An average of approximately 200,000 pounds of bay clams were harvested annually in Oregon for the years 1943-49, inclusive. The commercial harvest of bay clams is composed of the gaper, cockle, and softshell clams. The recreational, or noncommercial, harvest of bay clams is composed mainly of the gaper, cockle, softshell,...
Tillamook Bay chum salmon are caught commercially by gill-nets, both set and drift, and from 1928 through 1949 the landings have averaged 819,689 pounds per season. More chum salmon are caught on Tillamook Bay than on the rest of the Oregon coastal rivers combined. These fish enter the ocean only...
Tuberculosis in salmonoid fishes was first observed in the 1952 run of fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) returning to the Bonneville Hatchery of the Oregon Fish Commission. In the studies reported here, tuberculosis was found not only in adult spring chinook but in silver salmon (0. kisutch), blueback salmon (0....
An anemia of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is described and stages of development separated by recognizable syndromes. A vitamin E-deficient diet of low rancidity produced a severe microcytic anemia with strong immature red cell response and granulocytosis occurring 2 to 4 weeks before a drop in hemoglobin and hematocrit...
Part I. To aid in the management of the Tillamook Bay commercial salmon fishery, a tagging program was conducted on the salmon and steelhead trout runs in 1953. General migration behavior, the minimum length of time the fish remained in the fishery, population sizes, and fishing mortalities were determined from...
Clatsop Beaches, characterized by flat beach-face slope (1:70) and small sandsize (0.2 mm.), have supported commercial and recreational fisheries for the razor clam (Siliqua patula) for many years. Tracing the linear growth of two year classes through more than one year following set led to a validation of the ring...
The Oregon Fish Commission and Washington Department of Fisheries conducted a cooperative winter steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) tagging program on the Columbia River during the winters of 1954-55 and 1955-56. Objectives of the program were: (1) to obtain information on the timing of the various segments of the run; (2)...
Results of studies beginning in 1947 on the biology of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in Oregon coastal waters are reported. A review is made of the history of the fishery with regard to trend of the catch by magnitude, area, and season; the development and conduct of the fishery...
A study was undertaken in the fall of 1948 by the Oregon Fish Commission to determine the possible presence and importance of a delay in the migration of adult chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Approximately 650 chinook were captured, tagged, and released at the...
During a tagging operation conducted in 1951 on the Alsea River, 1,142 adult silver salmon were tagged with plastic Petersen-type tags and stainless steel jaw tags. An attempt was made to determine whether tagged fish released in different apparent conditions suffered differential mortalities. Under the hypothesis that the recovery of...
Ages were determined for 65 fish from the 1947 run and for 287 fish from the 1949 run. In 1947 the percentage composition by age was as follows: 32.3 percent 3-year-old fish, 66.2 percent 4-year-old fish, and 1.5 percent 5-year-old fish. An approximate 95 percent confidence interval for the true...
"During the first year of the program successful culture methods were developed for rearing Dungeness crab larvae (Reed 1966). The purpose of the second years work was to define the effects of wide ranges of temperature and salinity on survival and growth of Dungeness crab larvae." (p.1) Includes charts, graphs...
"Construction of a larval rearing system and development of rearing techniques for Dungeness crab larvae were the objectives of the first year's program. Preliminary work involved a literature search, consultation with biologists involved with molluscan and crustacean larval culture, and the design of a rearing system based on the success...
"Culture methods for Dungeness crab larvae and the effects of temperature and salinity on larval survival and growth were covered in previous progress reports (Reed, 1966 and 1967). This report covers studies conducted from July 1,1967, through June 30, 1968 to determine the effects of various laboratory diets and diet...
It is possible that the large fluctuations In annual Dungeness crab landings are caused by displacement of crab larvae by currents. We studied the effects of various environmental factors on crab larvae survival and behavior. Tests were conducted on cultured zoeae and megalopae and on wild megalopae.
Our studies showed...
"This report covers studies conducted on Dungeness crab larvae from July 1, 1969, through June 19, 1970. Principal objectives were to determine the following: (1) the effects of crab larval concentration on growth and survival; (2) the effects of light intensity on the swimming behavior of crab larvae; (3) the...
"Objectives during the July 1, 1968, to June 30. 1969, project period were to determine the following: 1. The effects of diet concentration on survival and growth. 2. The effects of crab larval concentration on survival. 3. The effects of diet concentration on cannibalism. 4. The effects of light intensity...
This is a brief, systematic look at problems relating to oyster farming on public lands that had built up in the Oregon Revised Statutes by 1968, with recommendations for resolving the issues. "There are a number of other provisions in the commercial fishing laws relating to oysters and regulation of...
"Objectives of Oregon's Oyster Mortality study for the year ending March 1969 were similar to those of the first 2 years of the program: (1) to monitor oyster mortality in Yaquina, Tillamook and Coos bays, (2) to collect hydrographic data in Yaquina Bay and (3) to furnish oysters to the...
Accompanies Oyster Mortality Study, 1966/1967 report. "Tables 1 through 5 give salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and pH data for Yaquina Bay while Table 6 gives temperature and salinity for Tillamook and Coos bays." "This information appears in the quarterly and annual reports as either mean values or ranges, but...
"Objectives of Oregon's Oyster Mortality Study from July 1, 1967-March 31, 1968, were: (1) to monitor oyster mortalities to detect a possible increase in mortality rate, (2) to collect hydrographic data for comparison with data from areas where high oyster mortalities occur, and (3) to furnish oysters from a relatively...
