Sampling with seine and trawl from May 1974 to November 1976 indicated that the species composition and distribution of fishes in Tillamook Bay through time is primarily related to the movements of marine species in and out of the estuary. Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax), surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus), and shiner...
This report presents data collected during the first full field season of
a project designed to examine the streamflow requirements of juvenile salmonids. Problems encountered in the original design, changes made in the design and the application of the expected results are discussed.
Issue does not carry date of publication. Generally covers May 1, 1949 - April 30, 1950. Time periods for which statistics are given occasionally vary.
Fintrol-5 was experimentally tested in six isolated gold dredge ponds in Sumpter Valley. The tests revealed all coarse fish in treated ponds were killed in a period varying between 7 hours and 144 hours; toxic water subbing from treated ponds would kill fish in downstream ponds if water table dillution...
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...
Fish passing Winchester Dam view-window counting station on the North Umpqua River were enumerated. Figure 1 is a map of the Umpqua basin and denotes the counting station. The counts for summer steelhead, fall chinook, and sea-run cutthroat increased while those for winter steelhead, spring chinook, and coho decreased. By...
Opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta Loven, were collected at Upper Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada in the summer of 1967, terminating a three-year project. Approximately 1,090,000 Mysis were transplanted into Big Cultus, Crescent, Detroit, Fourmile, Ice, Miller, Odell, Olive, Timothy, Waldo, and Wallowa Lakes in an attempt to enhance the quantity of...
Malheur Reservoir in Malheur County, Oregon, was chemically treated on October 11, 1962, to eliminate an abundant population of black crappie and a smaller population of finescale suckers and redsided shiners. A total of 1,100 gallons of liquid synergized rotenone (Pro-Noxfish) was used to establish a toxicity of 1.5 p.p.m....
The Ocean Salmon Management Program is responsible for obtaining fishery and biological data, analyzing these data and recommending appropriate management options for the ocean fisheries. Proposed management options are designed to achieve the optimum use of the salmon resource on a sustained basis. The ocean salmon recreational fishery is now...
"The Siletz River ... is the only short coastal stream in Oregon inhabited by a run of what are generally thought to be native summer steelhead. Hatchery-reared progeny from Siletz River stock have been released into and have become established in two other Oregon coastal streams, the Nestucca and Wilson...
Field investigations were implemented to study the interrelationships between streamflows and salmonid production during the summer-fall low flow period in two natural stream channels. Elk Creek, near Cannon Beach in Clatsop County, was the site selected for intensive investigation.
Construction of streamflow control and diversion facilities was completed in November...
This report consists of tables summarizing data regarding streams receiving hatchery-reared rainbow trout since 1952. It includes data such as sources, sizes of fish, and water temperatures at the planting sites. It also averages data from creel reports from 1965-1972.
This document gives the history of the Striped Bass in Coos County, Oregon. It includes commercial fishing intensity, average weight, and sampling data for 1949 to 1957.
The objective of the reservoir research project is to gather and assemble data concerning the game and rough fish populations in Round Butte, Prineville, and Ochoco Reservoirs to enable efficient management of the fisheries.
The project has been divided into three different jobs, and these are:
a. Job 1 -...
A view-window counting station was operated at the Pacific Power and Light Company's dam on the North Umpqua River at Winchester, Douglas County, Oregon. The fish passing the dam each season were enumerated by species, according to a statistical sampling program established at Oregon State University. The counter recorded the...
Opossum shrimp Mysis relicta were collected in Upper Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada, in the summer of 1966 for the second successive year. Approximately 650,000 were collected and introduced into Waldo, Wallowa, Big Cultus, Crescent, and Timothy Lakes in Oregon.
The following projects were completed between July 1, 1965, and June 30, 1966, under the stream clearance segment of the State-wide Stream Improvement Program. The larger segments were initiated by requesting competitive bids with the contract for logjam removal awarded to the lowest acceptable bid. The smaller projects were undertaken...
