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Two new coastal documents
Complete text of the lawsuit filed by two
Brooking's fisherman against Pacific Seafood Group.
Here's the link to the document: Text of the Pacific Seafood Lawsuit
The Economic and Market Value
of Coasts and Estuaries:
What's at Stake?
Understanding, accounting for, and estimating the many potential economic benefits of
coastal and estuarine protection and restoration is no small feat. In the document linked to below,
the authors
introduce important concepts needed to understand the economic
importance of coastal and estuary protection, conservation and restoration.
Here's the link: Economics of Coasts and Estuaries_What is at Stake
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
One Coast, One Future
Securing the Health of West Coast
Ecosystems and Economies
In 2007 the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative received a letter from nineteen local and
state elected officials from California, Oregon, and Washington requesting guidance
on high priority actions that they, in their capacity as local and state officials, can take
to improve the health of coastal and ocean ecosystems and incorporate sound science into
decision making. The recommendations contained in this report
focus on actions that
local leaders can take to implement an integrated approach and ways
that state legislatures can support their efforts.
Download the full Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Report Here
Paula Swedeen, Ph.D. and Dave Batker, Earth Economics
Hans Radtke, Ph.D., The Research Group
Roul Boumans, Ph.D., Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Chuck Willer, The Coast Range Association
There have been no studies to date that address the broad economic relationship between
Oregon’s estuary and marine ecosystems and the economic health of Oregon’s coastal communities.
This paper reports on the first phase of an economic analysis linking marine and marine influenced
ecological conditions to the general coastal economy by exploring those ecosystem services that
connect economy and ecology. We present the general concept of ecosystem services and
discuss qualitatively their contribution to the coastal economy of Oregon. Specifically, we provide
the background ecological economics framework in which the role of ecosystem services is assessed
in its support of the coastal economy. This includes describing the relationship between the
long-term sustainable management of coastal resources (natural capital) and the resilience
of the Oregon coastal economy.
Click on the image below to view the full report
One of the most popular downloads from this website
2007 Catalog of Oregon Seabird Colonies
is now available on-line here:
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