{"id":456,"date":"2011-07-11T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T22:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/seagrantscholars\/?p=456"},"modified":"2011-07-11T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T22:19:52","slug":"logistics-really-are-the-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/seagrantscholars\/2011\/07\/11\/logistics-really-are-the-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Logistics Really Are The Key"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t believe another week\u2019s gone by! Today has been a busy day and I nearly forgot about my blog post because I\u2019ve been trying to organize a million different things! But don\u2019t fear\u2014 my weekly update is here to inform you about what’s been up!<\/p>\n

Last week was a pretty relaxed week, with the promise that the project was about to kick into high gear. While I have one adviser at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, the other is stationed in Tillamook and Portland.\u00a0 Thus, we must communicate through e-mail and on the phone and it has been diffi\"\"<\/a>cult to get in touch with him, as he is busy with several projects.\u00a0 Since he is my link to all my interview contacts, I was starting to get worried after not hearing from him.\u00a0 However, I got one contact last week.\u00a0 The owner of Tillamook Bay Boathouse agreed to meet with me on Wednesday morning at his main facility in Garibaldi, OR.\u00a0 I got to take a rental car (a sleek, black Mazda 3!) up the coast for a beautiful two-hour drive, but as soon as I got to the boathouse I felt a little intimidated.\u00a0 It was my first interview outside of Newport and with someone I didn\u2019t know very much about.\u00a0 While I felt a little inadequate, I began speaking to him with confidence about the topic of shipping seafood to the growing Asian market and he became receptive.\u00a0 I think that as soon as he noticed my interest in the topic, as well as my knowledge about<\/p>\n

the methods and barriers of shipping crabs his confidence in my participation in this project grew.<\/p>\n

There are many barriers to shipping seafood to China, but the greatest one I\u2019ve seen so far is government regulation of health inspection on these exports.\u00a0 As the Boathouse\u2019s owner pointed out, having a more efficient inspection system that stations inspectors in locations that have a large number of live seafood exports would not only make it easier for producers, but also create jobs.\u00a0 In a still recovering economy it is difficult to understand why seafood harvesters can\u2019t fully take advantage of the huge demand for live seafood in Asian countries, but much of it has to do with NOAA\u2019s inspection system.\u00a0 It requires producers to pay fees that aren\u2019t uniform because of travel expenses that must be factored into the cost of the certificates.\u00a0 While I spoke with someone from Oregon Department of Agriculture about their attempts to work out a system with NOAA for providing certificates through ODA that are NOAA approved, it will likely be a long time before that will actually be organized.<\/p>\n

I was able to tour the Boathouse, see their Dungeness crab holding containers, network to get a few more contacts for my project, and got a complimentary can of Tillamook Bay Boathouse’s Albacore tuna (perks of the job!).\u00a0 Surprisingly, there aren\u2019t many producers who do what Tillamook Bay Boathouse and Oregon Oyster Farms do in terms of shipping internationally so it\u2019s important to get in touch with any who are.\u00a0 Also, towards the end of the week I began receiving a slew of contacts from my adviser and had to begin getting in touch with them to plan site visits to the Port of Portland and Port of Seattle, as well as a couple of other locations along the coast.\u00a0 I\u2019m really starting to see this project take shape and I\u2019m excited to get going on a big interview trip.<\/p>\n

This weekend was relaxing and fun.\u00a0 I made two attempts at crabbing — both unsuccessful! \u00a0While it\u2019s mostly a waiting game, I think when I finally get enough for a meal I will feel undoubtedly satisfied.\u00a0 Also, a few of us took<\/p>\n

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Taking important phone calls in the office! <\/p><\/div>\n

a trip down to Florence, OR and went sand boarding at Honeyman National Park\u2014definitely my favorite day trip of the summer.\u00a0 There was even a lake that was warm enough to jump in.<\/p>\n

Anyways, this week should be mostly organizational work.\u00a0 Getting the logistics together for a multi-city trip (including Portland, Astoria, Seattle, and maybe even Vancouver B.C.) is a little nerve-wracking, especially when you\u2019re going alone, but I\u2019m excited to hear back from my contacts and get the remainder of my interviews squared away.\u00a0 The end of the week will include a trip to Corvallis for a mid-summer check-in to see what the rest of the crew has been doing this summer, see you there!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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