The Whatcom Working Waterfront Coalition has officially moved offices, growing into a new space with more possibilities for community engagement. The new address is:
The Whatcom Working Waterfront Coalition
708 Coho Way, Bellingham WA 98225
The new office space is shared by all three Working Waterfront organizations, the Coalition, the Foundation and our Services, LLC which oversees the Whatcom Working Waterfront Health Trust. The offices feature space for classroom instruction, meetings, cubicles for office work, and a workshop for hands-on learning with the various apprenticeship program courses that are taught at the location.
(The classroom and office spaces at 708 Coho Way)
The Coalition looks forward to growing in the new space alongside the Whatcom Working Waterfront Foundation and the NW Maritime Apprenticeship. If you're in Squalicum Harbor, the space is just down the storefronts from the Harbormaster Office, right across the parking lot from Nikki's Bella Marina. Drop in and say hello!
Seafood for the Holidays
Do you want your holiday meal to be memorable and delicious? Try swapping that honey-baked ham for salmon! Seafood is very popular among holiday recipes this year, and there are many health benefits that will make you not only enjoy that holiday meal, but feel great about going back for seconds!
If you don't know what to cook - or aren't sure how to cook what you've got - Bellingham SeaFeast's Kevin Coleman and the Keep It Simple Seafood program here in Whatcom have you covered. Keep It Simple Seafood has recipes and video guides to make your holiday meal one that everyone will enjoy.
Presented by BECU
and Alaskan Gold Seafoods
, the program was launched last year to help showcase and educate the community about great seafood recipes and to promote the health benefits of seafood in a balanced diet.
Stay tuned in 2024 for more amazing recipes with your community.
Check out their recipes and guides from the past year below:
(Fresh from the boat, Dockside Market is open year round. Photo: Bellingham Seafeast)
Do you want the best fish in town for that recipe from Keep It Simple Seafood? Dockside Market, our regular, year-round direct-from-fisherman-source, has you covered.
Come down to dockside on December 16th
for a special holiday market and get fresh seafood direct from those who catch it!
To learn more about Dockside Holiday Market, follow this link:
Bellingham Yacht Club Lights up the Bay and Welcomes New Members
(F/V
Alaskan Girl lights up the sky at the BYC's annual parade. Photo: Brett Walker)
Submitted by Jane Bright, Trustee, BYC
December 2, Bellingham Yacht Club’s annual Lighted Boat Parade helped kick off the holiday season with a spectacular showing of boats of all sizes lit up with holiday decorations. The Coast Guard joined in, decked out in Santa suit. Also, Alaska Girl
, a commercial fishing boat, stole the show with her fireworks and extensive boat lights.
“The Lighted Boat Parade is just one of our winter social events,” explained Commodore Jim Haines. “We’d like to thank everyone who participated, especially the Coast Guard, local commercial fleet member, the F/V Alaskan Girl
”, and the local merchants who sponsored prizes for award-winning displays.” He added, “As both a social and boating club, we are always pleased to welcome our members, potential members, and invited guests to the Club.”
The Club is also kicking off their winter membership drive. Anyone joining now through January 31 has the initiation fee waved. “Bellingham Yacht Club membership would be a great gift for the holidays. We offer organized events and casual hang out space year-round as well as youth programs and boating events in our busy summer season,” said Pete Dworkin, Membership Chair. “We do not require boat ownership or a sponsor, so anyone interested is encouraged to apply,” he added.
More information about membership, membership benefits and how to join are at https://byc.org/membership.
Maritime WA National Heritage Area Launches Grant Program
The Maritime Washington National Heritage Area (WMNHA) has launched its first grant program since inauguration, offering a boost to the organizations and groups that tell the stories of our waterfront heritage, history, places, and peoples.
There are two opportunities, in both a regular dispersement and a matching grant for planning and implementation of projects.
If you don't apply this year, they plan to offer more in successive notices of funding, so stay tuned to the MWNHA page for more opportunities to help promote the local waterfronts and our place upon them.
Read more about the active funding opportunities (applications due Dec. 15) below:
Washington Sea Grant seeks photographs from citizens to help document the effects of King Tides in different areas of our waterfront, and to help understand and plan for the effects of higher sea levels and other flooding events.
King Tides are extraordinarily high tides, caused by the motions of the sun and moon. To learn more about Sea Grant's call for citizen science, and to be a part of the scientific process in action, visit the link below:
WWC Supports "Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act"
(Fishing boat tied to the sawtooth docks at Squalicum Harbor. Photo: Dan Tucker)
The Working Waterfront Coalition of Whatcom County (WWC) proudly supports the newly-introduced bill entitled “Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act”
submitted to the House of Representatives by Chellie Pinegree of Maine and Rob Whittman of Virginia. The Coalition is writing letters of support to sponsoring members of Congress, including Washington Congressman Derek Kilmer.
We encourage member companies and others to write their support as well. If you need a template for your letter, or help writing it, reach out to us at Info@whatcomworkingwaterfront.org.
This is in coordination with the Senate-level push by Senator Susan Collins of Maine for the Working Waterfront Preservation Act.
The Coalition has also written in support of this legislation, and more info is in the link below:
The Whatcom Working Waterfront Coalition launched our Job Board last year as a digital bulletin board for waterfront jobs and crew positions.
Send us your phone and email, along with details on your open position (pay must be included per WA state law), and we'll list your information and position on our site. You can then promote links to the job board, and other interested crew who may take your positions can search and find your information via our digital bulletins on this board.
To find out more, submit a position or see what positions are posted, visit the board:
Q4 WWC Board of Director's Meeting December 12, 9-12 a.m. 708 Coho Way, Bellingham
The Board of Director's 4th-Quarter Meeting for the Whatcom Working Waterfront Coalition. All Coalition members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please email info@whatcomworkingwaterfront.org if you're interested in attending.
Dockside Holiday Market December 16, Fisherman's Pavilion, Zuanich Point Park
Join Dockside Market on the 16th of December for a special Holiday Market. Complete your gift-list with local, fresh seafood that will create a meal everyone will remember!
WWC Annual Member Meeting January 31, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Squalicum Boathouse, 600 N. Harbor Loop Drive
The Whatcom Working Waterfront Coalition hosts its annual Member Meeting. All members are welcome to attend and hear how the Coalition has done over the last year, our projects and plans for the upcoming year, and to bring your own concerns and ideas to the Coalition.
Our discussion of Blue Tech continues with Sarah Schumann of Fishery Friendly Climate Action. Community Boating Center completes their wheelhouse campaign, Bellingham Seafeast launches Teeshirt design contest.
Bellingham Seafeast opens Kids Design Teeshirt contest, Northline Seafoods close to lauching Hannah, Marine Trades Career and Exploration Fair happens tomorrow, CBC Completes Wheelhouse building, Blue Drinks Q2 is coming up, US Overfishing List at all time low, NW Explorations' flotilla set to sail north, Coalition staff participate in Maritime Workforce Forum
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