This report focuses on wholesale and retail values of common species of fish caught in the Tillamook County area, including salmon, crab, oysters, shrimp, bottomfish, and tuna. It also gives a description of several factors affecting fish production, and discusses future outlook of salmon hatcheries.
An innovative attempt to fish for crabs with helicopters in early 1977 upset some traditional crab fishers, who "claimed that prolonged flight at high speeds would cause delayed mortalities in crabs that were returned to the water. A study was done November 3-December 1 to provide insight into that claim....
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.
Yaquina Bay and River waters were sampled in May, 1951 "to determine the suitability of these waters for the propagation of fresh market shellfish." (p.1) Found that the intensity and extent of pollution had increased "markedly" since the previous survey of March, 1948. "The waters of the bay are grossly...
“This report summarizes activities from October 1, 1977 through September 30,
1978 (FY 77). Major activities were analysis of data collected from the cooperative coastwide rockfish survey, English sole (Sebastes alutus) tagging in PMFC areas 2B and 2C and lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) tagging off Newport, Oregon in PMFC area 2c....
"Prepared for the State/Federal Dungeness Crab Management Program, Policy Committee Meeting, April 1974." "At the present time most traps used in the Dungeness crab fishery have at least one escape port for the purpose of allowing small crabs to escape. The problem is that there is considerable variation in the...
This is an exhibit made by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife before a meeting of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. The report addresses the need for a "destruct device" to stop lost crab pots from continuing to fish. Today, Oregon crab pots must use biodegradable twine in...
"Prepared for the State/Federal Dungeness Crab Management Program. May 1974." "One of the initial objectives of the State/Federal Dungeness Crab Management Program is to evaluate crab mortality caused by certain fishery practices. The areas of most concern include mortality caused by trawling, handling of softshell and sublegal crabs, lost pots...