FISHCRED is an Oregon statewide commercial fishing nonprofit organization focused on data management and support of marine spatial planning. FISCHRED was formed to serve as a central decision-making entity to act on behalf of the fishing industry and to guide, review, and approve of how fisheries data will be presented,...
The West Coast groundfish industry collapsed in 2000, but it recovered through the efforts of regulators, scientists and the fleet. Now it is working to rebuild the market and reconnect with a formerly active fishing ground along Oregon’s nearshore. In this report, we define nearshore as the shelf that extends...