"Oyster mortality data collected from suspended trays at three subtidal locations in Yaquina Bay disclosed an unusually high 26.5% Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) mortality during the study year. Almost all of this mortality resulted from culling damage which occurred previous to introduction of the oysters into trays. Native oyster mortality...
Covers: April 1, 1969 - March 30, 1970. "Objectives of Oregon's oyster mortality study for the past year included monitoring oyster mortality in Yaquina, Tillamook, and Coos bays, obtaining hydrographic data in Yaquina Bay; and furnishing oysters to the University of Washington and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) in...
"Although Oregon has been relatively free from any major oyster mortality a monitoring program has been established with the basic objectives being to: (1) monitor mortalities; (2) collect environmental data; and (3) furnish oyster from a disease-free area for histological examination." (Introduction) Includes hydrographic data from test plots in Yaquina,...
"Laboratory studies during the 1971-72 project year consisted primarily of developing mass culture and planting techniques for Manila littleneck clams (Venerupis semidecussata). Field studies continued utilizing laboratory-reared juvenile Manilas... Adult red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) were obtained from California for spawning. Experiments were initiated for culturing diatoms in the laboratory as...
"COMPLETION REPORT: July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1973" Work included laboratory and field studies of Manila littleneck clams. The work also included spawning experiments on red abalone, and monitoring of test plots of abalone.
Covers July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971. Reports on studies of spawning and larval rearing of Manila littleneck clams, native littleneck clams, butter clams and gaper clams, including field work. "Field studies comparing growth and survival of laboratory-reared and imported Pacific and Kumamoto oysters were completed. We continued studies...
This report discusses public interaction with personal-use fisheries. It also discusses reasons for razor clam violations and means taken to try and decrease them. Finally, it gives the total harvest and age composition data, and contains the results of a survey of clam diggers on Clatsop County beaches for 1965.
In 1967, Oregon State University applied to the Bureau of State Lands for a 10-year lease on 153 acres of tideland in Netarts Bay, in order to conduct research on shellfish. A change in state law in 1970 invalidated the old terms of the lease. The University decided to request...
Razor clam catches were sampled from March through September. Clatsop beaches were sampled for number and age composition of the clams harvested and the distribution and number of diggers. Data from other beaches south of Tillamook Head were collected as time permitted. Data was compiled on clams returned from the...
Razor clam diggers were sampled from March through September on Clatsop beaches for number and age composition of the clams harvested and the distribution and number of diggers. Data from beaches south of Tillamook Head was collected as time permitted. Samples of razor clams from Clatsop beaches were collected for...
Razor clam catches were sampled from March through September. The sport and commercial catches from Clatsop County beaches were sampled for number and age composition of the clams harvested and the distribution and number of diggers. Data from other beaches south of Clatsop beaches were -collected as time permitted. The...
Razor clams were sampled from March through September. Due to lack of help, work was confined to Clatsop County beaches. The sport and commercial catches were sampled for numbers and age composition of the clams harvested and the distribution and numbers of diggers. The summer clam closure and sampling program...
Clams dug by razor clam diggers were sampled from March through September. The sampling day and area were selected randomly according to a method suggested by our statistician. The number of clam digger trips and the number and age of the clams were noted for the personal use and commercial...
"We monitored oyster mortality in Yaquina, Coos, and Tillamook bays from July 1966-March 1972. Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) mortality in Yaquina Bay appears to be lower than in any other reporting area on the Pacific Coast, generally less than 2% per year. Native oyster (Ostrea lurida) mortality ranged from 9.6-28.2%....
"Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) were tagged on the Umpqua and Smith rivers (Figure 1) to estimate the numbers of bass recruited to the commercial fishery and to gather information on migration habits of bass in these rivers. Small numbers of striped bass were tagged in the summers of 1971 and...
The State Police in Astoria informed the Fish Commission on October 12, 1970, that some 100 crab pots were in the ocean in 3-10 fathoms of water near Cannon Beach. This is about 23 miles south of the Columbia River within the 3-mile limit. According to one local crab fisherman,...
"An investigation to obtain further information on the effects of underwater explosions on flatfish and crabs was conducted offshore in coastal marine waters of Oregon on September 6 and 7, 1962. The study was conducted by the Oregon Fish Commission and financed by several companies presently engaged in oil seismic...
"This information report provides an updated summary of all coastal shad tagging studies conducted by the Fish Commission. I believe these studies represent the only shad tagged in Oregon coastal streams south of the Columbia River. No new field work is reported. My intent is to tabulate, consolidate, update, and...
1. The Indians at Celilo Falls catch an average of over 2,600,000 pounds of fish each year, in dip nets in a manner very much the same as used by their ancestors. 2. The bulk of the fish caught at Celilo Falls is from the upriver fall run of chinook...
1. Six major types of commercial gear have been used to take salmon and steelhead on the Columbia River; namely, gill nets, set nets, seines, traps, fish wheels and dip nets. 2. The five important commercial species in the Columbia River are chinook, silver, blueback and chum salmon and steelhead...
In spite of the progressive restrictions of the commercial river fishery during the past fifty years, the trend of the salmon populations of the coastal rivers has been downward. It is almost impossible to isolate and analyze separately the causes of this decline, and any attempt to saddle one factor...
Three factors were found to be significantly correlated with the fluctuations and trends in silver salmon production in Oregon. Logging was found to adversely affect the runs of salmon in later years. Exceptional winter floods seem to produce poor resulting runs. Low summer water flows also appear to produce lower...