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Interim Committee meeting : Shellfish Laboratory, Newport, Oregon : May 27, 1948

Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Summarizes research on crab, clam and oyster fisheries in Oregon in 1948 at the Oregon Fish Commission's Shellfish Laboratory in Newport.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: -- I I - IKTEaIM c irr: LtTING SIiBLLFISB L OBTht * fPOR OREGON

Ghost shrimp, weights of crabs -- Oregon landings, souvenir crabs

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This document is in three parts: a report on the ghost shrimp fishery, elucidation of a method to tax commercial crab landings, and a description of a commercial enterprise that was catching small shore crabs and embedding them in plastic for sale as tourist souvenirs.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 1 ' 1 'i.EIGHTS OF CRABS -- OREGON Lfu'lDINGS

Shellfish investigations : April 1, 1966 - March 31, 1967

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale, Reed, Paul H., Demory, Darrell, Neilsen, John R., DeBen, Waldemar, Kaiser, Alan, and Osis, Laimons
Abstract:: Progress Report Number 38 covers the activities of Shellfish Investigation during the period April 1, 1966,through March 31, 19670 The activ-lties covered are those that are financed by state general fwid monies. Federally financed activities are covered in quarterly and annual rep arts of each such program. These and ot,her...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , 1966-March 31, 1967 Fish Commission of Oregon Research Divia ·on Oct ober 1 67 TABLE OF

Observations on horseclams of the 1949-50 set in Yaquina Bay

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., Twahy, Donald, Wilkes, Stanley, Woelke, Charles, and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report contains a series of individual reports within it. The main report continues growth and aging studies on fat gaper clams in Yaquina Bay. This document also includes a report on other Fish Commission activities on the Coast, a summary of razor clam research, the beginning of a survey...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: thc study area in Yaquina Bay (see Shellfish krogress Report o. 20) on August 29, 1950, at a -0.5

Observations on horseclams of the 1949 set

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: An excellent opportunity was afforded to observe growth of horseclams of the one-year-plus class when it was discovered April 7, 1950, that a newly formed mud flat in Yaquina Bay, formed September and October 1948 by fill from dredging operations, had thousands of young horseclams embedded in it.” (p.1) Growth...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: LI SELLFIS 3O:CPROGRESS REPORT NO. orpoi't Oregon Juay, ?950

Horseclam condition studies

Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The first regulations restricting clamming in Oregon were put into effect in 1948. Initial rules barred clamming from January 1 through June 30; clammers objected that this was too restrictive and lobbied for more time to take shellfish. This 1949 document examines the fat gaper or horseclam, to see when...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: the Oregon Eay • ..I c}l1.f'l1 Febl'U.ry and-PArch. !rhi. r.port w111 tllrtb.r dlln.. thil -.ttar

Shellfish investigation : January 1 - December 31, 1953

Creator:: Marriage, Lowell D., Waldron, Kenneth K., Wilkes, Stanley N., and McCauley, James
Abstract:: This report is an update of shellfish investigations from January 1-December 31, 1953. It includes a summary of bay clam and oyster investigations, including details on attempted pest control and control of algae on oyster beds. It also contains results of the 1953 Tillamook Bay Clam Survey, and discusses clam...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: cus s pending shellfish regu l ati ons with Portland off1 (' 9o Library Research Bimonthly

Pacific oyster seed

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Best available copy. Originally published as part of Shellfish investigation progress report no. 4. “In the spring of 1947, importation of Pacific oyster seed from Japan was resumed for the first time since before the war. Major plantings of this seed were made in Tillamook and Coos Bay with additional...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Shellfish investigation : Jan-May 1952

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This investigation focuses on growth and survival of Pacific razor clams, measuring clams from multiple sites. It tracks the length frequencies of clams recorded, as well as length-live weight relationships. This report also includes data on number of crab pots being fished between the Columbia and Siuslaw Rivers in April,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Shellfish investigation : Jan. 1 - May 31, 1954

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report covers a range of information about shellfish, including the populations of clams in Yaquina & Tillamook bays, the Pacific Oyster mortality event in Coos bay (with a hand-drawn map of Coos Bay), testing of different crab baits, and different statistics about the Coquille River Crab Fishery. This report...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Shellfish investigations : April 1, 1967 - March 31, 1970

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale, Demory, Darrell, Neilsen, John R., Osis, Laimons, Phibbs, Duane, and Gibson, Gary
Abstract:: This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1967 to March 1970. It includes the results of bay clam surveys for Yaquina, Siuslaw, and Umpqua bays, and harvest numbers for razor clams in both personal-use and commercial fisheries. This report also contains a summary of beach surveys for...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: - March 31, 1970 Fish Commission of Oregon Research Division October 1970 INTRODUCTION

