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Creator:: Demory, Darrell and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report explains razor clam wastage and talks about how to control it. Along with giving a definition, it also discusses enforcement of shellfish regulations and gives recommendations on addressing the issue.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Waatqe Control Beftlp\iqg · !he problem of razor clam wastage ia eeeentiall7 unccmtrollecl aJid ia

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale and Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Investigations
Abstract:: "During the summer of 1961, a seafood dealer at Charleston, Oregon hired SCUBA ... divers to harvest clams in subtidal areas with hydraulic equipment. This operation proved to be quite efficient and was attended by considerable publicity. During the summer of 1962, several commercial and personal-use diggers equipped themselves with...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
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Creator:: Woelke, Charles E.
Abstract:: Many clams are damaged by diggers' shovels and never caught. In other cases, small clams are discarded by diggers and may not recover from having been dug. These phenomena are known as "clam wastage." In this 1951 document, the author attempts to map a strategy to enable fisheries managers to...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: By 1948, Oregon’s clamming regulations spilled over into fifty-one different sections of administrative rules. They were “cumbersome” at best. The previous legislative session had repealed many outdated laws but kept them in effect until the Fish Commission could study the issue and propose new regulations. The Commission had been studying...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This document addresses the management of Oregon's bay clam resources in the early 1980s. It gives a brief description of the fisheries, outlines agency goals and objectives, and lists known problems with preferred solutions.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: clam harvesting "rules" -5- Problem 6 and strategies Markets for Oregon bay clams are weak because

Creator:: McCrae, Jean and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Program
Abstract:: "Members of the clam harvesting industry have been requesting for several year[s] to allow the use of mechanical gear to harvest bay clams. Presently, harvest is limited to hand methods. . . The purpose of this report is to summarize the use of mechanical gear in the past in Oregon...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Natural and fishing mortality rates for Oregon bay clam species have not been estimated. Until these

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: In the mid-1970s, it became clear to fisheries managers that there was too much pressure on some recreational bay clam fisheries, and the sizes of clams taken was becoming too small, endangering future production. This document is a draft of a report on the problem submitted to the Oregon Fish...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Annual estimates from the razor clam fishery show that effort continues to increase for that fishery and

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: In the mid-1970s, ODFW faced a problem with Oregon's recreational bay clam fisheries. The size of littleneck clams and cockles taken in some bays was dramatically decreasing. This document is a report submitted by ODFW to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. It recommends a reduction in overall take by...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: PROPOSAL FOR MODIFICATION OF PERSONAL-USE BAY CLAM REGULATIONS

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