Oregon Sea Grant serves the state, region and nation through integrated research, education and public engagement on ocean and coastal issues.
We apply the best available science to timely and important issues, and engage with coastal stakeholders to help them reach informed decisions. We support scientific excellence and innovation, foster new generations of marine scientists, and encourage ocean science literacy among people of all ages.
Based at Oregon State University, we're part of the national network of NOAA Sea Grant College Programs, dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship, long-term economic development and responsible use of America’s coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources.
News from Oregon Sea Grant
Oregon Sea Grant wins four Hermes Creative Awards
-May 15, 2012
Oregon Sea Grant has won four awards in the 2012 Hermes Creative
Awards competition: a Platinum Award in the Publications/Book
category for Pathways to Resilience: Sustaining Salmon Ecosystems
in a Changing World; a Gold Award in the Publications/Magazine
category for Confluence magazine; a Gold Award in the
Video/Educational category for Gems of the Oregon Coast: [...]
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Hatchery salmon threaten wild populations, scientists say
-May 15, 2012
A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading
university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska,
British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan
provides mounting evidence that salmon raised in man-made
hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and
habitat. “The genetic effects of mixing hatchery fish with
wild [...]
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Oregon Sea Grant wins two silver awards
-May 14, 2012
Oregon Sea Grant has won two Silver Awards of Distinction in the
18th Annual Communicator Awards competition, one each for its
“Aquatic Animal Health†brochure
and its Cascade Head Scenic Research Area video. The Communicator
Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the
Visual Arts (IAVA), a 550+ member organization of professionals
[...]
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Welcome our new NOAA Coastal Management Fellow
-May 8, 2012
Kelsey Gianou is Oregon Sea Grant’s newest NOAA Coastal
Management Fellow! Kelsey, a Marine Resource Management masters
student at Oregon State University, has been matched with the
Washington State Department of Ecology to provide green shorelines
guidance for state and local governments in Puget Sound. Six states
and 11 finalists attended this year’s National Oceanic [...]
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What’s fresh on the Oregon coast?
-May 7, 2012
A highlight of visiting the Oregon coast is bringing home seafood
that’s just about as fresh as it gets. But how do you know
what’s in season when you’re there? Regulatory fishing
seasons change from year to year, and it can be hard for a lay
person to keep track of them. Sea Grant Extension [...]
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Lynn Dierking, Sea Grant Professor of Free-Choice Learning in the OSU Science and Math Education program, was a featured guest on a recent episode of National Public Radio's Science Friday with Ira Flatow, discussing her research on the ways children pick up science and math skills in informal settings such as museums, field trips and hands-on activities. Listen to the episode on NPR.
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