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
10
Rocky Habitat Working Group Meeting
December 10, 2020
Rocky shore and pigeon guillemots.\Phot courtesy of OPRD.
The Rocky Habitat Working Group of the Ocean Policy Advisory Council will meet on Thursday, Dec. 10, 8-11 a.m., online. The chief topic of discussion is the evaluation process for the currently ongoing site designation process under...
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.
Dec
17
Webinar on Sea Otters and Kelp
December 17, 2020
Sea otter ready for his close-up.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Learn about the Elakha Alliance, an organization working to explore the possibility of restoring sea otters to Oregon’s coastal ecosystem, through an introductory webinar, “The Plight of Oregon’s Kelp Ecosystem, Sea Otters, and Our...
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
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,...
Jul
16
Marbled Murrelet Survey Training
July 16, 2020
Marbled Murrelet at sea.\Photo by Rich MacIntosh.
The 15th annual marbled murrelet community survey is taking place this year, virus or no virus, but due to pandemic restrictions the volunteer training will be virtual this time around. The only training for 2020 takes place on Thursday,...
Jul
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
July 15, 2020, Hammond
Marine debris comes in all sizes--a plastic jug upon the shore.\Photo by Steve Morey.
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...
Jul
14
Aquaculture Seminar
July 14, 2020
Dr. Jan Hodder.
Bandon’s Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) has resumed its seminar series, now moved online. First up will be Jan Hodder, retired from her position as a senior lecturer at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, where she taught about marine birds and mammals for more...
Jul
10
Ocean Science Trust Meeting
July 10, 2020
Researchers deploying an ROV in a marine reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Oregon Ocean Science Trust, which seeks to acquire and distribute funding for research in Oregon’s ocean, particularly its marine reserves, is meeting virtually on Friday, July 10, 9 a.m.-noon.
A key topic on the...
Jul
9
Elasmobranchs Online
July 9, 2020
Great White Shark.\Photo courtesy of NOAA.
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 Fabio Prior Caltabellotta, UF/IFAS Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida,...
Jul
8
Rocky Habitat Working Group Meeting
July 8, 2020
Rocky habitat at Ecola State Park.\Photo by Laurel Hillmann.
The initial proposal period for site designations under the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy is now underway. On Wednesday, July 8, the Rocky Habitat Working Group of Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) will...
Jul
7
Gray Whale Webinar
July 7, 2020
Gray Whale at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Rena Olson.
One of the longest mammal migrations in the world takes place just off the Oregon coast twice a year. An upcoming webinar explores the lives of gray whales, the creatures whale-watchers see most often, which are in the midst of these epic...
Jul
2
Seminar on Assessing Marine Reserves
July 2, 2020
View from Cape Perpetua across the marine reserve.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The seminar series offered by the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) has moved online during the coronavirus era. These seminars are free and open to the public.
Next up is Dan Ovando, a postdoctoral researcher at...
Jun
29
Presentation on Genomics and Marine Environment
June 29, 2020
Humpback whale south of Depoe Bay.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The Marine Mammal Institute at the Hatfield Marine Science Center is interviewing candidates for an open assistant professor in cetacean biology. This gives the public an opportunity to learn about current research on marine mammals,...