Newport business works to reduce Oregon’s fish waste

Oregon business works to reduce fish waste

NEWPORT— Each year, Local Ocean Seafoods buys 100,000 pounds of fresh whole fish from the fishing vessels across its street along Yaquina Bay.

Newport business works to reduce Oregon’s fish waste

Frozen fish scraps held in a freezer by Local Ocean Seafoods in Newport. (Photo by Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle)NEWPORT— Each year, Local Ocean Seafoods buys 100,000 pounds of fresh whole fish from the fishing vessels across its street along Yaquina Bay. The Newport restaurant opened in 2002 in the town’s historic bayfront. It has become a local staple known for serving locally-caught seafood to tourists visiting Oregon’s Central Coast…