Over fishing, by-catch of non-target fish species, marine mammals, seabirds, and damage to benthic habitats remain serious problems in fisheries management. Management methods based on traditional command and control (CAC) approaches may meet with initial successes yet additional progress is often marginal, requiring managers to implement additional regulations to achieve...
"The Oregon fishery for Dungeness crab has a long history. Catch records have been kept for this fishery since 1889. The management strategy for Dungeness crab is derived from these records and from our knowledge of crab biology. Management of a single species fishery such as this should be a...
"Oregon's estuaries are focal points in an important recreational and commercial fishery for Dungeness crab. This report describes crabbing in Oregon's estuaries and includes brief notes on crab biology, catch statistics, major fishing areas, fishing regulations, problems, and proposed solutions." (Introduction) 13 pp. Internal discussion paper.
"The purpose of this report is to discuss the following topics: (1) a review of the Oregon crab fishery; (2) crab condition studies; (3) seasons and problems involved in setting seasons; (4) "backing" crabs prior to landing; (5) closures off river mouths; (6) pot versus ring fisheries in bays; (7)...
"Prepared for the State/Federal Dungeness Crab Management Program. June 1974." "Presented here is a summary of the existing data on Dungeness crab sport fishing in Washington, Oregon, and California excluding Puget Sound, Washington." (From the Introduction)
Should commercial crabbing be banned in Oregon bays in order to eliminate potential conflict with recreational bay crabbers? In answering this question, this report summarizes the state of the bay crab fishery in the mid-1980s and examines esthetic and economic aspects of the issue. Includes statistics. This is a staff...
"Prepared for the State/Federal Dungeness Crab Management Program, Policy Committee Meeting, April 1974." "At the present time most traps used in the Dungeness crab fishery have at least one escape port for the purpose of allowing small crabs to escape. The problem is that there is considerable variation in the...
Gives statistics for catch, number of boats, number of trips, price data, crab size and grade, and number of crab pots fished. "This report includes 14 years of data to reduce costs of printing." (p.1) 157 pp.
This is a literature review summarizing what was known about the movements of Dungeness crabs on the West Coast. "Presented here is a summary of the available information dealing with Dungeness crab movements in waters off British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California." (from the Introduction) "Prepared for the State/Federal Dungeness...
Should fishing by crab pots instead of crab rings be allowed in certain bays in Oregon? An error caused the ban on crab pots to be deleted from the statutes. This 1950 paper considers whether the ban on crabpots should be reinstated in Siletz, Yaquina and Alsea Bays. This is...