I hope Oregon can get to a place like that. We’re not against export markets, but today we are just a seafood extraction economy.” A staggering 90 percent of the seafood sold and consumed along the ...

Dairies, farms, and fisheries grew to meet this demand, and new seafood markets and breweries opened along the coast, from Brookings to Astoria, Oregon's oldest city and an underrated coastal beauty.

The seafood ... in Oregon in 2012, nearly 80 pounds per Oregonian. This haul had a dockside value of $128 million, making 2012 the second-best year of the past decade. Fishermen sold a small portion ...