Reserve Category: Cascade Head
Have Marine Reserves Impacted Daily Fishing License Sales?
Each year thousands of people pack up their gear, set their out-of-office email response to a fishing emoji, and head to the Oregon coast. Some fishers may have found their usual fishing spot closed after marine reserve implementation. These fishers could change their behavior. To find out if fishing behavior has changed after marine reserve implementation, we looked at ODFW’s sales of daily fishing licenses. Read More
What Do Oregonians Love About the Coast
We’re honoring Valentine’s Day this month. How do Oregonians’ love thee coast? Let me count the ways … results from a recent human dimensions research study by Portland State University. Read More
2020 Highlights, Top Stories and Videos
Check out our annual highlights infographic. Plus, take a look at a our top stories and most popular marine reserve videos from 2020. Read More
Dive Into the ODFW Data Dashboard
We’re excited to announce the release of our new ODFW Data Dashboard. The dashboard is a website that allows you to explore marine reserves monitoring data collected by ODFW over the last 10 years Read More
Reports from the Field – October
This month we successfully retrieved our oceanographic equipment that had been in the water this summer at Cascade Head, Cape Falcon, and the Cape Meares Comparison Area collecting data on temperature, salinity and oxygen. Read More
New Report: Qualitative Evaluation of Impacts on Fishers
This project is designed to capture the lived experience of commercial and charter fishers who are directly impacted by marine reserves. We were particularly interested in the economic, social, and cultural impacts of the marine reserves, including whether or not fishers were shifting their efforts to other species or locations following reserve implementation. Read More
Exploring Intertidal Data: Before, During, After Sea Star Wasting
Results from our intertidal surveys indicate that while Ochre Sea Star densities declined during the sea star wasting outbreak, they are rebounding … Read More
Reports from the Field – July
Our team ventured out into the intertidal this month to carry out two days of mussel bed surveys, at Otter Rock and Cascade Head … Read More