South Twin Lake in Deschutes County, Oregon was chemically treated September 14, 1965, to eliminate a population of Tui Chub (Siphateles bicolor). A total of 605 gallons of liquid synergized rotenone and 9,750 pounds of powdered rotenone was applied to the lake. It was estimated that 130,000 mature chub were...
Fall Creek Reservoir is a unit of the comprehensive plan of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and multiple use of the water resources of the upper Willamette Basin. The reservoir is located on Big Fall Creek, nineteen miles southeast of Eugene in Lane County...Undesirable fish...
The Opossum shrimp Mysis relicta were collected in Upper Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada in late August and early September 1965. Approximately 320,000 shrimp were introduced into Waldo, Wallowa, Big Cultus and Timothy Lakes in Oregon.
The Tenmile Lakes Project for partial control of warm-water fish was initiated in August of 1964, One qualified fishery biologist and one conservation aide were assigned to do the work. The reduction in assigned personnel was due to lack of funds. Although this was to be a joint project with...
The following projects were accomplished between February 1, 1964 and June 30, 1965, under the stream clearance segment of State-wide Stream Improvement. The projects were accomplished by selecting contractors under the procedure of using sealed bids. Smaller projects were completed by Force Account. The heavy equipment used on each project...
A segment of the Crooked River, Crook County, Oregon, was chemically treated along with sections of Ochoco Creek, McKay Creek, and Dry River from August 13 to November 5, 1963.' A total of 860 gallons of liquid synergized rotenone (Pro-Noxfish) was used to obtain toxicities up to 2.0 ppm in...
The upper drainage of the John Day River system produces summer steelhead and spring chinook salmon. The fish are generally confined to the main stem and its tributaries above Prairie City. The spawning and rearing areas are comparatively free of undesirable fish species, but salmonid smolts migrating downstream must travel...
Clear Creek, tributary of North Fork John Day River, is a mountain stream located in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. It joins Granite Creek about 1.5 miles below the old abandoned mining town of Granite. Gravel removed from Clear Creek by gold dredging activity was replaced in a 3.37-mile...
The project objectives were to determine the possibility of raising the subterranean water in adequate amounts by installation of an underground weir; to determine what type of structure would be most feasible; and to formulate a biological evaluation program if the first two objectives were accomplished. Tex Creek, tributary to...
Upper Cow Lake located in Malheur County, Oregon has a surface area of 975 acres and a volume of 7,150 acre-feet of water. Chemical treatment of the lake was completed September 11, 1963 to remove an abundant population of coarsescale suckers, bridgelip suckers, squawfish, black bullhead, shiners and dace.
Approximately...
Miller Lake was chemically treated with toxaphene on September 16, 1958 to destroy a population of parasitic lamprey (E.tridentatus) and Tui Chub (Siphatelep bicolor). Toxaphene was applied at the rate of 0.04 ppm. No lamprey or fish have been collected in the lake since the chemical treatment. Work since 1959...
Rehabilitation of Bully Creek Reservoir, its tributaries, and segments of the Malheur River system was completed in 1963. All waters treated supported large populations of undesirable fish. The treatment procedures are discussed by project segment within the report. A portion of the funds was appropriated by the U. S. Bureau...
Upper Cow Lake located in Malheur County, Oregon, Township 28 South, Range 44 East, Section 29, was chemically treated with 2,325 gallons of liquid synergized rotenone (Pro-noxfish) on September 11, 1963 to remove an abundant population of rough fish. The lake has a maximum surface area of 975 acres and...
Big Lava Lake in Deschutes County, Oregon, was chemically treated September 19, 1963, to eliminate a population of roach and white fish. An estimated kill in excess of 400,000 fish resulted from the application of 4,620 gallons of liquid rotenone (Pro-Noxfish) at a toxicity of 2.0 ppm. Live -boxed brook...
Unity Reservoir in Baker County, Oregon, was chemically treated with liquid rotenone on October 17, 1962. Approximately 136 miles of streams and diversion ditches and seven small ponds, tributary to the reservoir, were treated with liquid rotenone prior to work on the reservoir. The reservoir at time of treatment contained...