By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Oregon’s 2024-24 commercial Dungeness crab season is proving quite successful five months into the season. Fishermen have hauled in 23.8 million pounds of crab so far, accounting for a catch valued at $88.9 … [Read more...] about It’s been a good season for Oregon’s Dungeness crab fleet with strong prices and four more months to go
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Maritime Heritage Center in Newport opens four-month photo exhibit on seaweed, kelp and ocean health
By Oregon ArtsWatch A traveling exhibit by a San Francisco author and photographer that explores the important of seaweed and kelp to ocean health opens Thursday at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center in Newport. The exhibit featuring … [Read more...] about Maritime Heritage Center in Newport opens four-month photo exhibit on seaweed, kelp and ocean health
After ocean’s closure, the commercial fishing season for Chinook salmon off Oregon coast could be a disaster
Offshore salmon seasons will be closed or look much different this summer along most of the Oregon coast as managers struggle to ensure the safety of declining fall Chinook returning to Northern California. A federal regulatory group has … [Read more...] about After ocean’s closure, the commercial fishing season for Chinook salmon off Oregon coast could be a disaster
Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Newport will soon be the home of one of the largest animals to ever roam the Earth — a near-complete skeleton of a 70-foot long blue whale. Speaking to reporters Thursday in a South Beach marine storage … [Read more...] about Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Oregon’s cutest shorebird has made a big rally over the past two decades, from the verge of extinction to expanding its range. Western snowy plovers, which nest in beach sand on the Oregon coast … [Read more...] about It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions