Port Orford, Oregon, home to a Dungeness fleet, suffers $1 million worth of storm damage
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] By Jeff Barnard - October 28, 2014 -
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Last weekend's storm caused at least $1 million in damages to the port of Port Orford.
Port Commissioner Brett Webb says the fleet based in Port Orford was fishing Monday, but damages to port facilities and the breakwater will make it difficult to maintain operations. One key item damaged was the computerized fuel metering system used to supply the 50-boat fleet.
Army Corps of Engineers coastal project manager Kate Groth said an existing breach in the breakwater protecting the port channel was made wider, which could lead to sand filling in the port channel.
The breakwater is needed to operate the port year-round, Webb said. The port's biggest fishery is Dungeness crab, which typically starts in December. The port also serves salmon, rockfish, sea urchin, and black cod fishermen.
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