Oregon State Police Report – On January 8, 2018 a little before 10:00 PM, the US Coast Guard was notified of a boat needing assistance crossing the Yaquina Bay bar due to…
Category: Fishing
Oregon commercial crab fishery to open Jan. 4 north of Cape Arago
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Monday, December 31, 2018 NEWPORT, Ore.—Fresh Oregon crab is back on the menu soon as the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open on much of Oregon’s…
Commercial Crab Season Delayed Until at Least Dec. 31st
In partnership with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission (ODCC), the second round of Oregon preseason Dungeness crab quality and domoic acid testing was conducted coastwide during November 29th -December 3rd. The minimum…
Commercial Dungeness crab season delayed – Wednesday, November 14, 2018
NEWPORT, Ore. – The traditional Dec. 1 opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed until at least Dec. 16 along the entire Oregon coast as testing shows crabs are…
Emergency regulation changes in NW Zone coastal rivers take effect Nov. 1 to protect low fall Chinook returns
Friday, October 26, 2018 SALEM, Ore.—Fall Chinook fishing is restricted effective Nov. 1, 2018 for coastal rivers in Oregon’s Northwest Zone. Restrictions will be in place from the Necanicum River in the…
Public meeting on Clatsop County razor clam season Oct. 22 in Seaside
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a meeting discussing Clatsop County’s razor clam season on Monday, Oct. 22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center, 415 First…
Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Council makes first recommendations to State Legislature
September 14, 2018 SALEM, Ore.— Oregon is among the first places to document the impacts of “ocean acidification”— what happens when human-produced carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater, resulting in chemical reactions…
Free Fishing on Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day Weekend in Oregon
SALEM, Ore.—It’s free to fish, crab or clam in Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 1 and Sunday, Sept. 2. During these two days, no fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag…
Shop at the Docks: A Seafood and Fisheries Connection at the Port of Garibaldi, Friday Aug. 24
This August, Food Roots came together with friends at Garibaldi Cultural Heritage Initiative, the Port of Garibaldi and Explore Nature Tillamook Coast, to bring Oregon SeaGrant Extension and their Shop at the…
Get to Know your Fishermen at ‘Shop at the Dock’ in Garibaldi Aug. 10th
If you love fresh seafood you’re going to want to mark your calendar for Aug. 10 and join the Explore Nature Series and Oregon Sea Grant for their first ever Shop at…