Ocean Events
Ocean Science Trust Meeting

Reports will be heard on the Marine Reserve Assessment Project, the Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia...
STAC Meeting

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) which scrutinizes scientific questions on behalf of the Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) and advises on technical matters that underlie ocean policy, is meeting remotely on...
Cetacean Conference

The American Cetacean Society holds its annual international conference on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 9:30 a.m to 5 p.m. For obvious reasons, it is taking place online this year—which means that everyone can participate.
The...
Sea Otter Presentation
The MidCoast Watersheds Council’s February community meeting will feature a presentation on “Oregon’s Lost Sea Otters: Restoring a Cultural Heritage and Ecological Keystone.” The event, free and open to all, takes place online on Thursday, Feb. 4, 6:30...
Brittle Star Webinar

CoastWatch presents the next in our series of online presentations on rocky habitats, particularly those on the south coast, when MacKenna Hainey speaks on “Fantastic Brittle Stars, and Where to Find Them” on Monday, Feb. 8, at 6...
Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores...
Rocky Habitat Panel Discussion

Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan: Part 3, also known as the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, aims to balance human use and ecological conservation consistent with Oregon’s ocean resources statewide planning goal. For the first time in nearly 25...
Nudibranch Presentation

CoastWatch is offering a series of webinars on rocky shore habitats and their denizens, with a particular focus on Oregon’s south coast. In March’s presentation, “Predators Cloaked in Beauty,” marine biologist Nancy C. Treneman will discuss the...
Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores...
Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores...
Past Events
Rocky Habitat Meeting

The Rocky Habitat Working Group of Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) is scheduled to meet online on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2-3 p.m.
OPAC is considering the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, with the working group...
Seminar on Orca Monitoring

On Thursday, Jan. 21, at 3:30 p.m., the Hatfield Marine Science Center heads for the deep with a talk on how scientists monitor the health of orcas off our shores. John Durban, of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State...
Marine Debris Survey Training

One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon...
Sea Otter Presentation

Green Crab Webinar

One of the invasive species that marine scientists in Oregon have been watching anxiously is the European green crab. The next in the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s seminar series, now taking place online, will address...
Sunflower Stars on Tap

During the coronavirus era, the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s popular Science on Tap series of speakers has moved online. You can still hoist a brew while learning about the latest in scientific research, you just have to do it at home.
On Tuesday, Jan....
King Tides Project, Third Series

The final round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Jan. 11-13, 2021. The project reveals areas currently...
Talks on Climate, Beaches, and Dunes

The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project is coming up Jan. 11-13. To provide some context for this effort by volunteer photographers to document the reach of the year’s highest tides, three of the Northwest’s leading...
Webinar on Sea Otters and Kelp

Learn about the Elakha Alliance, an organization working to explore the possibility of restoring sea otters to Oregon’s coastal ecosystem, through an introductory webinar, “The Plight of Oregon’s Kelp Ecosystem, Sea Otters, and Our...
Seminar on Salmonids

The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s public seminar series has moved online for the duration of the pandemic. Next up, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 3:30 p.m., is Daniel Gomez-Uchida, Associate Professor,...