This paper discusses moorage costs during the summer of 1974 for 13 coastal boat basins in Oregon, northern California, and southern Washington. A paper prepared for presentation at the winter meeting of the Pacific Coast Congress of Harbor Masters and Port Managers in Newport, Oregon, January 10, 1975.
Several series of measurements of the hydrography, currents,
and winds during the past ten years are used as a basis for an overview
of the physical oceanography and meteorology during the
upwelling season near Newport, Oregon. Data are described using
elementary statistics, progressive vector diagrams, coordinate system
independent spectra, and...
YBEF funded and guided this innovative asset-based Strategic Framework to support the Growing Ocean Observing Industry Cluster in Newport and Central Lincoln County. The Framework sets the stage for ocean observing as a long-term economic development strategy for the region. It builds on a host of ocean observing related assets...
Coastal communities in Oregon have experienced dramatic economic and demographic change during the 1980s. Although the timber and fishing sectors are still important, the economies of coastal communities now rely more on non-earned income and tourism. Non-earned income sources, such as transfer payments and investment earnings, account for over forty...
Sediment along the western end of the Newport North Marina Jetty is free of contaminants such as metals, PAHs, pesticides, PCBs, phenols and TBT. According to guidelines developed to implement the CWA and MPRSA, the sediment is acceptable for both in-water and upland disposal.