The technique of freeze branding was developed by Dr. R. K. Farrell during the 1960’s as an alternative to fire branding domestic livestock. Today, freeze branding is internationally used for cattle and horse identification. In addition to many species of haired animals successfully freeze branded non-haired animals such as whales,...
The Fish Commission of Oregon was tagging Dungeness crabs in the late 1940s and early 1950s to see how far the crabs moved between moltings. This document gives data on crab tags retrieved between November 21, 1947 and February 21, 1950. Some crabs were indeed wanderers: crabs released in the...
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 shelf off Oregon...
This is an account of an experiment in tagging and releasing Dungeness crabs into Yaquina Bay in early 1957. Did they travel to the ocean, to another bay, or did they stay in Yaquina Bay?