Join us on Friday, November 21 at 4pm at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center to celebrate World Fisheries Day. We will premiere our Ebb and Flow short documentary titled, Newport: Dungeness Crab Capital of the World. This film chronicles the early history of Newport’s efforts to promote the crab fishing industry through the city’s main annual attraction, the Crab Festival, which ran in the ‘30s to the ‘50s. Crab fishing is now part of Newport’s identity, and the film discusses the evolution of the industry and highlights our modern fleet.

Crab cakes courtesy of Local Ocean will be served at 4pm and the screening will start at 4:30pm. Longtime fisherman, Bob Eder, who serves on the boards of the Lincoln County Historical Society and the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, will give opening remarks. This film was generously funded by Discover Newport and produced by Visual Thinking Northwest.