Reporter · Harbor & Fishing
Dewey Albrecht covers the working waterfront: the Port of Newport, the commercial fleet, seafood processing, sport fishing seasons and conditions on the Yaquina Bay bar.
His reporting leans on primary sources such as Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife rules, Pacific Fishery Management Council decisions, Port of Newport commission meetings and U.S. Coast Guard bar notices.
Tips from the docks are welcome at harbor@oregoncoastdailynews.com.
He lives in South Beach.
Recent articles
- The Coast Guard crews who work the smallest harbor on the coastOct 12, 2026
- A local guide to Yaquina Head: lighthouse, tide pools and seabirdsSep 20, 2026
- Why Lincoln County carries Abraham Lincoln’s nameAug 28, 2026
- How Oregon Cascades West business loans reach Lincoln CountyAug 5, 2026
- The Oregon Coast Aquarium as a South Beach economic anchorJul 14, 2026
- Keiko’s years in NewportJun 22, 2026
- Ken Kesey’s logging novel and its Lincoln County film shootMay 30, 2026
- How to read the tsunami evacuation maps for Lincoln CountyMay 8, 2026
- Newport’s Bayfront: where a working harbor meets the tourist tradeApr 15, 2026
- The Siletz tribes and their long road back to federal recognitionMar 24, 2026
- Jane Lubchenco: the marine ecologist who took Oregon research to WashingtonMar 1, 2026
- Why every Oregon beach is open to the publicFeb 7, 2026
- How Newport researchers track whales off the Oregon coastJan 15, 2026
- How Newport City Council meetings work and how to take partDec 24, 2025
- How West Coast groundfish came back, and what it meant for NewportDec 1, 2025
- Life for the keepers at Yaquina HeadNov 9, 2025