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Staffers and commissioners from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife gathered in Tillamook on April 18 and 19, for the commission’s regular meeting and to tour project sites across

The Oregon Coast Aquarium staff discovered 25 critically endangered sunflower sea stars in Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon.

Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington, the self-styled "Oyster Capital of the World," are alarmed by an invasion of potentially destructive non-native European green crabs. Some are asking for an all-out trapping offensive to corral the invasive species.

Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington, the self-styled "Oyster Capital of the World," are alarmed by an invasion of potentially destructive non-native European green crabs. Some are asking for an all-out trapping offensive to corral the invasive species.

Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington, the self-styled "Oyster Capital of the World," are alarmed by an invasion of potentially destructive non-native European green crabs. Some are asking for an all-out trapping offensive to corral the invasive species.

The Oregon Ocean Science Trust (OOST) has awarded $884,578 in state funding to ocean researchers to help Oregon better understand and monitor its nearshore resources.

The animals, which are important predators of sea urchins, were nearly driven to extinction by a disease that scientists are working to understand.

Researchers will begin to study the mass die-offs on Oregon's coast.

Since a marine heatwave that happened from 2013 to 2015, there have been important ecosystem changes on the Oregon Coast. The populations of bull kelp, sunflower sea stars and other important marine species like abalone have been on the decline. At the same time, the population of purple sea urchins is rising rapidly.

Possible Tsunami Debris Boat on Oregon Coast Presents Mysteries Published 04/22/21 at 5:35 AM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Waldport, Oregon) – A month after being discovered on a central Oregon coast beach, a wayward boat is still presenting some mysteries. Was it tsunami debris that showed up ten years later? Does it contain something dangerous to our ecosystem? (Photos courtesy CoastWatch volunteer JLcoasties). Space debris isn’t the only thing that washed up in the Wald...