This report summarizes the activities of the Fish Commission of Oregon from July 1966 to June 1968. It contains information on the different divisions of the Commission, and summarizes research projects the Research Division was working on. It also includes general operations reports and a financial statement.
"Objectives during the July 1, 1968, to June 30. 1969, project period were to determine the following: 1. The effects of diet concentration on survival and growth. 2. The effects of crab larval concentration on survival. 3. The effects of diet concentration on cannibalism. 4. The effects of light intensity...
Market sampling continues. Aging structures have been read, and all aging work is current. Age composition of Dover sole shows that stocks off Coos Bay are fully recruited 1-2 years later than stocks off the Columbia River. Age composition of English sole reveals a very strong 1961 year class. The...
"The first year of the project was devoted to developing laboratory spawning and larval rearing techniques for Pacific Coast clams and oysters. The objectives of the past year were to: (1) refine these spawning and rearing techniques to achieve higher larval survival to the adult form and (2) initiate growth...
"Objectives of Oregon's Oyster Mortality Study from July 1, 1967-March 31, 1968, were: (1) to monitor oyster mortalities to detect a possible increase in mortality rate, (2) to collect hydrographic data for comparison with data from areas where high oyster mortalities occur, and (3) to furnish oysters from a relatively...
"Objectives of Oregon's Oyster Mortality study for the year ending March 1969 were similar to those of the first 2 years of the program: (1) to monitor oyster mortality in Yaquina, Tillamook and Coos bays, (2) to collect hydrographic data in Yaquina Bay and (3) to furnish oysters to the...
Fintrol-5 was experimentally tested in six isolated gold dredge ponds in Sumpter Valley. The tests revealed all coarse fish in treated ponds were killed in a period varying between 7 hours and 144 hours; toxic water subbing from treated ponds would kill fish in downstream ponds if water table dillution...
This is the first volume of a new publication replacing the Research Briefs and the Contribution series. It follows Volume 13, Number 1 of the Research Briefs and Contribution Number 29. Frequency of publication of this series will depend on the number and size of acceptable manuscripts submitted to the...
This is a brief report to the Pacific States Marine Fish Commission reporting on the crab season for the winter of 1968/1969 for the U.S. West Coast, from Alaska to California. It was a good year.