OIOpublisher By Laura Swanson, Editor It all started in 1987, when the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife held annual fundraiser for the backyard “fish hatchery” program – STEP – Salmon, Trout…
Category: Fishing
406 Day: National Campaign for Awareness of Emergency Locator Beacon Importance
SEATTLE – Saturday, April 6, is 406 Day, a national campaign run by NOAA to spread awareness of the importance of emergency position indicating radio beacons, or EPIRBs, and personal locator beacons,…
Tillamook Anglers 30th Annual Fin Clipping at Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery April 13th
Please join Tillamook Anglers for our 30th Annual Fin Clipping! We will be clipping 100,000 Spring Chinook Salmon in preparation for their release into your Tillamook County fisheries. Kids are welcomed and…
Clatsop Beaches close to razor clam harvesting Friday, March 08, 2019
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce the closure of recreational and commercial razor clamming from the Columbia River to Tillamook Head (south of Seaside)….
Garibaldi Lions 34th Annual Crab Races This Weekend, March 9th & 10th
The running of the crabs begins at 11 am on Saturday March 9th at the Old Mill Event Center in Garibaldi, and a second day of racing on Sunday March 10th. For…
Razor clamming reopens March 1 on Clatsop Beach
ASTORIA, Ore.—Razor clamming will reopen on Clatsop Beach (from Tillamook Head in Seaside to the mouth of the Columbia River) on Friday, March 1. This area had been closed to protect undersize…
Local Food Hub Assessment – Survey for Buyers, Sellers
Food Roots and Visit Tillamook Coast are working together to research and assess the viability and demand for a food hub on the North Oregon Coast. As defined by the USDA food…
Coast Guard to investigate capsizing on Yaquina Bay Bar in Newport, Ore.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is investigating the capsizing of the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II, which lead to the deaths of three fishermen at the entrance of Yaquina Bay in…
Coast Guard confirms deaths of fishermen after boat capsizes on Yaquina Bay Bar Jan. 8th
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…
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…