Sustainable Fisheries
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OSU plans 'tsunami dock' exhibit
Oregon State University plans to exhibit a huge chunk of debris from 2011's Japanese earthquake and tsunami. OSU will unveil a portion of a dock that washed ashore near Newport in June 2012, or more than…
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Oregon trawlers re-up their shrimp certification
An Oregon shrimp-fishing group has retained its coveted certification denoting that it practices responsible shrimping. The Oregon Trawl Commission learned this week the Oregon pink shrimp it catches…
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Milestone eastern Oregon water agreement signed
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and groups from Washington and Oregon working together under the banner of the Columbia River Umatilla Solutions task force put their signatures Friday to an agreement that outlines…
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Fishpeople launches to better brand NW seafood
The problem with Oregon's seafood is that much of it is shipped elsewhere for processing. As little as 15 percent of the fish caught here is consumed here. Duncan Berry set out to change that with Fishpeople. The…
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Washington Gov. Gregoire takes on ocean acidification
In 2007, Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Tillamook saw four straight months of zero shellfish-larvae production. By late 2008, everything was dead. “We almost had to close,” said Alan Barton,…
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Bamboo Sushi fishes for better sustainability
Bamboo Sushi made a name for itself garnering national attention for being the first certified sustainable sushi restaurant in the country. Its founder, Kristofor Lofgren, was instrumental in setting…
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Bon Appetit trains spotlight on local seafood
Bon Appétit Management Company is making a concerted effort to put more local fish on its thousands of cafe plates by declaring this Tuesday a company-wide Eat Local Fish Challenge. The first-ever event…
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Gorge group sues Skamania County on environmental grounds
A Columbia Gorge advocacy group is taking Skamania County to court. Portland-based Friends of the Columbia Gorge is charging the county with “failing to protect its critical areas and resource lands…
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Gulf fishing levels rebounding after BP oil spill
Gulf of Mexico fisheries are rebounding to levels seen before the 2010 BP Plc (NYSE: BP) oil spill, Bloomberg reports. According to the National Marine Fisheries Services, the total catch from Gulf states…
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Balance between farms and fish sought in Oregon water accord
Gov. John Kitzhaber has asked stakeholders in the Umatilla Basin to hammer out a plan to combat water shortages in the region, with preliminary findings due by December. The group is working through the…
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National Wildlife Federation report cites coal risks
A National Wildlife Federation report released Tuesday morning outlines risks for both human and wildlife habitats posed by building coal export facilities in the Pacific Northwest. It also makes the case…
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Wave energy controversy swells in Oregon
Anxiety is building as the state of Oregon prepares for a crucial ruling that could determine the future of wave energy. The state is expected to approve a final plan by the end of the year that dictates…
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Farmers Conservation Alliance raising $1.5M
The Hood River-based Farmers Conservation Alliance is taking a page out of the startup handbook and raising $1.5 million in mezzanine financing, an amount meant to nudge the nonprofit into self-sufficiency. Rather…
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Bamboo Sushi's marine reserve crusade paints a picture
What happens when more than 1,000 eco-minded entrepreneurs set sail for three days in the Bahamas, bent on boosting the positive impacts of their businesses? A rallying cry for roughly $1 million, the…
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Ecotrust releases open source tool for complex decision makers
Ecotrust this week released an open source software platform that the nonprofit group hopes will be used to support collaborative processes for complex decision making. The software, called Madrona, builds…
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Restaurants join forces to save Bristol Bay salmon
Kevin Davis is a chef who fishes. He cares deeply about wild fisheries, so much so that he has lobbied for them in Washington, D.C., and has made sustainability a founding concept for both of his Seattle…
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Bamboo Sushi brings sustainable seafood to NW 23rd
Roughly four years after opening its doors on Southeast 28th Avenue, Bamboo Sushi has brought its sustainably harvested seafood to Portland’s west side and is preparing for further expansion in California. The…
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Two Oregon tribes get USDA funding for sustainable development
Two Oregon tribes were among 27 grant awardees sharing $3.2 million in project funding announced this week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Confederated…
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Water interests unite in Northern California
Urban, agricultural and environmental interests have banded together to speak with one voice in an effort to protect the region’s water supply from thirsty Southern California and San Joaquin Valley…
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Report: Pacific tuna tainted by Fukushima radiation
Scientists have found trace elements of radioactive isotopes in Pacific bluefin tuna migrating from coastal Japan to the shores of Southern California, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The amount…
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Freshwater Trust builds market for water quality
It wasn't President Barack Obama's finest moment. When he mentioned a groundbreaking ecosystem services program happening in southern Oregon, the president — or more accurately his speechwriter —…
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Chinook salmon among fisheries deemed 'rebuilt' by NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported to the U.S. Congress this week that a record six fisheries are no longer suffering from overfishing, including the chinook salmon runs of Northern…
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Salmon may benefit from spilling excess water
Salmon advocates say they have new information that shows that spilling more water over dams may actually benefit fish. The news has implications for wind power generators as they look toward another spring…
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Portland restauranteurs spotlight sustainable oysters
Restaurant owner Tobias Hogan would like you to think of oysters as eco-overachievers, filtering brackish estuary waters of potentially harmful algae and phytoplankton and making the waters safe for baby…
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OSU unveils new maps of Oregon ocean
Oregon State University unveiled new maps of Oregon's coastal sea floor, the result of a multi-year project funded by state and federal sources to inform efforts including planning for marine reserves,…
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