ODFW reminds anglers about the following 2026 recreational bottomfish season and regulations beginning Thursday, January 1, 2026. Changes from 2025 are in italics and underlined. Bag Limits General Marine Species: 4-fish bag limit Canary rockfish: 2-fish sub-bag limit…
Category: Oregon Coast
King Tides – Another round happening January 1st – 4th!
These extremely high tides occur when the moon’s orbit comes closest to the earth, the earth’s orbit is closest to the sun, and the sun, moon and earth are in direct alignment,…
OREGON STATE PARKS: WINTER WHALE WATCH WEEK RETURNS TO THE OREGON COAST DEC. 27-31
Oregon State Parks will host Winter Whale Watch Week along the Oregon Coast Saturday, Dec. 27 through Wednesday, Dec. 31. Trained Oregon State Park volunteers will be stationed at 14 sites along the Oregon Coast from 10 a.m….
Oregon Ocean Cluster selected as finalist for Regenerative Travel Impact Awards
By Lynnee Jacks, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Industry Communications and Engagement Manager The Oregon Ocean Cluster has been selected as a finalist for the Regenerative Travel Impact Awards! Each year, Regenerative Travel highlights organizations…
INDIVISIBLE WAVES: VICTORY IN WALDPORT DEC. 10; Resolution 1328 PASSES — UNANIMOUSLY!
From Indivisible Waves-Central Coast: Waldport, you did this. In just 48 hours, incredible community engagement — 600 emails, 130+ people in the room, and coastwide solidarity — helped the City Council reach…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Commercial crab season begins Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon to the California border
(Newport, OR) – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season opens Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon to the California border, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Crab will be available in…
UPDATE ABOUT DUNGENESS CRAB SEASON FROM LOCAL OCEAN, NEWPORT SEAFOOD MARKET & RESTAURANT
This year’s commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least December 16. Oregon’s crab have passed both meat fill and biotoxin tests, but the season cannot open until Oregon, Washington,…
NOAA: Preliminary Necropsy Results for Yachats Whale Released Nov. 19, 2025
A large team from multiple organizations convened on Tuesday, November 18 to conduct a necropsy on the young humpback whale that stranded over the weekend near Yachats, Oregon. The necropsy revealed the…
NOAA Fisheries: Experts Euthanize Oregon Humpback Whale After Unsuccessful Attempt to Free it from Beach
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Scientists, veterinary students and members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians worked together to disassemble the whale Tuesday. Tribal members performed ceremonies for the whale, and collected some of…
Beached Juvenile Humpback Whale in Yachats
Since Saturday evening, November 15th, many on the Oregon Coast and regionally, have been following the fate of a living beached humpback whale in Yachats, Oregon. Volunteers poured in from throughout the…