Water depths for the Ports of Seattle, Everett and Tacoma reach up to 400 meters? The University of Washington has one of the world’s finest oceanography departments and Seattle Central Community College runs the acclaimed Seattle Maritime Academy? Greater Seattle is a major center for environmental companies that consult for the prevention of oil and hazardous waste spills? Together, the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma are the second-largest volume container center in the United States? Greater Seattle is the homeport to the U.S. North Pacific fishing fleet, and that Seattle is the point of entry for 50 percent of the seafood caught in the United States?