Published January 1941. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
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.
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.
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 The previous legislative session had repealed many outdated laws but kept them in effect until the Fish Commission could study the issue and propose new regulations.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...
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...