The crab fishery and its regulations have been discussed in many reports and several meetings. This report summarizes the areas of regulation which pose persistent problems for the Fish Commission, presents the stand of the staff, proposes action if necessary, and provides our best guess as to opposition which can...
The main problems for consideration are as follows: 1) Determine if there is biological justification for having a single coastwide season or have seasons which differ by geographical area; 2) Establish season opening(s) that on the average will occur as soon as 10 per cent or less of the crabs...
Persons concerned with the harvest and conservation of the crab resource of the Pacific Coast feel there is need for altering existing commercial fishing regulations. The following background on the matter is provided.
Revised October 1990. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
Revised November 1993. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
Reprinted April 1988. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
Published May 1974. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
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.
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.
Where there’s a law, there is probably someone trying to evade that law. In this document, ODFW personnel working with the Oregon Commission on Fish and Wildlife attempted to tweak crabbing regulations to prevent unfair exploitation of a limited resource. This document addresses the need to sort and discard undersized...