During April 1979 the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife participated in a survey of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service and Washington Department of Fisheries. The survey occurred off the coasts of Oregon and Washington from Newport, Oregon to Cape Flattery. Planning...
“Internal Report GS-73-1.” Includes hand-drawn maps of estuaries studied with seining locations shown. Species identified are listed for each estuary. Appendix A outlines a proposed study program to determine the importance of estuaries as rearing areas for juvenile fish, emphasizing juvenile English sole. 19 p.
“This report summarizes activities from October 1, 1977 through September 30,
1978 (FY 77). Major activities were analysis of data collected from the cooperative coastwide rockfish survey, English sole (Sebastes alutus) tagging in PMFC areas 2B and 2C and lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) tagging off Newport, Oregon in PMFC area 2c....
Groundfish surveys off the Washington coast were conducted in September of 1975 and 1976 between Cape Flattery and the Columbia River. The primary purposes of the surveys were to obtain estimates of biomass and further our knowledge on population parameters of important groundfish species, especially flatfish, occupying the continental shelf...
From January 1980 to January 1981 approximate monthly sampling of a unique rockfish (Scorpaenidae) fishing area on Heceta Bank, Oregon was undertaken using acoustic techniques and trawling aboard chartered commercial fishing vessels. Rankings of density of fish sign observed on acoustic transects were regressed against selected environmental variables. Acoustic abundance...