• As part of our service as @washingtonservice AmeriCorps members, each year we plan a day of service in our community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As a marine science center, we thought a beach cleanup would be a good way to make a positive impact and bring community members together in a covid-safe way. There is still time to sign up! - check out the second slide for more information and details on how to RSVP. #PTMSC #SalishSea #BeachCleanup #AmeriCorps [ Image 1 description: A collage of photos from previous ptmsc beach cleanups. The text on the left side of the collage reads: "Fond memories from past cleanups... It's not too late to join us this Monday the 18th for another beach cleanup!" Detailed image descriptions of the collage photos is in the comments section. Image 2 Description: A flyer. Graphics include a hand holding a disposable mask, a hand holding a garbage bag, and a fish with a text bubble that reads "Need a reason to safely get outside in the new year?" Flyer text reads "MLK Day Socially-Distanced Beach Cleanup. January 18, 2021. Join us for a community service project to clean up our ocean by taking part in our socially-distanced beach cleanup! You can meet us at Fort Worden State Park in the Museum building portico between 10:00am - 3:00pm to pick up supplies and drop off debris, or clean up another local beach! For more info & to RSVP, visit the link bit.ly/PTMSC-MLKDay2021" ]
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    As part of our service as @washingtonservice AmeriCorps members, each year we plan a day of service in our community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As a marine science center, we thought a beach cleanup would be a good way to make a positive impact and bring community members together in a covid-safe way. There is still time to sign up! - check out the second slide for more information and details on how to RSVP. #PTMSC #SalishSea #BeachCleanup #AmeriCorps [ Image 1 description: A collage of photos from previous ptmsc beach cleanups. The text on the left side of the collage reads: "Fond memories from past cleanups... It's not too late to join us this Monday the 18th for another beach cleanup!" Detailed image descriptions of the collage photos is in the comments section. Image 2 Description: A flyer. Graphics include a hand holding a disposable mask, a hand holding a garbage bag, and a fish with a text bubble that reads "Need a reason to safely get outside in the new year?" Flyer text reads "MLK Day Socially-Distanced Beach Cleanup. January 18, 2021. Join us for a community service project to clean up our ocean by taking part in our socially-distanced beach cleanup! You can meet us at Fort Worden State Park in the Museum building portico between 10:00am - 3:00pm to pick up supplies and drop off debris, or clean up another local beach! For more info & to RSVP, visit the link bit.ly/PTMSC-MLKDay2021" ]
  • #TinyGPO weighed in this week at 36.5 grams! Check out the beautiful texture she’s showing off today. #ptmsc #salishsea #octopus
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    #TinyGPO weighed in this week at 36.5 grams! Check out the beautiful texture she’s showing off today. #ptmsc #salishsea #octopus
  • What’s is the water this Wednesday!? Why it’s our two squat lobsters having a sparring session! 🥊🥊 We here at PTMSC hope your week is going swimmingly, and if it’s not take a look at the Grunt Sculpins spectating in the background! 🤣 .#WhatsInTheWaterWednesday #SquatLobster #SparringMatch #GruntSculpin #JustKeepSwimming . . . Image description: two squat lobsters locking claws and staring deep into each others eyes. In the background a few grunt sculpins spectate. One can imagine cowboy duel music playing.
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    What’s is the water this Wednesday!? Why it’s our two squat lobsters having a sparring session! 🥊🥊 We here at PTMSC hope your week is going swimmingly, and if it’s not take a look at the Grunt Sculpins spectating in the background! 🤣 .#WhatsInTheWaterWednesday #SquatLobster #SparringMatch #GruntSculpin #JustKeepSwimming . . . Image description: two squat lobsters locking claws and staring deep into each others eyes. In the background a few grunt sculpins spectate. One can imagine cowboy duel music playing.
  • The good thing about Zoom conferences??? They're sweat pant friendly! This Saturday, many of the PTMSC staff attended the Ways of Whales conference. The Ways of Whales conference is a yearly event put together by the @orcanetwork_langleywhalecenter . These events are so important for connecting the community in a way that allows science to lead to action. This year we heard speakers such as Alexandra Morton, Flip Nicklin, and Ken Balcomb discussing topics that ranged from fish farms to Resident Orca food (AKA fish). Image 1: The Ways of Whales conference schedule projected on a television. A caffeine-filled cup of coffee and a notebook are on the same table as the tv. Image 2: The Orca Network logo with their website, www.orcanetwork.org. The logo has an orca next to a circular map of the world with a focus on the Americas. #SalishSea #ptmsc #orca #zoom #conferences #science
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    The good thing about Zoom conferences??? They're sweat pant friendly! This Saturday, many of the PTMSC staff attended the Ways of Whales conference. The Ways of Whales conference is a yearly event put together by the @orcanetwork_langleywhalecenter . These events are so important for connecting the community in a way that allows science to lead to action. This year we heard speakers such as Alexandra Morton, Flip Nicklin, and Ken Balcomb discussing topics that ranged from fish farms to Resident Orca food (AKA fish). Image 1: The Ways of Whales conference schedule projected on a television. A caffeine-filled cup of coffee and a notebook are on the same table as the tv. Image 2: The Orca Network logo with their website, www.orcanetwork.org. The logo has an orca next to a circular map of the world with a focus on the Americas. #SalishSea #ptmsc #orca #zoom #conferences #science
  • Caption This! Share with us your best caption for this interaction between a China rockfish and a sunflower star. Video Description: A timelapse video with no sound of a China rockfish with black and yellow markings, tucked in a hiding spot that is slowly overtaken by an orange sunflower star. The sunflower star moves into the spot, causing the China rockfish to move out of the way and watch and wait for the sea star to move along. Image 1 Description: The sunflower star inside the hiding spot as the China rockfish looks on. Image 2 Description: The sunflower star and China rockfish have switched spots. The sea star has moved along and the China rockfish claims its hiding spot once again.
