http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30470 2013-05-23T16:41:18Z http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30932 A Review of Fishery Research in the Pacific Area Atkinson, Clinton E. It is impossible to place a date on the beginning of fishery research. It no doubt existed in a primitive way among the earliest civilizations. For practical reasons, the scope of this paper is limited to the four countries bordering the North Pacific--Japan, Canada, Russia and the United States--and to research directed towards a better understanding and management of the fishery resources of commercial value. It is interesting that development of fishery research in three of the four countries was prompted by a serious decline in their salmon runs and by the adoption of hatcheries as a means to restore or maintain the depleted runs. The only difference was in Russia where fishery research began with a decline in sturgeon in the Volga and the Caspian Sea. In the Russian Far East, however, it again was a decline in salmon in the Amur and Sakhalin rivers and all were linked primarily to loss or damage to their freshwater environment. Overfishing and destructive fishing practices were recognized almost from the beginning but it was not until 1917 that the work of Thompson on Pacific halibut led to the development of modern theory of population dynamics for the management of the fisheries. Following are notes on the development of fishery research in each of the four countries. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30931 History of Trawling off the Pacific Coast Easley, Joe This provides a brief overview of the development of the trawl fisheries and its current status. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30930 The Dungeness Crab Fishery: A Historical Perspective Furman, Nick Dungeness crab stocks are healthy, with naturally occurring fluctuations in abundance. The fishing method is targeted and gear is selective. Bycatch mortality is minimal to non-existent. The issues facing this industry are not biological, but socioeconomic. The industry is working with the state management system to ensure a sound future for Dungeness crab fishing and processing. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30929 A Brief History of Fish Processing in California and Oregon Grader, Zeke I will present a brief history of fish processing along the Pacific Coast of California and Oregon, and recollect some childhood memories of “laying about” in fish houses and fishing boats in my “home port” of Fort Bragg. As many of you know, the past 25 years of my career have been spent representing commercial fishermen as the executive director and counsel for one of the nation’s larger fishing organizations, and much of that time has been dedicated to fish and fish habitat conservation. But my own roots were shoreside, where my father owned or was partners in fish processing plants in northern California and Oregon. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z