POORT
The Port Orford Ocean Resource Team (POORT) is a non-profit
organization based in beautiful Port Orford, Oregon. At the directive
of our board of five local commercial fishermen, we are dedicated to
maintaining access to natural resources by people who are fishing
selectively, while promoting sustainable fisheries and protecting
marine biological diversity.
Port Orford Community Stewardship Area
The Port Orford Area is biologically rich,
extraordinarily beautiful, and produces an abundance of seafood
products harvested by local fishermen using sustainable fishing
practices. Due to this fact, we feel that we are in a prime location to
implement a Stewardship Area.
The historic grounds of the fishing fleet in Port Orford form the boundaries of this area. Encompassing marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments, it covers 1,320 square miles. Located in the Cape Blanco region, the Stewardship Area extends 30 miles north to south, 18 miles offshore, and includes the following watersheds: New, Elk and Sixes Rivers; and Floras, Hubbard, Brush, Myrtle, Mussel and Euchre Creeks.
Please check out our Stewardship Area page for more details.
Research and Monitoring Projects
We have many projects in the works right now, both our own and collaborating with others. These include:
- Port Sampling
- Red Fish Rocks, Multi-beam Bathymetric Survey
- Halibut Access Plan
- OSU Gravid Female Tagging Project
- Surfriders Blue Water Task Force
The Port Orford Community Stewardship Area: Rethinking Ocean Management
Green Fire Productions is developing an education campaign with video outreach tools to build awareness and support for holistic ocean and coastal resource management - currently referred to as ecosystem-based management. Green Fire is aiming to profile 3-5 communities on the West coast that are implementing elements of "ecosystem-based management" in an effort to better manage coastal and marine resources. The Port Orford/Cape Blanco region is one of areas the production will focus on.The first product Green Fire has produced as a part of the project is a 14-minute DVD on the Port Orford Ocean Resource Team, The Port Orford Community Stewardship Area: Rethinking Ocean Management. Told by Port Orford fisherman, this short video will serve to create greater awareness and support for POORT, their concerns and the solutions POORT envisions.
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