Reports from the Field for October
Check out our latest research activities from October. Read More
Reserve Category: Otter Rock
Who Is Visiting the Marine Reserves and Why?
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
Reports from the Field for August
Check out our latest research activities from August. Read More
Reports from the Field for July
Check out our latest research activities from July. Read More
Souring Seas: Ocean Acidification Monitoring in Marine Reserves
The mystery began in 2007 at Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery in Netarts Bay, Oregon. An inexplicable oyster larvae die-off spurred efforts to figure out the problem. The identified culprit? Ocean acidification. Read More
Reports from the Field for May
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 SMURFÂ 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
Reports from the Field for April
Updates from the field and announcements on upcoming reports. Read More
Beneath the Surface: Otter Rock Marine Reserve
Dive beneath the surface at Otter Rock Marine Reserve and get a glimpse of rockfish, a harbor seal, an octopus and more. Located off of Oregon’s central coast, Otter Rock Marine Reserve is the smallest of the five reserves. This scientific training ground provides local researchers with the perfect spot to try out new approaches.