14 Facts About Yaquina Bay

Yaquina Bay is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, Oregon, United States.

The Yaquina Bay in Newport is a popular tourist destination along the Pacific Coast Highway.

Yaquina Bay is named after the Yaquina Tribe that occupied the territory along the Yaquina River.

In 1856, the first vessel entered Yaquina Bay carrying supplies for Siletz Block-houses up the Yaquina River.

The newfound Yaquina Bay access promised a great deal of advantages, particularly open transportation and shipping to and from San Francisco Yaquina Bay.

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In 1866, news spread of the promises and new life Yaquina Bay had to offer and quickly brought a surge of settlers to the area.

Yaquina Bay'storical uses of Yaquina Bay include commercial oyster farming and fishing, recreational clamming, and shipping and navigation.

Sediments that are found within Yaquina Bay are derived from tertiary rocks from the Central Oregon Coast Range, Pleistocene marine sediments and estuarine deposits.

Some fish species present in Yaquina Bay include English sole and sculpin, in addition to river lamprey, lingcod, anchovies, Pacific herring, sturgeon, flounder, and salmon.

Yaquina Bay has been shown to be a site for spawning and development of many species.

The Yaquina Bay estuary has high primary productivity throughout the year due to high dissolved oxygen concentrations and cool water temperature from tidal flushing.

The input at the mouth of Yaquina Bay indicates input from upwelled waters during the summer season.

Yaquina Bay is seasonally affected by these impacts, with winter typically the most intense period.

Yaquina Bay's sediments are made up of sandstone, siltstone and clay-containing mudstone and these soft sediments contribute to the annual erosion rates.