By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – At the start of her lecture, environmental scientist and marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco projected a map onto a screen at Hatfield Marine Science […]
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Governor, congressional delegation urge feds to declare disaster for Oregon coast salmon fisheries
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle For the seventh time in less than a decade, Oregon’s commercial fishermen, governor and congressional delegation are asking for federal aid to soften the […]
Three rangers at Yaquina Head Natural Area get their jobs back — but still aren’t allowed to work
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – Four Bureau of Land Management employees fired suddenly and without notice at Yaquina Head last month have been offered their jobs back. Three […]
Millions of herring make annual return to Yaquina Bay creating spectacular frenzy for sea lions, birds and fishermen
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT — One of nature’s epic shows visited Newport this past week as millions of Pacific herring made their annual stop in Yaquina Bay to spawn. […]
It’s nesting season for endangered snowy plovers, so be careful on certain areas of the beach
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Western snowy plovers have made a strong comeback in recent years from the early 1990s, when there were so few that the breed ended up with […]
Recent move to NOAA leads to sudden layoff of Newport staffer working to make agency more efficient, nimble
By LIZZY ACKER/The Oregonian/OregonLive When Cristen Don got word she had been laid off from her job at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Newport […]
250 students show off their wind/wave/solar energy devices at Hatfield Marine contest
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews What does renewable energy look like? Over 250 school students showed off their best guesses in team projects Tuesday at the Oregon Coast Renewable Energy Challenge. […]
ODFW commission takes action to hammer kelp-eating sea urchins in three coastal test areas
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the Oregon coast. And, no, this is […]
Juvenile salmon along Oregon coast encountering more competition from increasing numbers of sablefish
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Pacific salmon, long an economic and cultural mainstay of life along the Oregon coast, are facing significant competition from an increasingly popular fish that is flourishing […]
Four months at sea helps NOAA scientists gather “most thorough” data yet on marine mammals
By NOAA News Service NOAA Fisheries scientists have completed a four-month, 5,000 mile survey of marine mammals and seabirds off the West Coast and collecting a trove of some […]