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A3 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018 Fisheries: Astoria came in 10th with 94 million pounds Continued from Page A1 Astoria was 10th Alaska’s Dutch Harbor led the pack in commercial fi shery landings with 769 million pounds in 2017 — 1 million pounds less than in 2016. Astoria came in 10th with 94 million pounds, ahead of Newport, which recorded 77 million pounds landed. In terms of value for the commercial catch, New Bed- ford, Massachusetts , logged $390 million, coming in fi rst place ahead of other com- munities for the 18th year in a row. Newport beat Astoria with $53 million, up from 2016’s $48 million. Asto- ria came in at $40 million in 2017, $2 million less than what was recorded in 2016. The country’s high- est-value commercial spe- cies include many that are particularly important to North Coast fi shermen, such as salmon, crab and shrimp. But on the West Coast, in general, commercial land- Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Workers at Bell Buoy Crab Co. offl oad crab at the Port of Chinook. ings of salmon were down even as values remain high. In Oregon, commercial salmon landings hit 18,757 pounds in 2016 — not far off from what was landed in 2008, but well below the nearly 57,000 pounds landed in 2013. “Decades of habitat mod- ifi cation, hatchery prac- tices, harvest and grow- ing competition for water have affected the viability of salmon stocks and made them more vulnerable to adverse environmental con- ditions,” the federal eco- nomics study noted. Fishery managers strug- gled to conduct salmon fi sh- eries around major drought issues in 2015, and salmon stocks are still feeling the effect of several years of anomalous warm water con- ditions. Some salmon runs returned to the Columbia River far below what was forecast for this year. On Washington state’s Long Beach Peninsula, the smaller combined ports of Ilwaco and Chinook came in last for value of the catch, staying stable at $22 million in both 2016 and 2017. They saw an increase in landings, however, from 13 million pounds in 2016 to 16 mil- lion pounds in 2017. Catches of rockfi sh, sablefi sh, mackerel, tuna, Pacifi c fl ounder and hali- but continue to dominate the West Coast commercial catch by pound. In the rec- reational fi sheries, rockfi sh make up the majority of the by-pound catch. The nation’s largest com- mercial fi shery remains Alaska pollock, which expe- rienced near-record land- ings of 3.4 billion pounds in 2017. The Pacifi c whiting, or hake, fi shery was a bright spot for West Coast fi sher- men, with both landings and revenue up in 2016. Aquaculture The economics report notes the growing impor- tance of aquaculture in the fi shing industry, though the United States is not a major producer, ranked 16th worldwide in production. Aquaculture remains an important part of the landscape, however, said Michael Liddel, a statisti- cian in NOAA’s Offi ce of Science and Technology and editor of the fi sheries report. Study authors estimate that over half the seafood that the country imports and consumes comes from aquaculture. The Pacifi c region accounts for about one-third of the overall marine aqua- culture production in the United States, and 41 per- cent of the volume. In Wash- ington state, the rearing of non-native Atlantic salmon came under fi re after a net pen failed in 2017, releasing as many as 250,000 fi sh into Puget Sound. Washington was the only state on the West Coast that still allowed net pen farm- ing of Atlantic salmon. Ear- lier this year, state leaders decided to phase out this particular aquaculture prac- tice by 2022. Wauna: Is replacing the traditional ‘teller row’ inside its new locations The Lums have already had underground tanks decom- Center. Blumberg had been missioned, but Wauna needs speaking with the Lums for to do more cleanup before several years about construction can moving to their begin, Blumberg said. property until they Wauna’s top pri- recently agreed , he ority is a new branch said. breaking ground in The new Astoria February in Forest branch will only be Grove, a foothold about 2,000 square to expand the com- Debi feet, with additional pany’s business in Smiley offi ce space for online Washington County . banking, mortgages, Next comes a new commercial loans and other location in Scappoose and expanding businesses, said the relocation in Astoria. Debi Smiley, Wauna’s chief Wauna is also planning marketing offi cer. The credit to break ground in 2020 on union has also considered a new branch in Seaside, building apartments on the where it recently bought a second fl oor . smaller lot at the corner of The new location is on the Avenue C and U.S. High- site of a former gas station. way 101. Continued from Page A1 Wauna has more than 1,200 customers in South County who were clamor- ing for a local branch, Blum- berg said. The location will also serve as a bridge to another location Wauna wants to build in Cannon Beach. “As these big, regional, national banks pull out of these areas, that leaves these communities underbanked,” Blumberg said. “And so we’re looking at build- ing inexpensive, smaller branches that are full-ser- vice, using technology to reach our members.” As much of daily banking has shifted online, Wauna has also focused more on technology to serve cus- tomers, from more interac- tive ATMs to mobile phone applications that allow remote contact with tellers. Only 12 percent of trans- actions are done over the counter, Smiley said. 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