This document is an analysis to determine whether Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon should be closed to collection of non-food invertebrates, giving background for the area and discussing salient points.
The State Police in Astoria informed the Fish Commission on October 12, 1970, that some 100 crab pots were in the ocean in 3-10 fathoms of water near Cannon Beach. This is about 23 miles south of the Columbia River within the 3-mile limit. According to one local crab fisherman,...
"This report concerns one aspect of the marina permit evaluation process: water quality impacts related to marina circulation and flushing efficiency. These physical properties vary with the wind, tide range, water density and physical dimensions of a marina. Water quality is affected by the degree of flushing, and sediment redistribution...
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...
Coastal communities in Oregon have experienced dramatic economic and demographic change during the 1980s. Although the timber and fishing sectors are still important, the economies of coastal communities now rely more on non-earned income and tourism. Non-earned income sources, such as transfer payments and investment earnings, account for over forty...
This report has a review of razor clam regulations on both personal and commercial diggers. It contains the harvest numbers for several years, as well as their age composition. The report describes the harvest and wastage of young clams, as well as discussing possibilities for decreasing that wastage, with focus...
The personal-use razor clam fishery was sampled from April to September 1964 for number and age composition of clams dug and number and distribution of diggers. A wastage estimate was also determined.
The community of Bandon is located on the southern half of the Oregon coast, 140 kilometers north of the California border and 40 kilometers south of Coos Bay (Figure 1). Part of the city occupies the low-lying (average 3-meter elevation) area along the south bank of the Coquille River, while...