In earlier years, the lower Owyhee River provided excellent trout angling. In recent years, the fishery had declined to one maintained with the annual stocking of legal size hatchery trout on a put and take basis. Stream surveys completed in 1966 indicated the 16 1/2-mile section of the lower river...
In the summer of 1935, a new sardine (pilchard) fishery began in Oregon. This report describes the 1935, 1936 and 1937 seasons of this fishery. Includes charts, b+w photographs.
These short reports are intended to inform the public, fishing industry, sportsmen, and fisheries scientists of research conducted by the Fish Commission. Reports will be published from time to time as studies are sufficiently complete. Most of the reports provide biological evidence upon which measures are based to enhance and...
This report describes the activities of the Coastal Rivers Section, including spawning ground surveys, inventory and obstruction surveys, shad and striped bass landing data, lake rearing studies, the physical and chemical characteristics of south coastal streams and various salmonid rearing and ecological studies.
"Activities included spawning ground and physical stream surveys, sampling of shad and striped bass commercial fisheries, population estimates of juvenile coho in selected streams, evaluating releases of adult and fry coho, studying coho in a lake environment, and investigations on the ecology of fall chinook in south coastal streams." (p.1)
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Depth Distribution of Some Small Flatfishes o f f the Northern Oregon
Covers the period from March 1, 1893-November 30, 1894. Discusses fisheries and game legislation and enforcement, dams, hatcheries, financial reporting and organizational structure, and fisheries statistics.