Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Celebrates 75 years of Innovative Science at the Montlake Facility

The marker is also a working tool in the science of positioning, and joins hundreds of thousands of geodetic markers in the National Spatial Reference System currently used to determine position, height, shoreline and gravity throughout the United States.

Haiku Poetry Submissions

See staff’s contributions to the fisheries science Haiku poetry display here

Presentation of Governor’s Proclamation

Meg Owen, representative from Office of Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire, formally presents NWFSC’s Director Usha Varanasi with a special proclamation honoring her 30-year career with NOAA Fisheries and service to the state of Washington.

Science Fair: Technology Then and Now

Science staff from five research divisions provided hands on, interactive science stations featuring advances in technology over past seven decades, including molecular genetic techniques; underwater mapping of groundfish habitat; fish tagging technologies; video imaging of contaminant impacts on fish; assessment of salmon growth, reproduction and olfactory imprinting; and use of genomics to study of host-pathogen interactions.

Staff 7th Annual Awards Ceremony

See list of winners here

Presentation of NOAA Kids’ Day Quilt

Staff Ashley Steel and Anna Kagely, together with their children, present Vice Admiral Lautenbacher with a quilt of fish prints created during NOAA Kids’ Day and designed by Julie Peddy.

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