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  • Recreational Crabbing Back Open On South Oregon Coast - All of Coast Now Open

    Posted on May 15, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category Positive Newstagged#backyardbend , bend , Coast , Crab , Crabbing , Eugene , Food , Madras , ODFW , Oregon , Oregon Coast , Oregon Coast Beach Connection , Portland , Recreation , Recreational , Redmond , Salem , Seafood , Southern oregon

    Recreational crabbing is back open on the Oregon Coast. Learn more here.

    By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff

    (Winchester Bay, Oregon) – As of late last week, recreational crabbing is back open along the entire Oregon coast, after being shut down for a time between Winchester Bay and Cape Blanco. Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) made the announcement, saying all bays, estuaries and the ocean can once again continue the crustacean-gathering fun. (Above: Coos Bay, courtesy Oregon’s Adventure Coast)

    The shut-down on May 1 was due to high levels of domoic acid, taking place from eight miles north of (43° 47′ at Tahkenitch Creek) to Cape Blanco (42° 50′). That…

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  • USDA to place a $52 million order for Oregon seafood

    Posted on May 08, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category Localtaggedbend , Exports , Fishermen , Fishing , Food , Local , Oregon , Oregon Coast , Seafood , USDA , What’s Trending

    The USDA will place a $50 million+ order for Oregon seafood. Find out more here.

    by Gold Meadows/KVAL

    Oregon lawmakers lead the way to the approval of $52 million to purchase Oregon seafood products.

    Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden led the charge to have the products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for distribution to food assistance programs for its commodity purchasing programs.

    In a letter sent to the USDA, Merkley and others stated that inclusion in the program would provide a boost to West Coast fishermen and seafood processors while including their products in American food assistance programs.

    READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

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  • Coastal tourism management group aims to keep the ‘local’ in Oregon’s local seafood

    Posted on January 18, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category LocaltaggedCoast , Eating , Featured , Food , Local , Oregon , Oregon Coast , Oregon Coast Visitors Association , Oregonian , Restaurants , Seafood , Tourism , Travel , What’s Trending

    The majority of seafood consumed on the Oregon coast isn’t from the Oregon coast.. Find out more here.

    As thousands of visitors flock to the Oregon Coast every year, most of them are looking for the fresh high-quality seafood that is distinctly Oregonian.

    But a study commissioned recently by the Oregon Coast Visitors Association – the destination management organization serving the entire Oregon Coast from Astoria to Brookings – found shockingly that about 90 percent of the seafood consumed on the coast is imported from other domestic and international sources.

    In response, OCVA has launched the Ocean Cluster Initiative – United States Department of Agriculture-funded program entitled “Capturing Value by Keeping Local Seafood Local” – to help combat that trend. The initiative…

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