1. There is no evidence of a decline in the striped bass population of Coos Bay.
2. The striped bass, a species introduced to the West Coast of North America, has been important as a recreational and commercial fish in Coos Bay since the late 1920s. The catch has ranged...
In spite of the progressive restrictions of the commercial river fishery during the past fifty years, the trend of the salmon populations of the coastal rivers has been downward. It is almost impossible to isolate and analyze separately the causes of this decline, and any attempt to saddle one factor...
Three factors were found to be significantly correlated with the fluctuations and trends in silver salmon production in Oregon. Logging was found to adversely affect the runs of salmon in later years. Exceptional winter floods seem to produce poor resulting runs. Low summer water flows also appear to produce lower...
During an oceanographic cruise of the "E. W. Scripps" in May, 1939, off the coast of Oregon, four small, post-larval specimens of Anoplopoma fimitrita were taken at the surface of the sea with a dip net at two of the hydrographic stations off Cascade Head, Oregon.
This report is an update of shellfish investigations from June 1 to December 31, 1953. It includes a summary of bay clam and crab investigations, including details on oyster pests in Oregon and crab production for 1952. It also summarizes a survey on commercial razor clam production in Lincoln County...
This progress report contains updates on two phases of the razor clam investigations. The report focuses on length frequency data on the 1949-50 set of young clams, including graphs and figures, but also has a section on the abundance, mortality, and growth of the 1949 year class.
This report summarizes the activities of the Fish Commission of Oregon from July 1966 to June 1968. It contains information on the different divisions of the Commission, and summarizes research projects the Research Division was working on. It also includes general operations reports and a financial statement.
This document describes the life history and abundance of both the spring Chinook salmon and the Silver salmon in the Willamette River. It also goes into detail about various factors affecting Willamette salmon runs., including pollution, dams, and logging.
This information report contains the results of a program to distribute surplus fry to streams underutilized by the natural population. It discusses the stocking and evaluation procedures, and gives the results.