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Age, length and weight studies of three species of Columbia River salmon (Oncorhynchus keta, O. gorbuscha and O. kisutch)

Creator:: Marr, John C. and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Samples, consisting of scales, length and weight measurements, and sex determinations of chum, pink, and silver salmons, were taken from the commercial catch in the Columbia River in 1914. Five hundred eighteen chum scales were examined. All fish had gone to sea early in their first year; and 70.5 percent...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: the run. All of these accounts are limited in scope. So far as is known, no comprehensive report on

Contribution to the biology of the albacore (Germo alalunga) of the Oregon coast and other parts of the North Pacific

Creator:: Brock, Vernon E. and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The temperate water fisheries for albacore in the North Pacific seem to exploit somewhat similar segments of the respective populations present in the various localities. It is clear that in most of the exploited populations two or at most three year classes are highly dominant. In the California fishery from...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Scienre DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH -8." State cue FISH COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OREGON Contribution No

Fish Commission research briefs. Vol. 2, no. 1

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: These short reports are intended to inform the public, industry, and other interested parties of the current studies of the Commission's staff and the basis for conservation measures. Reports will be published from time to time when studies are sufficiently complete to provide reliable biological evidence for conclusions upon which...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Report No. 33 :I-78, 10 figs., Chicago. McKernan, D. L. and C. C. Jensen I 1946 '46 Willamette River

Fish Commission research briefs. Vol. 1, no. 2

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: These short reports are intended to inform the public, industry, and other interested parties of the current studies of the Commission's staff and the basis for conservation measures. Reports will be published from time to time when studies are sufficiently complete to provide reliable biological evidence for conclusions upon which...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Rivers, 1947 John I. Hodges 16 Spawning Ground Studies of Willamette River Spring Chinook Salmon

Fish Commission research briefs. Vol. 1, no. 1

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: These short reports are intended to inform the public, industry, and other interested parties of the current studies of the Commission's staff and the basis for conservation measures. Reports will be published from time to time when studies are sufficiently complete to provide reliable biological evidence for conclusions upon which...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: a rough one which may in part 1 account for the apparent fluctuations. However, i t no doubt

Fish Commission research briefs. Vol. 2, no. 2

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: These short reports are intended to inform the public, industry, and other interested parties of the current studies of the Commission's staff and the basis for conservation measures. Reports will be published from time to time when studies are sufficiently complete to provide reliable biological evidence for conclusions upon which...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 510 Gove rno r Bu i l d ing PORTLAND 4, OREGON V o l m c Two-Numbcr Two DECEMBER, 1949 S T

Dams and the problem of migratory fishes : a symposium presented before a joint meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Western Division, and the Western Society of Naturalists, held at Stanford University on June 29, 1939...

Creator:: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Rich, Willis H. (Willis Horton), 1885-1972, Holmes, Harlan B., 1898-1975, Chapman, Wilbert McLeod, 1910-1970, Hanson, Harry A., Taft, Alan C., and Sumner, Francis Bertody, 1874-1945
Abstract:: A symposium presented before a joint meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and the Western Society of Naturalists at Stanford University on June 29, 1939, and published as a special issue of the Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin through the cooperation of the Fish Commission of the State of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: i=1 H1 I-D F.. •ral I-) F7 ...I U] 0 No. 6 H. B. HOLMES 185 After dispensing with the

The salmon runs of the Columbia River in 1938

Creator:: Rich, Willis H. (Willis Horton), 1885-1972 and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Exceptional data are available for the study of the salmon runs of the Columbia River in 1938. Detailed figures on catch were supplied by Oregon and Washington in such form that they could readily be combined with the counts at Bonneville Dam to provide a basis for estimating the escapement....
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: and the catch gives no reliable indication of the intensity of the fishery. This report deals

The future of the Columbia River salmon fisheries

Creator:: Rich, Willis H. (Willis Horton), 1885-1972 and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The salmon runs of the Columbia River constitute one of the most important natural resources of the states of Oregon and Washington. Thousands of people are dependent, wholly or in part, upon these resources for their livelihood; and their welfare is dependent upon the maintenance of the salmon runs. It...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . (Reprinted from Copeia, 1940, No. I.) 6. The future of the Columbia River salmon fisheries. By Willis H

