fisheries
May 29, 2023
Coastal meets celestial
While some universities boast of their land grants, the UW is where you’ll find cutting-edge research and education on sea and space.
February 25, 2023
Parasite paradox
Using specimens from the Burke Museum, a research team finds a worrisome decline.
October 2, 2022
Turning the tide
Seattle’s waterfront is getting a major makeover — with a little help from the UW.
December 4, 2021
Electrofishing
Students wade into Issaquah Creek to quantify the population and distribution of different fish species.
June 10, 2021
Green goblins
The invasive European green crab is spreading, and Washington fisheries are in danger.
September 16, 2020
Fresh fish finder
With many restaurants closed, the Fish Map offers a way for commercial fishing companies to sell their products directly to consumers.
March 12, 2020
Fishing for arsenic
Researchers study the movement of water and heavy metals’ impact on aquatic life in lakes near Tacoma.
June 4, 2018
No easy tusk
Marine biologist Kristin Laidre is living her dream of studying narwhals, the mysterious 2,000-pound mammals that are notoriously tricky to find.
December 1, 2015
Swim record
UW fisheries expert puts a number on Bristol Bay's annual sockeye salmon run.
June 1, 2009
Rare fish find
When it comes to weird fish, Ted Pietsch, a UW professor of aquatic and fishery sciences and curator of fishes at the Burke Museum, has seen it all. But the creature discovered early last year off Ambon Island, in the Indonesian archipelago, surprised even him.
September 1, 2008
Teachers of the year, 2008
The seven winners of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award talk about what happens in their celebrated classrooms.
Fish armor up
When Washingtonians initiated a lake cleanup and visibility jumped from about 30 inches to 25 feet, the stickleback had a challenge: Evolve or die. The fish’s solution? Revert to an earlier design.
School of Robofish
UW researchers have put a new spin on the fin: they’ve made a robotic fish that can communicate with its schoolmates.
September 1, 2007
Commendations flow
Shortly before 1 a.m. on March 15, 2006, Edward Marsette woke to a loud crash outside his Auburn home. Within minutes, he was pulling people from a fiery, overturned car.
June 1, 2003
Running on empty
With more people, global warming and thirsty farms, water use in the Pacific Northwest will change drastically, UW faculty members warn.
March 1, 1999
Lauren Donaldson, 1903-1998
Lauren Donaldson, '31, was a pioneer in fish genetics whose work revolutionized the study of salmon and helped build the UW fisheries program into a world-class institution.
September 1, 1996
Donald Bevan, key figure in UW School of Fisheries, dies at 75
Donald Bevan helped lead the University of Washington School of Fisheries to national prominence and worked to save the Northwest salmon from extinction.
December 1, 1994
Into the fish fray
Researchers have come up with numbers that disturb long-held conclusions about what's needed to help speed young fish down river.
September 1, 1994
Southwest campus plan
The Seattle City Council voted to approve the University's master plan for its Southwest Campus—completing a five-year process.
December 1, 1991
Born to be wild?
With some fish near extinction, experts debate the merits of wild runs vs. hatchery breeding.