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Pacific Fishing Magazine, July 2011: History of Whiting
WhitingArticle Check out the July 2011 issue of Pacific Fishing magazine on Ocean Gold’s involvement in the development of the Pacific Whiting fishery.
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Clean Beaches and Full Stomachs
Yesterday, July 5, Ocean Companies joined the community for a beach cleanup and BBQ at Westhaven State Park. The Beach Cleanup effort extended down to Grayland with more than 60 volunteers. Our site at Westhaven saw more than 20 bags of garbage collected from the beach. After careful sorting, we pulled out another bag for recycling. Afterwards, we pulled the grill back to the plant and our hard-working crew enjoyed hot dogs, watermelon and lemonade Read more…
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July 5th Beach Cleanup
The annual post-July 4 beach cleanup is scheduled for Tuesday July 5 from 9am – noon in Westport and Grayland beaches. Community groups, Twin Harbor State Park, and local businesses are joining to encourage everyone to clean up the debris that often gets left behind from fireworks, bonfires and other celebrations on the beach over the holiday weekend. Bags will be provided by Twin Harbor State Park, and a free BBQ hosted by Ocean Companies Read more…
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Ahoy, Matey! Pirate Daze this Weekend!
Ocean Companies is proud to be the Main Stage Sponsor for this year’s Westport Pirate Daze. A three-day festival of fun honoring all things Pirate. This year marks the 9th Annual Rusty Scupper Pirate Days which takes place Friday June 24th thru Sunday June 26th. Pirate crews will come ashore to create all sorts of mischief during Pirate Daze, but landlubbers will find music at four stages, lots of food, treasure chest prize drawings, costume Read more…
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UPDATED: Donate online to support Rebbecca Dietz
Sadly, Rebbecca passed away suddenly this morning, June 9, after a month of bravely fighting for her life. Rebbecca was one of our own. A much-loved and valuable team member at the Ocean Companies, tragedy struck in early May when she was shot six times in her own home. To add to the pain of her suffering, the alleged perpetrator was the father of her three children and shot her in front of them. While Read more…
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Congrats to Daniel Cerda – April Employee of the Month!
Congratulations to Daniel Cerda. His positive attitude and willingness to take on new challenges has awarded him the honor or Employee of the Month! Thanks for being a great example and a great team member for Ocean Companies!
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25 tons of debris cleaned from beaches on Earth Day, South Beach Bulletin, May 5, 2011
On Saturday, April 23, volunteers up and down Washington’s coast converged on the beach for the annual Earth Day Beach Cleanup lead by the Washington CoastSavers. Nearly 1,200 volunteers in total took part in the event, collecting 25 tons of debris and nearly 200 cubic feet of recycling off our state beaches. Locally, more than 150 volunteers converged at Twin Harbors State Park and scoured the beach from Grayland to Westhaven to collect more than Read more…
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Great News: Far Fewer global fish stocks are collapsed or overfished than thought, says UW study
SeafoodNews_FishingStocksUWStudy SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [seafoodnews.com] April 29, 2011 A major new study by Dr. Trevor Branch and colleagues at the University of Washington shows that estimates of collapsed and overfished stocks may be exaggerated. Branch, writing in the Journal of Conservation Biology, argues that actual scientific data on biomass shows that a much smaller proportion of fish stocks are collapsed or overfished, than studies that rely on catch statistics. The oft repeated claim that 30% of Read more…
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Great Time at the Earth Day Beach Cleanup
Ocean Companies took part in the state-wide Earth Day beach cleanup with the Washington CoastSavers on Saturday, April 23. More than 150 volunteers showed up for the Westport cleanup and Ocean Companies ran the recycling booth, sorting and washing recyclable products found on the beach in partnership with LeMay who provided the recycling containers and transportation to the recycling center. Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this beautiful day!
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Q&A with Francis Miller, The Daily World – April 24, 2011
QA Francis Miller Sunday, April 24, 2011 – 00:06 JACOB JONES | THE DAILY WORLD Francis Miller, co-owner of the Ocean Companies including Ocean Gold Seafoods, Ocean Protein, Ocean Cold and Ocean Express, stands near processing machinery at the Ocean Gold plant at the Westport Marina. Walking the docks he has worked since a child, Francis Miller stopped to chat with fishermen on a recent sunny day. They talked about the upcoming season, expected catches Read more…