The present state of the Columbia River salmon resources

Creator:: Rich, Willis H. (Willis Horton), 1885-1972 and Oregon. Fish Commission. Research Department
Abstract:: The salmon of the Columbia River have supported an intensive fishery for over seventy years but are now showing unmistakable signs of depletion, and various factors are contributing to the rapid progress of this condition. Five species of fish enter into the commercial fishery on the Columbia River itself. These...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: far as I am aware, there are no published records of the poundage of Chinooks taken by troll in

The effects on salmon populations of the partial elimination of fixed fishing gear on the Columbia River in 1935

Creator:: Johnson, Donald R., Chapman, Wilbert McLeod, 1910-1970, Schoning, Robert W., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: 1. Six major types of commercial gear have been used to take salmon and steelhead on the Columbia River; namely, gill nets, set nets, seines, traps, fish wheels and dip nets. 2. The five important commercial species in the Columbia River are chinook, silver, blueback and chum salmon and steelhead...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ■ •■• 1 H=143-yry.1■,..1•••,1 I SHELLPISH LABORATORY OREGON FISH COMMISSION 220 S. W. BAY EILVM

Seasonal variations in weight of Columbia River chinook salmon

Creator:: Rich, Willis H. (Willis Horton), 1885-1972 and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: A study of the fishery problems raised by the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam on the upper Columbia River was done. Part of the study was to estimate the number of salmon taken in commercial fishery for the purpose of comparing this with the number counted as they passed...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: (Reprinted from COPEIA, 1940, No. I.) STATE PRINTING DEPARTMENT SALEM, OREGON 1940 34 COPEIA

An application of the control chart method to the analysis of fisheries data

Creator:: Rich, Willis H. (Willis Horton), 1885-1972 and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: In a paper now in press as a Bulletin of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services the writer has discussed the downward trend of the catch of Columbia River Chinook salmon since 1920 and has stated that the decline is doubtless an indication that the runs of this species...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: • Lower It nil I .136.8"1? Upper /unit /9.72 MARCH 19, 1943

Annual report - Fishery Division : 1949

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission. Fishery Division
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: h of rainbow trout h°t°bgYraWP ° F. Royce ANNUAL REPORT

Annual report - Game Division : 1949

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission
Abstract:: Generally covers May 31, 1948 - June 1, 1949. Time periods for which statistics are given occasionally vary.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 19149 ANNUAL REPORT GAM DIVI6ION co A, WCKNOOD State Game

Report on the Rogue River mouth improvement program

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger D., Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: This report concerns the disposal of dredging spoil in the Rogue River estuary in 1948. Since there were few shellfish resources existing in the estuary at the time, Oregon Fish Commission biologists had no objection to make to the disposal of the dredged materials.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: *h shere af' the *sss *{r**':we*b Jaet u*l* ef ?lp b,rl&gp [S*$" 1*1] s** w$e S*rs#*r ]8* ],9*&* t&i

Report on meeting with crab fishermen : Astoria, December 21, 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon Fish Commission
Abstract:: In mid-December, 1948, during the time the crab season was closed in State waters, a boat caught crabs outside the entrance to the Columbia River, which was outside the three-mile jurisdictional limit. Because "one man was already fishing," the crab fleet members began to complain and threaten to fish before...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , presented notiozt to the iOere whth tate4 in bs%ance, no crb old be I det until D.oeber 28, the of- fietal

Note on the young of the sable fish Anoplopoma fimbria

Creator:: Brock, Vernon E. and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: 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.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Contribution No. 4 NOTE ON THE YOUNG OF THE SABLE FISH Anoplopoma fimbria by VERNON E. BROCK (Reprinted

The present status of the bay clams in Oregon

Creator:: Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: no.3, p.1-12 (1948)
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: aboundance of clams - L f T T J 7 - H I- - - - - - H I - fair is not for many of the Oregon Baye

Crab fishery and soft-shell status – Area I: North of Cascade Head, August 15-August 20, 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Gives crab boats and number of pots fished for Astoria and Tillamook Bay. Gives number of crab pots being fished for given localities. Gives per cent of soft-shelled crabs by local areas.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: All]) 80.......sntL ftA.!'OS .. AU&. 1 !OlD O. CASO.um IlU.T1 A:qu' 11 - ...... 20, 1948 uto..i

