Ocean Events
Dec
5
Surrogate Whale Watch Presentation
December 5, 2020
Gray whales at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Era Horton.
In normal winters, we would be fast approaching Whale Watch Week, and State Parks’ Whale Watching Spoken Here program would be gearing up. But it is 2020, we’re back to a coronavirus “freeze,” and there will be no public whale-oriented...
Dec
13
King Tide Project, Second Series
December 13, 2020
From the King Tides archives--a January, 2020 king tide at Cape Kiwanda.\Photo by Day Tooley.
The second round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Dec. 13-15, 2020. (The final high tide series which...
Dec
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 16, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) assists a student with the marine debris survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Jan
7
Talks on Climate, Beaches, and Dunes
January 7, 2021
King tide threatens Rockaway Beach.\Photo by Lawrence Soto.
The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project is coming up Jan. 11-13. To provide some context for this effort by volunteer photographers to document the reach of the year’s highest tides, three of the Northwest’s leading...
Jan
11
King Tide Project, Third Series
January 11, 2021
King tide in January, 2020, at Del Rey Beach access in Clatsop County.\Photo by Jim Stewart.
The final round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Jan. 11-13, 2021. The project reveals areas currently...
Past Events
Aug
27
Presentation on Ocean Science History
August 27, 2020
Dr. Carmel Finley.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) has moved its weekly seminar series online. This week’s virtual offering, free and open to the public, takes place on Thursday, Aug. 27, 3:30 p.m.
The speaker is Carmel Finley, an historian of science at Oregon State University. ...
Aug
26
Sea Otter Webinar
August 26, 2020
Sea otter "raft."\Photo by David Sidle.
The Elakha Alliance is sponsoring a webinar on “The Legal and Economic Considerations of Sea Otter Reintroduction” on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m. Speakers will be Bob Bailey, the Alliance’s president, and Michele Zwartjes, a biologist with the U.S....
Aug
25
Webinar on Waves and Beaches
August 25, 2020
Waves at sunset washing Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
The Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative, unable to gather audiences physically, is offering an online exploration of the shore with a webinar entitled “Waves, Sand, and Beaches: The Constantly Changing Shoreline.” Free...
Aug
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 17, 2020, Hammond
Marine debris collected during a previous survey at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed...
Aug
13
Video Tour of Heceta Bank
August 13, 2020
Explore the undersea habitat off Oregon's shore with new film.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The public is invited to a special screening of Oregon State Productions’ film “Heceta Bank: Orgon’s Hidden Wonder,” on Thursday, Aug. 13, 6 p.m. The virtual event includes a panel discussion and...
Aug
6
Lampreys Online
August 6, 2020
Laurie Weitkamp.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s research seminar series has moved online, but is still going strong. On Thursday, Aug. 6, 3:30 p.m., the speaker will be Laurie Weitkamp, a Research Fisheries Biologist with the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center.
Her topic: “All...
Jul
31
Meeting on Ocean Acidification
July 31, 2020
Testing ocean waters in an Oregon marine reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Oregon’s Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Council will hold its summer meeting on Friday, July 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
At present, the plan is still to hold an in-person meeting, place to be determined. Watch this...
Jul
30
Webinar on Ocean, Climate & Plastics
July 30, 2020
Marine debris at sea.\Photo by Kip Evans.
he Healthy Oceans Coalition and the Inland Ocean Coalition invite everyone to a new webinar series, Ocean Climate Conversations, where they dive into issues at the intersections of climate change, the ocean, and society. The inaugural webinar, coming...
Jul
23
Seminar on Fish Populations
July 23, 2020
Lingcod, one of the species to be discussed in this seminar, in its habitat.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
In the coronavirus era, the Hatfield Marine Science Center is holding its seminar series online. These events are free and open to the public.
Next up is Kiva Oken, Assistant Professor,...
Jul
22
Virtual Science Pub Walrus Talk
July 22, 2020
Sheanna Steingass.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC in Newport hosts a Science on Tap series. These are casual talks on scientific subjects, held at the nearby Rogue Brewery, combining food, beer, and entertaining explorations of research topics. They are fun, educational…and,...