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.
This report explains razor clam wastage and talks about how to control it. Along with giving a definition, it also discusses enforcement of shellfish regulations and gives recommendations on addressing the issue.
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."
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...
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 purpose of this report is to present some information which has been collected on the razor clam fisheries of Clatsop County beaches during the past several years. Topics which will be discussed are: (1) a brief resume' of the investigation, regulations, and catches prior to September 1954; (2) regulation...
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,...