Biennial report of the Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Fourth Legislative Assembly : 1945-1946

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission
Abstract:: July 1, 1944 - June 30, 1946.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Biennial Report of the GAME COMMISSION of the State of Oregon

Biennial report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-First Legislative Assembly : 1941

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission, Hoy, M. T., Rich, Willis H., and Mitchell, Hugh C.
Abstract:: July 1, 1938 - June 30, 1940.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
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Biennial report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Second Legislative Assembly : 1943

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission, Hoy, M. T., Rich, Willis H., and Mitchell, Hugh C.
Abstract:: July 1, 1940 - June 30, 1942.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: $11,489.40 $ 8,750.80 102 22 REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OREGON oc NO N N 00

Biennial report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Third Legislative Assembly : 1945

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: July 1, 1942 - June 30, 1944.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Ichthyological Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp 199-248. 1943. 35 REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF

Biennial report of the Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-First Legislative Assembly : 1939-1940

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission
Abstract:: Consists largely of tables summarizing various hatchery and game farm expenditures, numbers of trout handled at different life stages and locations, and also game fish/pheasants liberated.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Investigation, who, in his report after visiting all Oregon hatcheries last summer, states: "I should like to

Biennial report of the Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Fifth Legislative Assembly : 1947-1948

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission
Abstract:: Item does not carry publication date.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: • Vtew cd the Clraalar Po .. at; lhe ,rwu( Fa11■ H..._, on .......... ,. 1147-1 Biennial Report

Biennial report of the Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Third Legislative Assembly: 1943-44

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission
Abstract:: July 1, 1942-June 30, 1944. Consists largely of tables summarizing various hatchery and game farm expenditures, numbers of trout handled at different life stages and locations, and also game fish/pheasants liberated.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE I 1 I I SCHEDULE "B" OREGON STATE GAME COMMISSION STATEMENT OF

Biennial report of the Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Second Legislative Assembly : 1941-1942

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE 0 N In Cn 0 00 00 0 0 0 CY I-0 Cy CO CO.CY<4 CO 00 C4 0 00 Op

Biennial report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Fifth Legislative Assembly : 1949

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: July 1, 1946 - June 30, 1948.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: accordance with the provisions of statute, I herewith submit for your considera- tion the report of the

Biennial report of the Fish Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Forty-Fourth Legislative Assembly : 1947

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: July 1, 1944 - June 30, 1946.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: accordance with the provisions of statute, I herewith submit for your consideration the report of the

Fish and wildlife problems arising from the Willamette Valley Project

Creator:: Oregon. State Game Commission and Oregon. Fish Commission
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: their investigations0 The Review Report consists of a main report and nine appendices, (A through I

Pacific oyster seed

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Best available copy. Originally published as part of Shellfish investigation progress report no. 4. “In the spring of 1947, importation of Pacific oyster seed from Japan was resumed for the first time since before the war. Major plantings of this seed were made in Tillamook and Coos Bay with additional...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
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Proposed regulations on the crab fishery of the State of Oregon

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Gives proposed regulations for the recreational and commercial Dungeness crab fisheries. “A considerable tourist and sports crab fishery exists on which at the present there are no regulations whatsoever. As a result, certain practices have developed … which are believed detrimental to the fishery. The most readily seen of these...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: considerable tourist and sports crab fishery exists on vhicb at the present there are no zgulations whatsoever

Intertidal blasting experiment

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
Full Text:: p & I 1NiPIDAL STI'G PRIMENT Spcia1 Report No. 8 April 27 1949

Report on public hearing on Yaquina River, Oregon in respect to flood control : held at Toledo, Oregon - June 3, 1948 under auspices of Department of Army, Corps of Engineers

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
Full Text:: aouOlll:ll'l'llld boftl emt the above with no .301' oh~s. A fair m'I'lllber- o£ f'4\1"IIll!l1'lIl ephalliz9!i the

