Posted by Webmaster on Nov 16, 2009 in
Clamming in Oregon The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently chose Newport’s Yaquina Bay as the new port location for its Marine Operations Center – Pacific.
Yaquina Bay’s south side now will house the fleet beginning 2011, pending the signing of a 20-year lease, according to an NOAA news release in August.
But the president of the Clam Diggers Association, Bill Lackner, voiced some concern.
“My first point of concern is the impact they’re going to have on the essential habitat,” Lackner said.
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Tags: Clamming in Oregon, clams, eel grass, NOAA, Yaquina Bay
Posted by Webmaster on Oct 26, 2009 in
Clamming in Oregon Good Morning my fellow clam diggers. The attached revised letter originally dated October 24th is the Clam Diggers Association’s response to the proposed NOAA port facility on Yaquina at Newport. Oregon clam diggers are going to loose access to a large portion of the tidal flats associated with the development of the NOAA port facility in Yaquina Bay. I encourage each of you to read our letter to ODFW and make your opinion known to Doug Cottam, the North Coast Wildlife Biologist for ODFW or Bob Buckman the Central Coast District Fish Biologist. You can count on both Doug Cottam and Bob Buckman to be honest and forthright. You can reach both Doug Cottam and Bob Buckman at: Bay
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Tags: Clamming in Oregon, NOAA, Yaquina Bay
