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June 1, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress 5 Dock tour: Region is No. 1 in state for ground fish Continued from Page 1 Andrew Bornstein talked about his family’s fish ground fish and the processing business. numbers have ris- On Wednesday, the en dramatically in company was pack- the last two years. aging rockfish and In 2017, 140 million crab. pounds was landed, Bornsteins would bringing in $30 mil- like to process fish lion in revenue. 24/7 year-round Stops on the tour instead of just sea- included Englund Bornstein sonally, and handle Marine’s Life Raft anything that comes Shop in Warrenton, from the Pacific Warrenton Marina Ocean, Bornstein and Bornstein Sea- said. foods’ Astoria pro- While they employ cessing plant. 150 to 200 workers, Participants got to the area has a severe sample baked rock- labor shortage. In the fish donated by the next decade, they’d Oregon Trawl Com- Tumbarello like to have a Tilla- mission. Photo by Joyce Carrell A commercial fishing life raft was among the products on display at Englund Marine’s Raft Shop Medix employee earns national award Nicole Cleary, Medix welcome from the mo- Ambulance’s primary ment they meet her,” biller, has been named Office Manager Krista a 2018 recipient of the Cuthbert said. Stars of Life Award Cleary joined Medix from the American Am- in 2007. She also serves bulance Association. as secretary of Medix’s Cleary The program honors Safety, Operations and emergency medical ser- Quality Committee. vices professionals who repre- Paramedics, EMTs, dis- sent excellence in every area patchers and other personnel of the industry. are potential nominees for “She makes everyone feel the Stars of Life award. Photos by Joyce Carrell Left: Kevin Dunn of K&K Knots describes the intricacies of his commercial fishing nets to a tour group at the Warrenton Marina. Right: Workers at Bornsteins Seafoods prepare crab for packaging. mook cheese factory-style operation, but parking and port frontage is expensive. “We don’t have enough pro- cessing (room) or humans to process more fish,” he said. “Ninety-one percent of the fish we eat (in this region) is imported.” Tongue Point Job Corps hopes to change some of the dire labor statistics, said Len Tumbarello of the corps’ Sea- manship Program. The program takes 18- to 24-year-olds and trains them to be qualified fisheries work- ers earning $50- to $70,000 per year, he said. “It’s a mini maritime academy.” A diminished workforce is matched by a lack of moor- age space for the commercial fleet, Warrenton Harbormas- ter Jane Sweet said. She showed off the com- mercial docks, which the city’s urban renewal agency paid to replace in 2016-17. “Every spot is a working vessel. We have no more der- elict boats here,” Sweet said. “Still we have a list of more than 50 boats that want to moor here.” Urgent Care In Warrenton Open daily, 9am-7pm 1639 SE Ensign Lane Warrenton, OR 97146 Urgent Care In Astoria Open M-F, 9am-6:30pm; and Sat., 9am-5:30pm 2655 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 2111 Exchange St., Astoria, Oregon • 503-325-4321 www.columbiamemorial.org • A Planetree-Designated Hospital
