Many clams are damaged by diggers' shovels and never caught. In other cases, small clams are discarded by diggers and may not recover from having been dug. These phenomena are known as "clam wastage." In this 1951 document, the author attempts to map a strategy to enable fisheries managers to...
Reports on an application to construct "a log dump, to drive piling for a log storage pocket and log raft moorage, and to dredge and dump in King Slough of Yaquina Bay near Newport, Oregon." (p.1) Includes application to the Army Corps of Engineers.
This report concerns the disposal of dredging spoil in the Rogue River estuary in 1948. Since there were few shellfish resources existing in the estuary at the time, Oregon Fish Commission biologists had no objection to make to the disposal of the dredged materials.
Describes an investigation of a dam at a millpond near the village of Chitwood, Oregon. The dam was on Haxel Creek, a tributary of Thornton Creek, a tributary of the Yaquina River. Includes a hand-drawn map of the area.
Reports on an investigation of a request by the C.D. Johnson Lumber Company to construct a log boom two miles below Toledo on the Yaquina River. Local residents were concerned that the boom would damage clam beds. Includes a hand-drawn map of the area.
Attached note reads, "This report is provided as background information for the November 25 hearing. The staff will be providing a review of the status of the clam resource at that time."
Did regulations restricting the harvest of cockle clams by recreational clammers also restrict commercial harvesting for crab bait? In the case of Netarts Bay, they did not. The reasons for the exemption are given in this document.