Tag: Oregon

2023 Oregon Fishing: Record Crab Harvest Among Other Results

8/25/2024 - By Carli Stewart. Oregon’s fishing scene in 2023 was a bit of a mixed bag. While the state’s commercial fishing industry landed 301 million pounds of seafood, up from the previous year, the total revenue didn't quite hit the high notes of the past few years. The amount of crab… SEE MORE

Deep-sea fishing between the stunning fjords of Lofoten

Oregon Bound for Chinook and Coho

7/24/2024 - By David Conway. Catch the bite from the beaches to Buoy 10 and the Columbia River. Capt. Hugh Harris, of True North Outdoors in Portland, tells me that a chinook salmon can smell one drop of its ancestral stream in 50 gallons of water. In Harris’ home waters of the Columbia River,… SEE MORE

Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 ,Killer_Whale_chasing_Chinook via Wikimedia Commons

The Mystery of the Entangled Oregon Orca

1/3/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov Intensive search for killer whale carcass leads to an answer hidden in its DNA. The black-and-white pattern of a killer whale stood out to an Oregon fisherman. He was heading home to port about 30 miles southwest of Newport on June 26 at 1:47 p.m. The problem was… SEE MORE

https://sfist.com/2020/04/26/californias-dungeness-crab-season-will-end-on-may-15-to-shield-whales-from-harm/

Now is Best Time for Crabbing on Oregon Coast

9/16/2021 - (Oregon Coast) – Wildlife officials on the Oregon coast say starting in September, this is the best time to go crabbing in bays and estuaries. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) sent out that declaration Tuesday. It's a combination of the Dungeness crabs' life cycle and what weather does… SEE MORE

Photo Courtesy of AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Mel Melcon

Massive Wildfires in US West Bring Haze to East Coast

7/21/2021 - By Gillian Flaccus. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that’s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to six… SEE MORE

Oregon Fishing License and Tag Info

Coastal News

6/9/2021 - Licenses, Tags, Permits, Endorsements and Validations The choice is up to you! Anglers have the option of purchasing an electronic license, tags, endorsements, and validations by using their smartphone with the myodfw app to display or can choose the traditional paper option and will be able to print at home,… SEE MORE

Baby Seals Popping Up Around PNW Coast – Caution Advised

5/17/2021 - By Oregon Coast Beach Connection. Little baby harbor seals are showing up all over the Oregon coast and it’s time again for Oregon officials to issue the warning: stay away from baby seals. Seaside Aquarium’s Tiffany Boothe said they are currently monitoring three different pups in their area, which includes… SEE MORE

The Hopewell Dam, located just off Hopewell Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, once powered turbines for a manufacturing plant.

Water Crisis ‘Couldn’t be Worse’ on Oregon-California Border

5/17/2021 - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they would not send extra water to dying salmon downstream or to a half-dozen wildlife refuges that… SEE MORE

Possible ‘Tsunami Debris’ Boat on Oregon Coast Presents Mysteries

4/23/2021 - By Oregon Coast Beach Connection: A month after being discovered on a central Oregon coast beach, a wayward boat is still presenting some mysteries. Was it tsunami debris that showed up ten years later? Does it contain something dangerous to our ecosystem? Space debris isn’t the only thing that washed… SEE MORE

How To Go Whale Watching On The Oregon Coast

4/21/2021 - By Jessica Tomlinson. Whale watching on the Oregon coast is a fun activity people enjoy year round, but especially during the winter and spring whale migrations, where up to 25,000 gray whales pass the Oregon coast. Here are some tips to get you started on your whale watching journey. When… SEE MORE

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