Title | Shellfish Program Annual Report |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1991 |
Authors | Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Shellfish Program |
Date Published | 1992, Nov. |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin SH365.O7 S51 |
Keywords | Alsea Bay, catch statistics, Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), Gaper clam = Tresus capax, Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis), Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea |
Notes | This report was intended as an internal document for Shellfish Program staff. Once again, Alsea Bay produced most of the commercially caught ghost shrimp for the Oregon baitfish industry, with 73,859 lbs. landed, for 76.5% of the total catch. 14,408 lbs. of Dungeness crabs were landed in the Alsea Bay crab fishery. |