Group splits on options
NORTH BEND - The group charged with discussing marine reserves off the Coos County coast found some common ground Thursday, though not much. The gathering of fishermen, environmentalists, scientists and ocean users agreed to eight potential recommend...
 4.2K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 163.0 Consensus on marine reserves? Unlikely
What do you get when you ask bureaucrats, environmentalists, fishermen and assorted other opinionated people for a recommendation on marine reserves? Thirty-five people in disagreement. A Mariana Trench between opposing viewpoints. This is too big a ...
2.1K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 163.0 House approves marine reserves
GRANTS PASS - The South Coast is one step closer to having its first marine reserve, but a Coos Bay lawmaker says if the state doesn't pay for it, it will dissolve. The Oregon House approved establishment of Oregon's first two marine reserves - inclu...
3.8K - May. 29, 2009; scored 264.0 Port forms committee for marine reserves
Coos County residents are going to get a chance to voice their opinions about marine reserves thanks to a committee facilitated by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. The recommendation won't go so far as designating a marine reserve off Coos ...
3.8K - May. 28, 2009; scored 144.0 Projects, finances top Bandon candidate issues
Pleased with port efforts Wayne Butler Forty-eight-year-old Wayne Butler was born and raised in Bandon. Wayne Butler, Port of Bandon Position 1 candidate What qualifies you to be a port commissioner? Butler has worked for more than 30 years in the re...
5.7K - May. 15, 2009; scored 163.0 Piracy first against U.S. in 200 years
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. sent warships speeding to the scene. But they were hours away when the brazen pirates attacked, and the world s greatest sea power had to face the fact that it had only limited options to respond to the startling seizure of...
9.2K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 222.0 Let HB-3013 sink without a hearing
If HB-3013 passes it would change the makeup of the Ocean Policy Advisory Council and move control of coastal issues even farther from coastal communities and ocean users. The fishing community is under represented under current OPAC membership. Aski...
2.2K - Mar. 28, 2009; scored 285.0 Ocean council process is just fine
It's kind of like rattling a beehive on a hot day and sticking your eye in the opening to see what's going to happen. That's what someone did persuading the Oregon House Committee on Rules to introduce House Bill 3013 to change the Ocean Policy Advis...
1.8K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 205.0 Rogue River anglers hook 30-plus-pound Chinook
Column by Richard DeChambeau If you ve been anticipating our spring Chinook salmon season, then you ll be glad to hear I ve had reports that on March 5 two steelhead fishermen on the lower Rogue River landed 35- and 31-pound spring Chinook. The good ...
4.7K - Mar. 14, 2009; scored 201.0 Fight brews over ocean council control
Somebody stirred up a tempest when introducing House Bill 3013 this month. It would undo a lot of the revisions to the Ocean Policy Advisory Council put in place in 2003 and put much of the control over OPAC squarely in the governor s corner. Hopef...
5.8K - Mar. 14, 2009; scored 277.0 Governor wants to use Carissa funds for ocean projects
FLORENCE (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski has proposed using the remaining $2.8 million the state received in a settlement from the New Carissa shipwreck for research projects on seafloor mapping, wave energy and marine reserves. The money could g...
2.1K - Feb. 5, 2009; scored 178.0 Feds OK wave energy at Newport
COOS BAY The announcement came as a surprise to everyone. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s Thursday order issuing a preliminary permit for a 200- to 400-buoy wave energy project off of Newport shocked Ocean Power Technologies leaders as w...
4.3K - Feb. 3, 2009; scored 199.0 More fish equate to more predators
There s an old saying: Beware of unintended consequences. We need to keep that warning in mind as Oregon moves toward creating a system of marine reserves. If we aren t careful, hungry seals and sea lions could be the only real winners. I ve particip...
3.6K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 207.0 Two marine reserves OK d for coast
LINCOLN CITY It s all in the governor and state s hands now. The Ocean Policy Advisory Council is sending two marine reserve pilot projects, three slightly modified plans and the suggestion for a bottom-up approach for an area off Cape Arago to the...
5.4K - Nov. 19, 2008; scored 907.0 D-Day: Marine reserve decision due today
LINCOLN CITY It s fitting the Ocean Policy Advisory Council is holding its final meeting on marine reserves at the Chinook Winds Casino, said one person testifying Monday, since the council is gambling with peoples futures. The comment got a laugh...
4.6K - Nov. 18, 2008; scored 1000.0 | 
