From the Introduction: “The management policy of the Fish Commission of Oregon concerning the Pacific pink shrimp. (Pandalus jordani) has resulted in regulations which apply to all shrimp along the Oregon coast and do not recognize separate populations. There are several shrimp grounds along the 300-mile length of the continental...
What should be done with dredge spoils? "This report discusses two clam beds that were inadvertently established by dredge spoils and suggests the type and magnitude of study I think is needed to determine the feasibility of creating new clam beds with dredge spoils." Includes maps of Yaquina Bay, and...
This report describes private Chinook, chum and coho hatcheries in Oregon in the mid-1980s. It includes a map of hatchery locations, statistical tables, and a section discussing opposition to private salmon hatcheries (PSHs). "In this report I will discuss the development of the PSH regulations, status of current permits, permits...
North American bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) have experienced significant declines and population extirpations due to novel pathogens such as Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. This disease continues to limit the population restoration of bighorn sheep. Therefore, understanding the demographic consequences of pathogen presence and the risk of contact between bighorn populations and potential...
Reports on private Chinook, chum and coho salmon hatcheries (PSHs)in Oregon in the mid-1980s. Includes a map of hatchery operation sites, and statistical tables. Oregon State University's facility at Whiskey Creek, Netarts Bay, was back in operation. Suspected impacts of a private hatchery on the run of coho salmon on...
This report summarizes project progress in FY 1974. Activities were directed entirely at completing the fourth and final phase of work started in 1971, i.e., to survey groundfish resources on the continental shelf off Oregon between the Columbia River and Cape Blanco. Objectives of the survey were to obtain estimates...
This is an exhibit made by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife before a meeting of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. It concerns the need for a uniform system of identifying crab pot buoys to help law enforcement.
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...