OIOpublisher Newport, Ore. – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed coastwide until at least Dec. 16, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Pre-season testing shows Dungeness crabs are too low in meat yield in some ocean…
Category: Environment
SEASIDE AQUARIUM: It’s Turtle Stranding Season … Olive Ridley Comes Ashore in Gearhart Monday Nov. 18
Early Monday evening, November 18th, we (Seaside Aquarium) got a report of a live sea turtle on Gearhart Beach in Oregon. Staff quickly geared up and were able to pick up the…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION: SAVE OUR WETLANDS! SUPPORT THE APPEAL! 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐔𝐏𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 – NOV. 16 & NOV. 20
𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍: Join North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection for this Community Meeting which is open to all. This will be our monthly public get-together. The main focus of…
OREGON DEPT. FISH & WILDLIFE ASKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING SUSPECTED POACHER – YAMHILL COUNTY (VIDEO)
(YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. 30 Oct. 2024) – The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for help to identify a suspected poacher. The suspected poacher was hunting in the Trask…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Razor clam harvest closure Cascade Head to California border
(October 25, 2024- SALEM, Ore) – Razor clam harvesting is now closed from Cascade Head to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife…
FRIENDS OF NETARTS BAY WEBS: ROCKFISH AND THE CHANGING OCEAN Saturday, October 19th, 10 am – 12 pm
Join us for an enlightening event, “Rockfish and the Changing Ocean,” where we will dive into the fascinating world of rockfish and the evolving marine ecosystem off the Oregon coast. The visiting…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: Protecting Salmon Smolt from the Threats of Mechanical Oyster Farming
By Scott Gordon for Friends of Tillamook Bay As thousands of us get excited and gear up for the height of the fall salmon season, we should take a moment to question:…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Razor clamming opens Oct. 1 on Clatsop beaches
Clatsop beaches reopen Oct. 1 for razor clam harvesting after the annual conservation closure that began July 15. Before heading out to harvest razor clams or any shellfish, always call the Shellfish Safety Hotline at 1-800-448-2474 or visit…
SEASIDE AQUARIUM: Why are there so many jellyfish washing up on beaches?
By Seaside Aquarium Large jellyfish have been washing ashore causing a lot of people to ask why? The answer is simple yet complicated. This simple answer is that this happens every year…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Columbia River Chinook fishing extended through Oct. 13
(September 25, 2024- CLACKAMAS, Ore.)—Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington extended Chinook retention on the mainstem Columbia River for two additional weeks during a joint state hearing today. The decision came after…