Ocean Events
Jul
26
River Otter Webinar
July 26, 2021
River otters.\Photo courtesy of the Elakha Alliance.
Excited reports of sea otters sighted on the Oregon coast most often turn out to be sightings of river otters instead. Sea otters have been extinct in Oregon waters for more than a century, although once in a while one visits, presumably...
Jul
29
Rocky Habitat Management Workshop
July 29, 2021
Intertidal habitat at Blacklock Point, one of the sites Oregon Shores proposed for protection.\Photo by Larry Basch.
Oregon Shores was heavily engaged in the first round of “site designations”—proposals for special levels of protection for key areas—as part of the state’s new Rocky Habitat...
Aug
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 18, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris assemblage from an earlier Fort Stevens survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Sep
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 15, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris 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 by Oregon Shores board member...
Oct
13
Webinar on the Future Ocean
October 13, 2021
Undersea habitat off the Oregon coast.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
As part of our series of speakers commemorating our 50th anniversary and looking toward the next 50 years, Oregon Shores hosts a talk by marine ecologist Kristy Kroeker, speaking on “Our Changing Oceans.” The event takes place...
Past Events
Feb
16
Sunflower Star Webinar
February 16, 2021
Sunflower Sea Star.\Photo courtesy of Oregon State University.
Bandon’s Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) is presenting a webinar by Sara Hamilton, a PhD candidate in Oregon State University’s Department of Integrative Biology, on the topic “Going, Going.... Gone? Conservation Outlook...
Feb
11
Kelp Lecture
February 11, 2021
Kelp forest.\Photo by Lynn Lee.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Virtual Research Seminar Series continues on Thursday, Feb. 11, 3:30 p.m. with a talk by Samuel Starko, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria, “Kelp Forests in a Changing Ocean.”
Kelp forests are among the most...
Feb
10
Sustainable Fishing Seminar
February 10, 2021
Dock at Garibaldi, one of the ports where Fishpeople obtains sustainable seafood.\Photo by Sonja Peterson.
The “World of Haystack Rock” speaker series will take a look at the harvesting taking place just offshore with a talk on “Seeking Balance through Sustainable Fishing” on Wednesday, Feb....
Feb
8
Brittle Star Webinar
February 8, 2021
Western spiny brittle star.\Photo courtesy of iNaturalist.
CoastWatch presents the next in our series of online presentations on rocky habitats, particularly those on the south coast, when MacKenna Hainey speaks on “Fantastic Brittle Stars, and Where to Find Them” on Monday, Feb. 8, at 6...
Feb
4
Sea Otter Presentation
February 4, 2021
Sea otter at sea.\Photo by Lilian Carswell.
The MidCoast Watersheds Council’s February community meeting will feature a presentation on “Oregon’s Lost Sea Otters: Restoring a Cultural Heritage and Ecological Keystone.” The event, free and open to all, takes place online on Thursday, Feb....
Jan
30
Cetacean Conference
January 30, 2021
Gray whale breaching.\Photo courtesy of the American Cetacean Society.
The American Cetacean Society holds its annual international conference on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m. For obvious reasons, it is taking place online this year—which means that everyone can participate.
The...
Jan
28
STAC Meeting
January 28, 2021
Marine Reserves researchers at work.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) which scrutinizes scientific questions on behalf of the Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) and advises on technical matters that underlie ocean policy, is meeting remotely on...
Jan
27
Ocean Science Trust Meeting
January 27, 2021
Lingcod in habitat.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Reports will be heard on the Marine Reserve Assessment Project, the Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia...
Jan
26
Rocky Habitat Meeting
January 26, 2021
Rocky habitat at Haystack Rock.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
The Rocky Habitat Working Group of Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) is scheduled to meet online on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2-3 p.m.
OPAC is considering the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, with the working group...
Jan
21
Seminar on Orca Monitoring
January 21, 2021
Orcas off the Oregon coast.\Photo by Greg Ligi.
On Thursday, Jan. 21, at 3:30 p.m., the Hatfield Marine Science Center heads for the deep with a talk on how scientists monitor the health of orcas off our shores. John Durban, of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State...