Waldport residents were upset about illegal crabbing outside the mouth of the Alsea River. These notes describe a public meeting held to address the issue.
This bulletin provides a brief description of 8 different clams most commonly harvested in Oregon, delineating average depth and distribution as well as common harvesting techniques for each clam. The bulletin also describes the bays and rivers affected by tidal action, and their clam beds.
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LOWELLD. MARRIAGE
This report contains the results of standardized screening for the 1952 year-class of young razor clams. It also contains data regarding the age composition of the catch, a description of the marking program for 1952, and an analysis of recoveries by both sport and commercial fisheries.
Gives an Oregon Fish Commission shellfish biologist's response to a request by the C.D. Johnson Lumber Company to dredge in Yaquina Bay. Hand-drawn map shows the proposed location for disposal of dredging spoils. Includes the public notice issued by the Army Corps of Engineers.
The report consists of notes of a conversation between Lowell D. Marriage of the Oregon Fish Commission and Jess Hayes, an oyster grower from Bay City, regarding Mr. Hayes' recollections of the history of Pacific oyster culture in Tillamook Bay. Mr. Hayes' account goes back to 1931 and gives estimated...
Reports on an investigation of a proposed project in Coos Bay to see if native bay clam populations were threatened. "The Coos Bay Pulp Corporation proposes to build a bulkhead and drive piling for log storage facilities in the vicinity of their plant." (p.1). Includes a hand-drawn map of the...
An average of approximately 200,000 pounds of bay clams were harvested annually in Oregon for the years 1943-49, inclusive. The commercial harvest of bay clams is composed of the gaper, cockle, and softshell clams. The recreational, or noncommercial, harvest of bay clams is composed mainly of the gaper, cockle, softshell,...
This report details the results of experimental plantings of Pacific oysters in four Oregon estuaries in 1947. "The ten cases of experimental Kumamoto seed received in l947 through the Washington State Department of Fisheries were divided among Coos Bay, Umpqua River, Yaquina Bay and Tillamook Bay. All plantings were made...