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    Caption This! Share with us your best caption for this interaction between a China rockfish and a sunflower star. Video Description: A timelapse video with no sound of a China rockfish with black and yellow markings, tucked in a hiding spot that is slowly overtaken by an orange sunflower star. The sunflower star moves into the spot, causing the China rockfish to move out of the way and watch and wait for the sea star to move along. Image 1 Description: The sunflower star inside the hiding spot as the China rockfish looks on. Image 2 Description: The sunflower star and China rockfish have switched spots. The sea star has moved along and the China rockfish claims its hiding spot once again.
  • Join us this Sunday, January 10, 3 pm, for the next lecture in our Future of Oceans lecture series! The event is free, and via Zoom. Ronald Thom will present "What Eelgrass and Other Marine Vegetation Can Tell Us about the Future of the Ocean”. Find out more and register with the link in our bio. #salishsea #ptmsc #eelgrass Image 1: Flyer advertising The Future of Oceans Lecture Series, with Ronald Thom on January 10. Image 2: A photo of Ronald Thom.
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    Join us this Sunday, January 10, 3 pm, for the next lecture in our Future of Oceans lecture series! The event is free, and via Zoom. Ronald Thom will present "What Eelgrass and Other Marine Vegetation Can Tell Us about the Future of the Ocean”. Find out more and register with the link in our bio. #salishsea #ptmsc #eelgrass Image 1: Flyer advertising The Future of Oceans Lecture Series, with Ronald Thom on January 10. Image 2: A photo of Ronald Thom.
  • Tiny is up to 31g this week! . Image Description: A juvenile giant Pacific octopus rests in a container on a scale.
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    Tiny is up to 31g this week! . Image Description: A juvenile giant Pacific octopus rests in a container on a scale.
  • Happy New Year Everyone! We shared our resolutions with you and some of you were kind enough to share yours with us. Here's a list of a few of our favorite Salish Sea inspired resolutions. We kept them anonymous but if you want credit for your Salish Sea pledges slide into our DMs and we'll tag you. Image 1: An Instagram response box stating: "Spend more time in it". It references the Salish Sea! Image 2: An Instagram response box stating: "Help educate the community about sustainable choices they can make to support a thriving Salish Sea." Image 3: An Instagram response box stating: "I'm hoping to create a coloring book that gives a percentage of sales to protecting it. Blue heart." Image 4: An Instagram response box stating: "Buy food in bulk and from local farms" Image 5: An Instagram response box stating: "I want to be more conscious of my impact on the environment!" Image 6: An Instagram response box stating: "Slightly less cathartic screaming-produces too much CO2" #2021 #bye2020 #whatayear #resolutions #inwiththenewoutwiththeold
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    Happy New Year Everyone! We shared our resolutions with you and some of you were kind enough to share yours with us. Here's a list of a few of our favorite Salish Sea inspired resolutions. We kept them anonymous but if you want credit for your Salish Sea pledges slide into our DMs and we'll tag you. Image 1: An Instagram response box stating: "Spend more time in it". It references the Salish Sea! Image 2: An Instagram response box stating: "Help educate the community about sustainable choices they can make to support a thriving Salish Sea." Image 3: An Instagram response box stating: "I'm hoping to create a coloring book that gives a percentage of sales to protecting it. Blue heart." Image 4: An Instagram response box stating: "Buy food in bulk and from local farms" Image 5: An Instagram response box stating: "I want to be more conscious of my impact on the environment!" Image 6: An Instagram response box stating: "Slightly less cathartic screaming-produces too much CO2" #2021 #bye2020 #whatayear #resolutions #inwiththenewoutwiththeold
  • These brightly colored sculpin eggs were laid under an oyster shell in our tidal flats exhibit! We have several species of sculpin in this exhibit so we're not too sure who the parents are. Illustrated in white are what the larval sculpin would look like in the eggs. We usually start seeing sculpin eggs in our aquarium in January and will continue to see them through June. The fish parents time their eggs so that their young will have the best zooplankton supply to feed from, and the best chance for survival #WhatsInTheWaterWednesday #SculpinEggs #PTMSC #SalishSea . . . Slide 1 Image Description: Bright orange sculpin eggs with a white illustration depicting what the larval fish inside the eggs would look like Slide 2 Image Description: A sculpin, possibly one of the parents
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    These brightly colored sculpin eggs were laid under an oyster shell in our tidal flats exhibit! We have several species of sculpin in this exhibit so we're not too sure who the parents are. Illustrated in white are what the larval sculpin would look like in the eggs. We usually start seeing sculpin eggs in our aquarium in January and will continue to see them through June. The fish parents time their eggs so that their young will have the best zooplankton supply to feed from, and the best chance for survival #WhatsInTheWaterWednesday #SculpinEggs #PTMSC #SalishSea . . . Slide 1 Image Description: Bright orange sculpin eggs with a white illustration depicting what the larval fish inside the eggs would look like Slide 2 Image Description: A sculpin, possibly one of the parents