Sport harvest of abalone

Creator:: Golden, Jim and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This is a presentation made by the Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife before a meeting of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. It advocates closing sport harvests of abalone, citing a "conservation crisis." ""We have reason to suspect that abalone are being taken from Oregon waters under the guise...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Relationship to: Oregon revised statute - OilS #. Oregon administrative rule - OAR Options available to

Suggested personal-use regulations for red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) in Oregon

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale and Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Investigations
Abstract:: In the late 1950s, "two California men" came to Oregon to learn if there were abalone here, and found them in the southern part of the state. The resulting publicity and interest inspired this document, an attempt to develop regulations for a new fishery. It is an internal discussion paper...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Oregon Is quite limited, 'w do 'haft the YElSl"9 of research in Calif'orr.is to guid. us in the

Whale Cove shellfish regulations for Fish Commission public hearing, February 8, 1967

Creator:: Neilsen, Jack and Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Investigations
Abstract:: This document outlines a proposal to plant red abalone in Whale Cove in Lincoln County, Oregon, in an attempt to establish a population in the northern half of the state. A proposed regulation includes a ban on all shellfish harvesting in Whale Cove.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Jack Neilsen Shellfish Investigations Fi8h Connnission of Oregon January 31D 196? ., c living

Shellfish investigations : April 1, 1965 - March 31, 1966

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale, Reed, Paul H., Demory, Darrell, Neilsen, John R., DeBen, Waldemar, and Kaiser, Alan
Abstract:: This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1965-March 1966. It has bay clam surveys results, with more detail on the Tillamook and Yaquina Bays, but includes others such as Nehalem, Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Nestucca. This report discusses the start of life history studies for the cockle clam,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , 1965 - March 31, 1966 Fish Commission of Oregon Research Division September 1966 • TABLE OF

Staff statement on commercial clam fishing for public hearing, May 31, 1985

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Region
Abstract:: This is a staff statement for a hearing of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. The document addresses problems associated with commercial clamming. Some commercial diggers were not selling harvests as required by law, were not properly reporting harvests, and were not paying State fees. Some commercial diggers were taking...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: shellfish is restricted in many parts of Oregon estuaries by the Oregon State Health Division (OSHD). Such

Commercial shellfish harvest, 2002

Creator:: Kaiser, Rod, McCrae, Jean, and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This is an exhibit made by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on June 7, 2002. The main topic was a proposed requirement to dye clams and mussels taken for fish bait rather than for human consumption. "On several reviews of Oregon's...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: insuring health and sanitary conditions in the harvest and distribution of commercial shellfish in Oregon

Plan for enhancement of recreational clam fisheries in Oregon – 1986-1991

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This document outlines a 5-year plan to study clam fisheries in Oregon. "We have identified four areas of research and education that require attention. These are: 1) Development of a fishery for the Manila clam Tapes japonica. 2) Study the effects of clamming and management practices on clam populations. 3)...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: of a new clam fishery in Oregon. It is found high in the inter-tidal zone and clammers would not be

Flat abalone surveys, 2001

Creator:: McCrae, Jean and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Program
Abstract:: In 2000, the Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife allowed one permit for an experimental scuba diving fishery for flat abalone (Haliotis walallensis) in Oregon. "The purpose of this report is to summarize the data collected during the first year of harvest/research and make recommendations for future sampling needs and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: limited commercial dive fishery. ODFW staff was hesitant to allow a commercial harvest of flat abalone

A review of the gaper clam stocks in Oregon bays

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: In response to a decline in gaper clam stocks, the Research Division of the Oregon Fish Commission recommended that the overall limit for gaper clams be reduced to 12 gapers per personal-use clam digger, with a 36-clam overall daily limit.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ) wou ld remain unchanged. Research oi v ' i s i on Oregon P ish Commiss ion " December l -3

Oregon's subtidal clams -- integration of research and management: summary of the workshop of June 30, 1975

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Increased pressure on clam resources, including proposals to commercially harvest sub-tidal clam populations provided the impetus for this 1975 workshop. This is a very broad overview of fisheries management.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: population would help in the design of research on the esource. Current research on Oregon clam populations

Status of oyster seed production studies at the OSU pilot oyster hatchery, 1971-1972

Creator:: Lund, Dennis
Abstract:: This paper is record of early work in oyster culture in the west coast oyster industry. It summarizes operations for a year of running the OSU pilot oyster hatchery, and subsequent recommendations for its continued large-scale production of oysters.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: standardized. In early spring of 1971. at the annual meeting of the Oregon Cooperative Oyster Uarketing

