The idea of knowing your farmer and supporting sustainable agriculture through a CSA is pretty well established. But a CSF? That's still pretty new. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Sustainability, Community Supported Fisheries, Outside The Box Stars

Mark and Alana Kujala have been selling fresh, canned and smoked seafood at farmers markets in Beaverton and Astoria for years. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Community Supported Agriculture, Community Supported Fisheries

Will the smashing success of Community Supported Agriculture carry over to fisheries in Oregon? I've been pondering this question for years now – particularly the more I learn about the complexities of regulating large-scale fisheries. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Sustainability, Community Supported Fisheries, Port Orford

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Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Bycatch, Catch shares, Simrad Fisheries

I couldn't wait until Foodie Friday to share this nugget: Sales of Northwest albacore tuna are up this year – thanks to local foodies and a marketing push from Whole Foods. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Albacore tuna, Fisheries, Foodie Friday

Landowners on Central Oregon’s Deschutes River and its tributaries would have at least 12 years without facing water-diversion limits or other restrictions triggered by the presence of a newly reintroduced steelhead that’s on the endangered species list. Continue reading →

Filed under: Water, Dams, Deschutes River, Fisheries

This is just a fascinating report all around: Following last week's tsunami off the coast of Japan, the fish were so thick off Mexico's Pacific coast you could scoop them up in a bucket. On the flip side, many fishing ports were seriously damaged and several countries are now requiring radiation testing of all fish coming from Japanese markets to ... Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Fisheries, Japan's tsunami

I'm calling this the soft launch of Foodie Friday. I'm hoping to take on a food topic each week – at least one – to whet our appetites for weekend munchies. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Anchovies, Fisheries, Foodie Friday, Overfishing

Bill Monroe reports on a joint decision by Oregon and Washington fish and wildlife officials to delay a popular catch-and-keep winter sturgeon season on the Willamette River that was due to open Jan. 1. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Fisheries, Sturgeon, Willamette River

The results are in on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's experiment in alternative commercial fishing gear on the Columbia River. And they look good for the state's goal of finding ways for commercial boats to catch more hatchery salmon and steelhead without harming wild fish. The Columbia Basin Bulletin reports purse seine nets (see a video of how ... Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Columbia River Basin, Fisheries, gillnetting, Salmon