Coastal cutthroat ecology: F-72-R-2 This document contains the initial results of a study initiated in 1965 to determine the magnitude of the cutthroat trout fishery on the Siuslaw River estuary, as well as the contribution of hatchery fish to the catch.
This report summarizes research on coastal cutthroat trout from the beginning of more intensive studies in 1962 through 1965. Early work involved studies of the growth, survival and catch of hatchery-reared cutthroat in coastal lakes, with a change in 1965 to research in coastal streams and estuaries. Research is continuing,...