During the month of February 2024, year two of Winter Waters celebrates regenerative seafood, with an emphasis on farmed sea vegetables including wakame, kombu, sea lettuce, and dulse. 

• Friday, Feb 2 11am-3pm
  Join us in Newport to celebrate Oregon's delicious seafare and the talented, hard-working people that harvest it sustainably. Enjoy a variety of beverage and seafood samples, cooking demos, and more while exploring the Central Coast Food Web Yaquina Lab facility. Find out what the CCFW is doing to build a more resilient coastal and regional food system.

  This in-person event will take place at the Yaquina Lab in Newport, where you'll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the unique food culture of the Oregon Coast. Bonus: there will be a pop-up seafood market!

  This Friday event is the first in a series of three events with Winter Waters in Newport over the weekend of Feb. 2nd-4th. Tickets are required, so please register ahead of time. There will not be tickets available for sale at the door. Click the ticket link below to see the event agenda.

• Saturday, Feb 3 6pm
  Join us at Local Ocean Seafoods for a a seaweed-focused 5-course pre-fixe dinner with Local Ocean Executive Chef Enrique Sanchez-Rodriguez and guest chef Luis Cabanas, the former Executive Chef at Paley's Place.

  In addition to the chef powerhouse collaboration, representatives from the OSU Sea Grant Extension will attend the dinner and present on their recent frozen fish study. This study of 146 consumers, funded by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, found that while those surveyed said they buy more fresh than frozen seafood, results from blind taste tests showed that they perceived the quality of frozen as superior to fresh in many instances. Advantages of the freezing process allow community-based fishing businesses to avoid the volatility inherent in the fresh-fish market, extend the shelf life of their catch, reduce waste, lower carbon emissions, and deliver what seafood eaters are demanding: delicious food.

  A portion of the proceeds from this dinner will be donated to Central Coast Food Web, to help further its mission to make it easier for people to find and buy local produce, meat, and seafood.

  Wine pairing available at an additional cost.

• Sunday Feb 4th
  Swing by the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center for free admission to see the rerelease of Oregon’s seminal exhibit on our commercial fisheries.