OREGON Fishermen in Ocean Observing Research

Oregon Fishermen in Ocean Observing Research (OrFIOOR) began in 2005 and is a program designed to engage commercial crab fishermen in the collection of nearshore oceanographic data.  To date, hundreds of thousands of temperature and dissolved oxygen measurements have been made with this program from the waters of Port Orford all the way to Astoria, Oregon.  These data will be available soon in a variety of formats for scientists, fishermen, and other interested parties.

Be sure also check out these articles written about the program:

Newport News Times (June 2009)

Oregon Public Broadcast (June 2009)

Discovery.com Animal News (September 2009)