Staff recommendation for 1973-74 crab season extension

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission. Division of Management and Research
Abstract:: This document discusses a proposal for a two-week extension to the 1973-74 crab season. It gives the opinion of the staff of the Management and Research division of OFW, and their reasoning.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Extension of 1972-73 crab season

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission. Division of Management and Research
Abstract:: This document is a response to a proposal to extend the 1972-73 crab fishing season by two weeks. It describes the problem, gives a short background on the season so far, discusses the factors for and against the extension, and gives the Fish Commission staff’s position.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Crabbing in Oregon

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Program
Abstract:: Brochure summarizing regulations for sport fishing in Oregon for Dungeness and red rock crabs.
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: crabfinal1 I i E A OREGON Fish & Wildlife OREGON Fish

Statement on Senate Bill 117

Creator:: Schoning, Robert W.
Abstract:: This document gives the Fish Commission's position on a 1969 bill to modernize and reform laws governing oyster culture in Oregon.
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: of the commercial fishery laws of Oregon. The extensive recommended changes were enacted into law by

Synopsis and explanation of statutes in the commercial fishing law relating to state oyster lands

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: - ing, hunting and taking of shellfish other than oysters may be prohibited under this provision

Staff statement to Fish & Wildlife Commission on crab/scallop gear conflict

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This is an exhibit made by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. "Problem: While scallop fishing success has declined, a number of fishermen anticipate fishing for scallops this winter. Scallop grounds north of the Umpqua River run through traditional crab fishing areas....
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: taken off Oregon in 1981. Although 124 boats made landings, about 90% of the catch was taken by 22

Transcript of hearing held by the Fish Commission on July 22, 1948, at Imperial Hotel, for the purpose of discussing the regulation of the clam and crab fisheries

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Program
Abstract:: Best possible copy.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: a. J:*MI~dlll;t:ion (II, the soosons. with thi I:ll!!l!lereial Ill:lpeets of the fishery$ ! will l

Netarts shellfish reserve

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission. Research Division
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: .' Netarts Shellfish Reserve Problem Oregon State University

Helicopter crabbing report - update

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Region
Abstract:: This report further updates the status of crabbing in Oregon using helicopters in 1977. It summarizes the legal issues around helicopter crabbing and their resolution. The report mentions what may have been the fatal flaw in this method of crabbing. "In pulling a crab pot, the buoy line reportedly snapped,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: helicopters in Oregon's commercial crab fishery was given to the Commission. The Oregon State Police had

Helicopter crabbing

Creator:: Demory, Darrell and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This is a 1978 update on the practice of using helicopters to pull and replace crab pots.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: impact on the fishery. The manager of the Oregon All Coast Fishermen's Marketing Association stated

Staff report on the use of helicopters in the Dungeness crab fishery in Oregon

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: In 1976, a Coos Bay company began using helicopters instead of boats to pull and replace crab pots. This report, an exhibit by ODFW to the Oregon Fish and Game Commission, explores the legal and regulatory implications of helicopter crabbing in Oregon.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: of Helicopters in the Dungeness Crab Fishery in Oregon Problem In September 976, Messers. Bob

Razor Clams for Crab Bait

Creator:: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This document contains a discussion by the biological staff of the proposed regulations for the July 13 Fish Commission hearing, and examines potential effects of allowing the use of Razor Clams as crab bait.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Shellfish investigations : April 1, 1964 - March 31, 1965

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale, Demory, Darrell, DeBen, Waldemar, Neilsen, John R., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This report is an update of shellfish investigations from April 1964 to March 1965. Inside can be found a summary of two clam mortality events. It also has the numbers of razor clams dug for sport and commercial fisheries and the results of the 1964 razor clam beach survey. This...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , 1964 - March 31, 1965 Fish Commi sion of Oregon Research Division Auaust 1966 TABLE OF C

Proposed regulations of the clam fishery of the State of Oregon

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: By 1948, Oregon’s clamming regulations spilled over into fifty-one different sections of administrative rules. They were “cumbersome” at best. The previous legislative session had repealed many outdated laws but kept them in effect until the Fish Commission could study the issue and propose new regulations. The Commission had been studying...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Proposed regulations on the crab fishery of the State of Oregon

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Gives proposed regulations for the recreational and commercial Dungeness crab fisheries. “A considerable tourist and sports crab fishery exists on which at the present there are no regulations whatsoever. As a result, certain practices have developed … which are believed detrimental to the fishery. The most readily seen of these...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: considerable tourist and sports crab fishery exists on vhicb at the present there are no zgulations whatsoever

Soft-shell crab season and regulation review

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The new closed season for commercial crab fishing in Oregon went into effect in 1948. This 1949 document summarizes the results of the 1948 closure and details research and procedures being used to refine the closing dates. This document provides a good look at earlier methods of natural resource management...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , when they constitute up to 30 percent of the entire shellfish budget they in turn necessitate cutting

