This report discusses the harvest of intertidal non-food invertebrates in 1973, giving number of collecting permits issued and intensity of collecting by area.
In 1976, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission approved regulation changes for the sport harvest of bay clams. The changes were made at the request of the shellfish staff; our concern was the gradual deterioration in the status of the stocks as reflected in annual census work on...
The sand sole (Psettichthys melanostictus) is one of the finest quality sole species harvested by Oregon trawlers. It commands a correspondingly high price in the market, second only to petrale sole. The sand sole gets its name for its known affinity for sandy, shallow stretches of the ocean floor. A...
The OFC staff had been investigating razor clam stocks in Oregon since 1949, and this report outlines their findings up to 1964. It gives the number of razor clams harvested as well as the number of diggers, and the age composition of those clams harvested. Finally, it discusses the increase...
This study was performed in response to doubts about the reliability of the database in place at ODFW. It consisted of surveys to verify if Chinook salmon were using the habitats previously identified and looks for discrepancies between summer habitat inventory and fall Chinook spawners. A large portion of the...
This investigation is focused on smallmouth bass in the Umpqua River system. This investigation contains methods of fish sampling used and, later, describes which methods were more effective for specific tasks. It includes population size, density/structure, mortality rates, and age/growth data regarding the smallmouth bass. See also: Umpqua River smallmouth...
The Basin Investigation Section, Oregon State Game Commission (now a part of the Environmental Management Section, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) studied the John Day Basin to provide the State Water Resources Board with fish life water requirement data. Field studies were conducted during 1966, 1967, and 1970. Principal...
A study was undertaken in winter 1977-78 to obtain data on the
spawning stock of Pacific herring, Clupea harengua pallasi,utilizing the
Coos Bay estuary. This study centered on two objectives; (1) to record
the distribution and time of herring spawn and (2) estimate the fish
biomass spawning in Coos Bay....
Groundfish surveys off the Washington coast were conducted in September of 1975 and 1976 between Cape Flattery and the Columbia River. The primary purposes of the surveys were to obtain estimates of biomass and further our knowledge on population parameters of important groundfish species, especially flatfish, occupying the continental shelf...
This three page report details a shark attack on a surfer that tooks place on November 27, 1979 off Cannon Beach, Oregon. The bite marks on the surfboard are detailed including x-rays showing the teeth marks.