Fisheries Laboratory during 1952, in the rearing of the native Pacific Coast oyster, Ostrea lurida Carp., in small containers. The decline of the oyster fishery in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, has been attributed in part to the lack of adequate spat-falls. Investigations were begun in 1947 to devise methods of artificially...
Published November 1958. 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
Published November 1957. 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
Many clams are damaged by diggers' shovels and never caught. In other cases, small clams are discarded by diggers and may not recover from having been dug. These phenomena are known as "clam wastage." In this 1951 document, the author attempts to map a strategy to enable fisheries managers to...