One of a group of six signs beneath the south end of the Yaquina Bay Bridge.
Marker Name: Reeling Them In
Marker Text: The fish and sealife in the waters around Yaquina Bay provided sustenance for the early native tribes and were important to settlers both for food and for commerce. The discovery of halibut banks in 1912 brought a rush of commercial as well as sports fishing. An ice plant was in operation in 1915, and Newport got its first cannery in 1926. The New England Fish Co. opened in 1945. Newport today has the largest commercial fishing fleet on the Oregon Coast.
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