The arrowtooth flounder has been an important flatfish in Oregon's trawl fishery since the late 1930's. However, it primarily has been used as mink food rather than for human consumption. This is because of its soft, fatty flesh, which is difficult to fillet and quickly becomes “mushy”. The name arrowtooth...
The English sole is a major contributor to Pacific Ocean trawl fisheries off the United States and Canada. Only Dover sole and sometimes petrale sole provide greater annual landings in Oregon.
English sole are considered fine eating sole and usually enjoy a good market. In British Columbia, local consumers of...
The rex sole has been an important flatfish in Oregon's trawl fishery since its beginning in the 1930's. This fish is easily recognized by its characteristic long pectoral (chest) fin on the eyed side of the body.
Oregon landings of rex sole have gradually increased over the years. Initially rex...
The Pacific sanddab has been a minor contributor to trawl fisheries off the United States and Canada. Its market potential has never been fully utilized off Oregon, even though such potential was first recognized in 1914. In 1914 the Federal research vessel Albatross caught sanddabs with a beam trawl off...
Much information biologists need to do their job comes from fishermen's logbooks. These logbook data are confidential by law. No single log record, or single skipper's log information can be made available to anyone else. What use is made of these log records, and why are they useful is a...
This report summarizes information obtained from groundfish surveys conducted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife from 1971 through 1974. The program was a comprehensive marine resource survey of the continental shelf and upper continental slope off Oregon between the Columbia River and Cape Blanco. Major goals were: (1)...
Rockfish (family Scorpanidae) are an important segment of Oregon trawl landings. Two distinct fisheries commonly produce nineteen species with 5 others rarely seen. A description of catch and catch per unit effort in the Pacific ocean perch and "other rockfish" fisheries is provided. Also reported are species composition of sampled...