OREGON SEAFOOD: SUSTAINABLE AND SENSATIONAL LYNN KETCHUM / OREGON SEA GRANT Shop the Dock at the Chelsea Rose The clackety-clack of chalk on chalkboard reveals the day’s catch at the Chelsea Rose, a floating seafood market in Newport’s commercial harbor. Live crabs. Albacore. Black cod. The fish is already being cleaned and filleted with expert efficiency. Owned by a local fishing family, the market is a place to buy seafood direct on the Coast, where you can be confident that it’s ultra fresh, local and responsibly harvested. Co-owner Cari Brandberg acknowledges how special this is. “Times have changed and it’s harder to buy seafood off the dock directly from fishermen,” she says. “My husband started the market 20 years ago to sell his own fish, and it now supports numerous fishing families on the Coast.” At the heart of the industry are the diligent fishing families who work tirelessly to keep it special. “The majority of Oregon’s fishing fleet is individually owned and operated,” notes Angee Doerr, who oversees Oregon Sea Grant’s “Shop at the Dock” program. “Fishing families and researchers work together to care for our fishery.” Oregon carefully establishes harvest seasons, limits, fishing practices and monitoring systems, explains Doerr, to ensure a healthy, renewable fishery. Brandberg says that visitors who buy from the dock can see the whole process unfold from source to table. “Buying a whole fish is the guarantee of knowing where it came from.” Look for these Oregon specialties — many wild caught, all sustainable and delicious. 23 VISITTHEOREGONCOAST.COM
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