High schoolers turn the tide on coastal Oregon’s seafood workforce in new program

An Oregon coast group is turning to high schoolers to bolster the seafood workforce.

Patrick Clarke is outside, setting up a big pot of broth with Cajun spices over a propane flame. He’s already got a grill running and has set out the corn, potatoes, sausage and pink shrimp.

He leans down to a chest cooler filled with ice and pulls out a live Dungeness crab.

“This is the money maker right here on the Oregon coast,” he says. “The crab fishery is probably the most valuable fishery that we have in Oregon. It’s a billion-dollar industry. And a lot of it comes straight into Newport right down the road here.”

Source: High schoolers turn the tide on coastal Oregon’s seafood workforce in new program – OPB