Over the past several years the ODFW Marine Reserves Program has been conducting visitor surveys to gain a better understanding of who is visiting the marine reserves and why. These baseline data can be compared with future studies to see if changes in the visitor population occurs in connection with the marine reserves. Read More
Check out our latest research activities from August. Read More
Ecological Monitoring Being that this is an El Nino year, we are very interested to see what juvenile fish might recruit to our nearshore waters. In April our SMURF sampling gear, used for collecting juvenile fish, was deployed at the Otter Rock and Redfish Rocks sites with the help of Oregon State University and the Oregon Read More
Ever wondered what lies beneath the surface of Oregon’s ocean? Our new Oregon Marine Reserves website provides a rare glimpse below the surface of Oregon’s ocean waters and a behind-the-scenes peek at scientists in action. Read More
The ODFW Marine Reserves Team would like to say thank you to all our highly skilled volunteer anglers, vessel captains, and crew that came out and assisted with this year’s hook-and-line surveys. Read More
Check out ODFW’s newly released Ecological Monitoring Plan. Learn about how long-term monitoring is helping us learn more about marine reserve protections and about Oregon’s nearshore ocean. Read More
The ODFW Marine Reserves Program’s summer interns have been busy conducting visitor surveys this summer for the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. Read More