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Creator:: Snow, C. Dale
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report is an update of shellfish investigations from June 1 to December 31, 1953. It includes a summary of bay clam and crab investigations, including details on oyster pests in Oregon and crab production for 1952. It also summarizes a survey on commercial razor clam production in Lincoln County...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D., Waldron, Kenneth K., Wilkes, Stanley N., and McCauley, James
Abstract:: This report is an update of shellfish investigations from January 1-December 31, 1953. It includes a summary of bay clam and oyster investigations, including details on attempted pest control and control of algae on oyster beds. It also contains results of the 1953 Tillamook Bay Clam Survey, and discusses clam...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This investigation focuses on growth and survival of Pacific razor clams, measuring clams from multiple sites. It tracks the length frequencies of clams recorded, as well as length-live weight relationships. This report also includes data on number of crab pots being fished between the Columbia and Siuslaw Rivers in April,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report covers a range of information about shellfish, including the populations of clams in Yaquina & Tillamook bays, the Pacific Oyster mortality event in Coos bay (with a hand-drawn map of Coos Bay), testing of different crab baits, and different statistics about the Coquille River Crab Fishery. This report...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: In 1949, the Army Corps of Engineers dredged Coos Bay. “Despite objection of local residents, commercial clam diggers, and the Fish Commission” the Corps dumped dredging spoils on a commercially important clam bed, and destroyed much of it. “This year, with an earlier start and more data, it is hoped...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., Twahy, Donald, Wilkes, Stanley, Woelke, Charles, and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report contains a series of individual reports within it. The main report continues growth and aging studies on fat gaper clams in Yaquina Bay. This document also includes a report on other Fish Commission activities on the Coast, a summary of razor clam research, the beginning of a survey...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: An excellent opportunity was afforded to observe growth of horseclams of the one-year-plus class when it was discovered April 7, 1950, that a newly formed mud flat in Yaquina Bay, formed September and October 1948 by fill from dredging operations, had thousands of young horseclams embedded in it.” (p.1) Growth...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Ayres, Robert J. and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The purpose of this report is to present some information which has been collected on the razor clam fisheries of Clatsop County beaches during the past several years. Topics which will be discussed are: (1) a brief resume' of the investigation, regulations, and catches prior to September 1954; (2) regulation...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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