Join us for a weekend full of sustainable clamming and kayaking excursions in Netarts Bay May 21-22! SUSTAINABLE CLAMMING ON THE BAY: SATURDAY, MAY 21 Would you like to learn more about the different types of clams in Netarts Bay? Are you new to clamming and would like some tips? Are you curious about distribution patterns, research, and regulations around…
Category: Boating
US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 63 – Tillamook Bay Conducting Courtesy Vessel Safety Checks During National Safe Boating Week, Sat. & Sun. May 21-22
Garibaldi, Oregon (May 2022) – USCG Auxiliary, FL 63 is proud to sponsor Courtesy Vessel Safety Checks to help promote National Safe Boating Week, May 21-27, the official launch of the 2022 Safe boating Campaign. This yearlong campaign promotes the value of voluntary, consistent life jacket wear by recreational boaters. Qualified Vessel Examiners from Flotilla 63 will be at the…
Kayak Netarts Bay Excursions: Bay Entrance and Inner Bay Trips with Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS and Kayak Tillamook County Naturalists May 7
Enjoy and learn to respectfully explore Netarts from the water while appreciating the abundance of life living deeper in the bay. Our popular kayak trips are back! We are offering a tour for beginners and a tour of the inner bay on May 7th. Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS interpreters and Kayak Tillamook County Naturalists will guide our exploration of…
Coast Guard searches for one person from sinking fishing vessel 35 miles off Florence, OR
NORTH BEND, Ore. — The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a 32-foot fishing vessel that sank Saturday morning approximately 35 miles offshore Florence. Missing is Mike Morgan, 68. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a mayday call at approximately 12 a.m. Saturday from Morgan, the master of the white-and-black fishing vessel White Swan III, reporting…
DEATH INVESTIGATION WITH CAPSIZED BOAT NEAR NYE BEACH-LINCOLN COUNTY FRIDAY DEC. 17th
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at approximately 9:50 AM, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel from the United States Coast Guard, Newport Fire Department, Newport Police Department and Pacific West Ambulance responded to a report of a capsized boat near Nye Beach in Lincoln County. Preliminary investigation revealed a 22-foot C-Dory was returning to port and capsized when it…
Oregon’s commercial crab fishery opens December 1
For the first time since the 2014-15 season, the ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens as scheduled Dec. 1 along the Oregon coast. Commercial crab vessels can set gear Nov. 28 (the presoak period) in anticipation of the first pull of ocean crab pots on Dec. 1. In partnership with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission and the commercial Dungeness crab…
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: Tide Strands Boats, 13 People Required Rescue Last Night Saturday May 29th
On May 29, 2021, 10:05 pm, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and Tillamook Fire Department responded to a report of two boats stranded on the mud in Tillamook Bay. It was reported that there were 13 people involved and that some people were in the water attempting to swim back to shore. Marine Deputy Dennis Greiner launched a TCSO boat with…
Coast Guard urges boating safety this summer
SEATTLE —The Coast Guard urges boaters to be ready this National Safe Boating Week as summer nears the Pacific Northwest. This year National Safe Boating Week takes place Saturday through May 28. National Safe Boating Week promotes safe boating practices for recreational boaters in order to reduce preventable accidents and deaths. The Coast Guard encourages boaters to become safer, always ready boaters this 2021 boating season. As air temperatures rise with the arrival…
ATTENTION SMALL BOAT OWNERS AND OPERATORS: U.S. Coast Guard Implements New Law Requires Engine Cut-off Switch for Vessels less than 26 feet
WASHINGTON — Operators of recreational vessels less than 26 feet in length will be required to use an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) and associated ECOS link (ECOSL) as of April 1, 2021, as the U.S. Coast Guard implements a law passed by Congress. Situations where ECOS link use would not be required include docking, trolling, and operating in no-wake zones….
