The object of this report is to discuss the following shellfish regulation problems: 1) offshore crab seasons; 2) minimum size and gear for commercially-caught bay crabs; 3) and the gaper clam season in Coos Bay. These regulations have received some criticism recently and are scheduled to be discussed at the...
This document is an analysis to determine whether Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon should be closed to collection of non-food invertebrates, giving background for the area and discussing salient points.
This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1967 to March 1970. It includes the results of bay clam surveys for Yaquina, Siuslaw, and Umpqua bays, and harvest numbers for razor clams in both personal-use and commercial fisheries. This report also contains a summary of beach surveys for...
Progress Report Number 38 covers the activities of Shellfish Investigation during the period April 1, 1966,through March 31, 19670 The activ-lties covered are those that are financed by state general fwid monies. Federally financed activities are covered in quarterly and annual rep arts of each such program. These and ot,her...
This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1964 to March 1965. Inside can be found a summary of two clam mortality events. It also has the numbers of razor clams dug for sport and commercial fisheries and the results of the 1964 razor clam beach survey. This...
This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1965-March 1966. It has bay clam surveys results, with more detail on the Tillamook and Yaquina Bays, but includes others such as Nehalem, Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Nestucca. This report discusses the start of life history studies for the cockle clam,...
This progress report covers the two-year period of April 1962-March 1964 in an attempt to make the reports current. In it, you can find analysis of softshell clam populations in multiple bays, including Siuslaw, Nehalem, and Tillamook. This report includes counts for personal-use clam diggers, as well as clam digging...
This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1961-March 1962. It includes a summary of observations of clam conditions, and discusses a Netarts Bay clam mortality, which drove the Fish Commission to ask the Tillamook County Court to inform them of any future construction projects involving estuaries. It...
“Prepared for the State/Federal Dungeness Crab Management Program.” Crabs molt every year. After they molt, their shells are soft and are not filled out with meat. It takes weeks for the crabs to fill out. The problem for fishery managers is that the timing of the crab molt varies from...
This is a brief report to the Pacific States Marine Fish Commission reporting on the crab season for the winter of 1968/1969 for the U.S. West Coast, from Alaska to California. It was a good year.