Sea Grant Story Archive

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

A whale flips its tail amid a red cloud of poop.

Whale poop gives insight into stress levels

Researchers use fecal samples to establish hormone baselines for stress and reproduction

Katherine Gwynn

OSU student recognized for plan to reduce energy, water use at Tofurky

Katherine Gwynn created the plan during an internship organized by Oregon Sea Grant and DEQ

jars of canned tuna

Learn to can tuna with new video

Video features tips from Oregon Sea Grant and OSU Extension

Supplies for STEM activity bags, which were supplied to children in Lincoln County.

Lincoln County libraries distribute free science activity bags to kids

Oregon Sea Grant staff have been stuffing the bags with supplies and instructions and delivering them to libraries

A nicoise salad made with albacore tuna is served at Local Ocean's restaurant in Newport.

#EatOregonSeafood encourages consumers to support local fishermen during COVID-19

Oregon Sea Grant is a partner on the initiative, which includes sharing recipes on social media

Fisherman Kenny Bushnell stands on his boat and talks to participants in a Shop at the Dock tour in Garibaldi, Oregon

Video interviews with Garibaldi seafood purveyors offer virtual ‘Shop at the Dock’ experience

When dockside tours in Garibaldi were canceled because of COVID-19, Amanda Gladics looked for an alternative

Oregon Sea Grant Extension Boating Outreach Coordinator

Oregon Sea Grant makes sure boaters know about waste disposal facilities

About 80 sites exist in Oregon where boaters can dispose of their sewage or use floating restrooms

View of Haystack Rock, a seastack in the Pacific Northwest coast, on a clear day at the beach.

Oceans should have a place in climate ‘green new deal’ policies, scientists suggest

Oregon Sea Grant’s Angee Doerr is a co-author on the paper

A whale breaches near a boat off the Oregon coast

3 years of monitoring Oregon’s gray whales shows changes in health

Researchers used drones to photograph 171 whales off the Oregon coast from 2016-18

George Waldbusser, a biogeochemist at Oregon State University, straps a bag of oysters to rebar as a control while doctoral student Sophia Wensman places a bag of oysters on top of empty oyster shells in Netarts Bay.

Oregon Sea Grant awards $1.15 mln to OSU researchers for 5 marine-related projects

Projects focus on beach grass, groundfish trawling, sea lions and oysters

Student in front of poster

‘State of the Coast’ conference set for Nov. 9 in Gleneden Beach

Attendees can see artwork and talk to college students about their research