of the Dungeness crab’s life cycle in the Salish Sea.
The larval Dungeness crab trap project is a volunteer favorite! This collaborative effort is part of the overall management plan for one of Washington State’s most lucrative fisheries, the Dungeness crab.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network was established in the early 1980s under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Members of the network respond to marine mammal stranding events along the Washington, Oregon, and California coasts and are part of a nationwide network.