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Depoe Bay delays crab-pot storage fee after heated public comments from charter operators
Summary
Councilors remanded a proposed crab-pot storage fee to the Harbor Commission after charter-boat operators and harbor stakeholders testified that a $1,000-per-month fee would harm small businesses; council kept the remainder of the amended harbor fee schedule in effect and set a March 22 start date for any retroactive charging pending commission
Depoe Bay councilors on March 18 paused final adoption of a proposed crab-pot storage fee and sent the item back to the Harbor Commission for further review after extended public comment from harbor users and charter-boat operators.
Council discussion centered on an $85,000 operating deficit the city said the harbor ran last year and one councilor’s calculation that a $1,000-per-month per-class-C-vessel crab-pot storage fee for seven months could generate roughly $91,000 annually if applied to 13 vessels. Harbor operators and charter captains told the council the proposed fee is unaffordable for small operators and mischaracterizes their margins.
Chris Shatner, owner and…
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