Title | Shellfish Program Annual Report |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1992 |
Authors | Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Shellfish Program |
Date Published | 1995, May |
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. Nice table of bay clam commercial harvests, 1970-1992. Once again, Alsea Bay produced most of the commercially caught ghost shrimp for the Oregon baitfish industry, with 89,195 lbs.landed, for 88.8% of the total catch. 20,000 lbs. of Dungeness crabs were landed in the Alsea Bay crab fishery. |