Becs' next research visit is to Charleston on the south-west coast of Oregon -
the home of Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. It's great to be by the sea again, and we're in a 'grad cabin' made of bleached wooden shakes, five minutes from the busy docks and the beach. While Becs goes out visiting schools with the grad students of OIMB, who are creating a generation of marine biology experts in the primary school kids, Tom, Freya and Kai visit the docks and make friends with some fishermen. So while Becs, Freya and Kai find a beautiful tiny beach for a fire, Tom goes out for an amazing day on a crab fishing boat with Mike Lane - far out into the Pacific, in wild wind, with many others chosing to stay snug at home. Dungeness crab are pretty much sustainably fished here by creel, and there are plans for marine protected areas. Another fisherman gives the kids a lovely trout rod and tackle box, which is borne home with great excitement! The kids love the OIMB Open House, where hundreds of primary school kids and their families come to see some of the creatures the grad students are researching. Foot-long gumboot chitons are an attraction. And we have a lovely meal with the directors of OIMB and their families - Kai in his kilt of course.
Becs' next research visit is to Charleston on the south-west coast of Oregon - 
the home of Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. It's great to be by the sea again, and we're in a 'grad cabin' made of bleached wooden shakes, five minutes from the busy docks and the beach. While Becs goes out visiting schools with the grad students of OIMB, who are creating a generation of marine biology experts in the primary school kids, Tom, Freya and Kai visit the docks and make friends with some fishermen. So while Becs, Freya and Kai find a beautiful tiny beach for a fire, Tom goes out for an amazing day on a crab fishing boat with Mike Lane - far out into the Pacific, in wild wind, with many others chosing to stay snug at home. Dungeness crab are pretty much sustainably fished here by creel, and there are plans for marine protected areas. Another fisherman gives the kids a lovely trout rod and tackle box, which is borne home with great excitement! The kids love the OIMB Open House, where hundreds of primary school kids and their families come to see some of the creatures the grad students are researching. Foot-long gumboot chitons are an attraction. And we have a lovely meal with the directors of OIMB and their families - Kai in his kilt of course.
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