TitleShellfish Program Annual Report
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsOregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Shellfish Program
Date Published1995, May
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Guin SH365.O7 S51
KeywordsAlsea 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
NotesThis 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.