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Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Summarizes research on crab, clam and oyster fisheries in Oregon in 1948 at the Oregon Fish Commission's Shellfish Laboratory in Newport.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Report of a meeting about two diking districts on the Yaquina River. Tide gates had failed and brackish water was flowing into areas where cattle were grazing, to the dismay of some local farmers.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Did regulations restricting the harvest of cockle clams by recreational clammers also restrict commercial harvesting for crab bait? In the case of Netarts Bay, they did not. The reasons for the exemption are given in this document.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger D., Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: When should the clamming season for horseneck, fat gaper, or horse clams (Tresus capax) be closed in Coos Bay? They are in "very poor condition" after spawning, and should not be harvested until they have a chance to recover from spawning season. But when do they spawn? Is Coos Bay...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger D., Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: The Army Corps of Engineers dredged in Coos Bay in the fall of 1948, dumping dredge spoils on a large clam bed and killing the clams. Although Fish Commission biologists were unable to relocate the original planned dumping site, they observed the resulting increased pressures on remaining clam resources, and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: "On April 12, 1949 the Port Commission of Bayocean, Oregon made two test blasts directly out from Bayocean on Tillamook Bay. The purpose was to determine the feasibility of blasting a channel in that area to permit small boats to dock closer inshore. Although no consequential shellfish except oysters (beds...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Reports on an investigation of a request by the C.D. Johnson Lumber Company to construct a log boom two miles below Toledo on the Yaquina River. Local residents were concerned that the boom would damage clam beds. Includes a hand-drawn map of the area.
Resource Type:: Technical Report