Offshore crab shedding - 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Much of this report is concerned with the perennial question of when crabs are in the soft-shell state, as opposed to when the commercial fishing season should be open. Other topics covered include molted crab shells, methods of measuring crab shells to determine if they meet size limits, early growth...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: - PROGRESS REPORT 115 Dec.bar 9, 1948 lleS'tUat,iou .atting cloHd aeasOl1.l tor crab fishing in the

Investigation of proposed log boom on Yaquina River

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
Full Text:: tot- al number present were calculated fr each area. The figures for tbs were as follows: ) -"1- I

Ghost shrimp, weights of crabs -- Oregon landings, souvenir crabs

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This document is in three parts: a report on the ghost shrimp fishery, elucidation of a method to tax commercial crab landings, and a description of a commercial enterprise that was catching small shore crabs and embedding them in plastic for sale as tourist souvenirs.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: poundage 'basis which must be corrected to dozens for tax purposes o The following report has therefore

Transcript of hearing held by the Fish Commission on July 22, 1948, at Imperial Hotel, for the purpose of discussing the regulation of the clam and crab fisheries

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Best possible copy.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: bland r4t 0.1;\$ iv-o t"'iIiI1 that· Y,\€i,\'e no qU0stiQll wi;. that :i.n thill

Discussion of the horse clam season – Coos Bay

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
Full Text:: DISCUSS0oPTE0Ao!!A ?1If Special eport No 6 AS a re1t of n rouc

Investigation of proposed dike construction in Coos Bay at Eastside, Coos County, Oregon

Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Reports on an investigation of a proposal by the Evans Products Company of Coos Bay to construct a dike in the bay. Investigators found negligible quantities of the Eastern soft-shell clam, and therefore did not oppose the proposed dredging and construction. Includes a hand-drawn map and a survey report.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: INVESTIGATION OF PROPOSED DIKE CONSTRUCTION IN COOS BAY AT EASTSIDE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON Special Report # 11

Horse clam regulations as effecting Netarts Bay

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: few clams left on t, catch a rvnning amsU. Therefore i no catch flres were ohtned. on this trip the

Crab fishery and soft-shell status – Area II: South of Cascade Head, July 31-August 6, 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This document marks the beginning of a long struggle for Oregon natural resource managers to find the best time to open the crab season. The time of crab molting is highly variable, and it is hard to determine the best time (firm shells, full of meat) to start the commercial...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: changed rather than by fixed seeeons. Tentatively the Oregon coast was divided into two areas : Area I

Notes on proposed channel dredging in Coos Bay

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
Full Text:: Laboratory Special Report # 12 Oct. 26, 1949 On August 14, 1948 this laixratory was informed of an Army

Soft-shell crab season and regulation review

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The new closed season for commercial crab fishing in Oregon went into effect in 1948. This 1949 document summarizes the results of the 1948 closure and details research and procedures being used to refine the closing dates. This document provides a good look at earlier methods of natural resource management...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: V ( SUELL IS}i INVESTIGATION ±iiOGkLESS REPORT r) G1 LOkT

Horseclam condition studies

Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The first regulations restricting clamming in Oregon were put into effect in 1948. Initial rules barred clamming from January 1 through June 30; clammers objected that this was too restrictive and lobbied for more time to take shellfish. This 1949 document examines the fat gaper or horseclam, to see when...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: :.lations aii'ect inc horseclru::ls :i..':l?osed at the hearinc were in essence: a personal liJJ.5.t of It

Interim Committee meeting : Shellfish Laboratory, Newport, Oregon : May 27, 1948

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
Full Text:: -- I I - IKTEaIM c irr: LtTING SIiBLLFISB L OBTht * fPOR OREGON

Statistical bulletin : take or catch of commercial food fish, Columbia River and major coastal streams, 1928-1943

Creator:: Hoy, M. T. and Oregon Fish Commission
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . 182,161 October 155,412 Nov 6,758 Dec 5,160. Jan. 1.591 Feb. 56,816 193% May 610,188 June i

Proposed regulations of the clam fishery of the State of Oregon

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: By 1948, Oregon’s clamming regulations spilled over into fifty-one different sections of administrative rules. They were “cumbersome” at best. The previous legislative session had repealed many outdated laws but kept them in effect until the Fish Commission could study the issue and propose new regulations. The Commission had been studying...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
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