Management plan for Dungeness crab

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Division
Abstract:: Discusses issues and objectives facing the Dungeness crab fishery in Oregon in the late 1970s. Issues included potential conflict between sport and commercial fishers over bay crabbing, natural swings in crab abundance, a need for uniform data from the West Coast states, lack of knowledge of how many crabs were...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: the fishery on harvestable crab stocks are only partially available. Continued collection of Oregon

Crab fishery and soft-shell status – Area II: South of Cascade Head, July 31-August 6, 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: This document marks the beginning of a long struggle for Oregon natural resource managers to find the best time to open the crab season. The time of crab molting is highly variable, and it is hard to determine the best time (firm shells, full of meat) to start the commercial...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: " ' .. l4 Introduction 'allowing a public hearing held July 22, 1948 the Fish Commission of Oregon

Crab fishery and soft-shell status – Area I: North of Cascade Head, August 15-August 20, 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Gives crab boats and number of pots fished for Astoria and Tillamook Bay. Gives number of crab pots being fished for given localities. Gives per cent of soft-shelled crabs by local areas.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Offshore crab shedding - 1948

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger, Marriage, Lowell D., and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: Much of this report is concerned with the perennial question of when crabs are in the soft-shell state, as opposed to when the commercial fishing season should be open. Other topics covered include molted crab shells, methods of measuring crab shells to determine if they meet size limits, early growth...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon coast \l8.S divided into tvo areas. Area I - trca Casea4. Head north, and, Area n - trail

Bay clams [Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife internal discussion paper]

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This document addresses the management of Oregon's bay clam resources in the early 1980s. It gives a brief description of the fisheries, outlines agency goals and objectives, and lists known problems with preferred solutions.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: projections in Oregon, recreational demand could double by 1994, but shifting emphasis to lesser used

Harvesting clams with mechanical gear

Creator:: McCrae, Jean and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Program
Abstract:: "Members of the clam harvesting industry have been requesting for several year[s] to allow the use of mechanical gear to harvest bay clams. Presently, harvest is limited to hand methods. . . The purpose of this report is to summarize the use of mechanical gear in the past in Oregon...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: experiencing health problems which may limit their participation in the fishery and affect their livelihood

Informational report: [recreational clamming regulations]

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: In the mid-1970s, it became clear to fisheries managers that there was too much pressure on some recreational bay clam fisheries, and the sizes of clams taken was becoming too small, endangering future production. This document is a draft of a report on the problem submitted to the Oregon Fish...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: clams are being taken by the recreational clam fishery. The result is poor utilization of limited clam

Proposal for modification of personal-use bay clam regulations

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: In the mid-1970s, ODFW faced a problem with Oregon's recreational bay clam fisheries. The size of littleneck clams and cockles taken in some bays was dramatically decreasing. This document is a report submitted by ODFW to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. It recommends a reduction in overall take by...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: in the bag limit for bay clams as an alternative to size limits, The Oregon State Police felt that

The Yaquina Bay clam fishery: preliminary report

Creator:: Tollefson, Roger and Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: “Starting the first part of July, 1947, the Fish Commission of Oregon set up a field station at Newport for the purpose of conducting research on shellfish.” (p.1) The status of clams in Yaquina Bay was the first topic studied. This paper gives the conditions of clam beds, lists species...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Staff statement for public hearing : emergency adjustment of Dungeness crab season, September 19, 1990

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: This is an exhibit prepared by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. Washington State had delayed the opening of their 1989-90 commercial crab fishery, and this delay disrupted fisheries in other states up and down the West Coast. The main focus of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: History and Status of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery by Darrell Demory __, '_v. - -._.-%r 0 - -t

Oregon commercial Dungeness crab summer fishery management

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife. Fish Division. Marine Resources Program
Abstract:: This is an Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife exhibit for a meeting of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. "This report reviews the status of Oregon's ocean commercial summer Dungeness crab fishery, discusses current issues and proposes a range of management options for Commission action... This report will highlight...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 9 & OREGON COMMERCIAL DUNGENESS CRAB SUMMER FISHERY MANAGEMENT

Oregon crab seasons and their effect on the quality and quantity of crabs landed

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale and Oregon. Fish Commission. Research Division
Abstract:: In the late 1950s, the Pacific Coast Dungeness crab fishery had problems with timing the opening of the commercial crabbing season. There were different opening dates in the region, and areas that opened their crab seasons early put pressure on later-opening areas by shipping their crabs to those areas before...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: problem. The Oregon fishery records have beon used in this report because of numbers of pots £ihd per

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