Talking and listening to commercial fishermen is what led the ODFW Marine Reserves Program to initiate a pilot study comparing hook-and-line vs. longline survey techniques. We partnered with local fishermen in Port Orford, Oregon to conduct the study. Read More
Catching two tagged fish doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is actually rare to occur in wild populations. Why? The odds of catching a previously tagged fish are extremely small as there are literally, many fish in the sea. 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
As ODFW Marine Reserves Program researchers pulled up their latest collection of juvenile fish samples at Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve last Thursday, they received a huge surprise — a record breaking pulse of juvenile splitnose rockfish. Read More
What is a SMURF? We are not talking about the cartoon characters. Rather, SMURF stands for: Standard Monitoring Units for the Recruitment of Fishes. Learn more about how we sample juvenile fish. Read More
The Marine Reserves research team uses longlines to research the diversity of fish species found in Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve. Check out this post to learn more about longline gear and how we use it Read More