Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Dungeness crabs support the largest fishery on the U.S. West Coast, with commercial and recreational catch worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Yet this species is also sensitive to water quality, and changes in the ocean environment have coastal communities on Washington's Olympic Coast concerned for the fishery's future. The Olympic Coast Ocean Acidification Sentinel Site (OaSeS) brings together a broad partnership to help these communities understand and prepare for the impacts of ocean acidification on Dungeness crab and other important marine species.
Dungeness crabs support the largest fishery on the U.S. West Coast, with commercial and recreational catch worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Yet this species is also sensitive to water quality, and changes in the ocean environment have coastal communities on Washington's Olympic Coast concerned for the fishery's future. The Olympic Coast Ocean Acidification Sentinel Site (OaSeS) brings together a broad partnership to help these communities understand and prepare for the impacts of ocean acidification on Dungeness crab and other important marine species.
![Beach Walk: A Naturalists Review [Part 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DeVW2-fEhms/mqdefault.jpg "Beach Walk: A Naturalists Review [Part 2]
Explore Puget Sound sea life as the tide goes out. This 35 minute video has been broken into 3 parts for presentation on YouTube: 1-Introduction, beach etiquette, and teaching tips; 2-Cobble/boulder beaches and the sea life that are commonly found on them (sea stars, crabs, snails, anemones, seaweed and more); and 3-Sand/mud beaches (eelgrass, clams, jellies, etc.) with additional habitats, ways you can protect sea life on the beach and at home, acknowledgements and links to other resources. This video is sponsored by Washington Sea Grant (part of the University of Washingtons College of the Environment) and produced by Nancy Sefton of Unicorn Studios in Poulsbo. The video was developed in support of the Kitsap Beach Naturalist Program that is co-coordinated by Washington Sea Grant and WSU Kitsap Extension. Thanks for watching and for enjoying, appreciating and protecting our sea life!
Music by Alex Flint and Neil Moore.")
