Sea Grant Story Archive

Shelby Walker speaks at a podium

Oregon Sea Grant director accepts leadership job at NSF

Shelby Walker will help oversee infrastructure at the NSF’s Geosciences Directorate

Angee Doerr leads a Shop at the Dock tour in Newport

Shop at the Dock tours return to Newport

Oregon Sea Grant's tours teach people about fisheries and the fleet

People build Lego structures in a tsunami wave tank.

Marine education center in Newport to reopen Aug. 1; now selling tickets online

New exhibits have been installed at Oregon Sea Grant's Visitor Center

A jumping worm wiggles on a white background.

Invasive jumping worms leap into Oregon

Oregon Sea Grant's Sam Chan says the worms eat more leaf litter than others

sign says native caught fresh fish

Now’s the time to buy salmon from Columbia River tribes; new video shows how

Video from Oregon Sea Grant and Extension offers tips on buying fish

beach grasses by ocean

2 nonnative beach grasses have hybridized in Oregon and Washington

Funded by Oregon Sea Grant, a study found that the hybrid is a first-generation blend

Riprap is stacked in front of buildings.

Development policies may affect Tillamook County’s flood, erosion risk more than climate

Funded partly by Oregon Sea Grant, researchers simulated flooding and erosion under various policy and climate scenarios

western pearlshell mussels in water

Mollusks in Oregon coast watersheds contain forestry pesticides, says study

Oregon Sea Grant funded the research on pesticides in oysters, estuarine clams and freshwater mussels

oyster shells in large baskets rest on the sand.

OSU receives grant to inform aquaculture investment in Oregon

Oregon Sea Grant is a partner on the project

A closeup view of the arms and suckers of a Giant Pacific octopus as it presses against an aquarium tank.

Screening criteria help aquariums assess health of giant Pacific octopuses

Oregon Sea Grant’s aquatic veterinarian helped create the evaluation criteria

Stacks of crab pots fill the deck of a fishing boat.

Oregon Sea Grant uses survey results to help seafood industry amid COVID-19

Survey found that business owners and managers wanted help reaching new markets

Oceanfront homes with boulders piled along the front to protect them from erosion.

Neighbors influence coastal landowners’ decisions to armor shorelines, study says

Oregon Sea Grant was one of the funders of the study